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THE  LIBRARY 

OF 

THE  UNIVERSITY 

OF  CALIFORNIA 

DAVIS 


THE 


SHOETHOKN  HEEDS 


OF 


ENGLAND, 


1885-6-7, 


BY 


EGBERT  WILLIAM  ASHBURNEB 


WARWICK; 

HENRY  T.  COOKE  AND  SON,  HIGH  STREET. 

LONDON  :     SIMPKIN,  MAESHALL  &  Co. 


¥   TV  TT1    fl-»r-v  , 


UBRARY 


PBEEACE. 


A  period  of  twenty  years  having  elapsed  since  the  publication 
of  Mr.  Dixon's  "  Saddle  and  Sirloin,"  and  encouraged  by  the  increased 
popularity  of  the  shorthorn  breed  of  cattle,  I  have  been  tempted  to 
write  a  work  devoted  solely  to  the  interests  of  the  breed,  in  which 
will  be  found  a  brief  description  of  the  herds  in  this  country.  Such 
a  volume  it  is  trusted  will  prove  of  assistance  to  the  exporter  who 
has  become  an  extensive  purchaser,  not  only  of  shorthorns,  but  of 
all  pure  breeds,  and  also  to  the  novice,  unacquainted  with  the 
intricacies  of  pedigree,  as  giving  information  where  the  description 
of  materials  required  by  them  are  to  be  most  easily  found,  especially 
when  read  in  connection  with  the  Breeders'  Directory,  found  at  the 
end  of  this  volume.  The  latter,  resulted  from  the  suggestion  of  a 
breeder,  that  if  an  index  could  be  added,  giving  the  page  where 
animals  of  the  various  tribes  were  mentioned,  the  general  usefulness 
of  the  volume  would  be  increased.  This  proposal  had  several 
objections,  as  there  are  a  number  of  very  good  animals  of  no 
recognized  tribes,  which  would  be  difficult  to  classify,  and  many 
breeders  might  possibly  feel  annoyed  at  having  their  best  cattle 
omitted  inadvertantly,  or  otherwise.  It  would  also  have  been  too  great 
a  repetition  to  state  each  animal's  ancestry  to  make  both  the  index  and 
contents  work  together,  in  addition  to  being  pleasant  reading  for 
those  wrho  peruse  it.  A  satisfactory  index  under  these  circumstances 
being  scarcely  possible,  hence  arose  the  idea  of  a  Breeder's  Directory. 
Lastly,  as  to  the  old  established  breeder,  may  I  hope  that  this  volume 
will  be  read  with  interest,  as  showing  the  changes  which  have 
occurred  in  the  distribution  of  the  tribes  of  Kirklevington 
and  Killer  by  fame,  since  the  days  of  "  Saddle  and  Sirloin." 

EOBT.  W.  ASHBUENEB. 

March,  1888. 


CONTENTS. 


PAGE. 

CHAPTER  I.  1—15 

The  Yorkshire    Herds.       Wetherby   Grange   and  its  Associations.      Moor 
Park.     Swarcliffe.     Studley.     Carperby. 

CHAPTER  II.  16—40 

North  Westmoreland  Hards.  Raveustouedale.  Wharton  Hall.  Eden 
Bank.  Kaber  Fold.  Hall  Garth.  Eden  Grove.  Culgaith.  North 
Yorkshire  Herds.  Bolton  Hall.  The  Manor  House.  Bainesse.  Killerby. 

Hart  forth. 

CHAPTER  III.  40—70 

The  Durham  Herds.  Cleasby.  Smelt  House.  Thistleflatt  House. 
Plawsworth.  Ouston.  Northumberland  Herds.  Alnwick  Castle.  Barmoor 
Castle.  Chillingham  Barns.  Catchburn.  West  Chevington.  Cragside. 
Kirkwhelpingtou.  Capheaton.  Bearl.  South  Acomb.  The  Spital. 
Wydon  Burn.  Eastgate.  Ellington  Hall. 

CHAPTER  IV.  71—108 

Cumberland  Herds.  T.he  Oaks.  Wasdale  Hall.  Blackhow.  St.  Bees 
Abbey.  Preston  Hows.  Crosby.  Mereside.  The  Tarns.  Brayton. 
Blaithwaite.  Killhow.  Cummersdale.  Scaleby  Castle.  The  Nook. 
Armathwaite.  Calthwaite  Hall.  Calthwaite  House.  Musgrave  Hall. 
Carleton  Hill.  luglewood  Bank.  Eden  Hall. 

CHAPTER  V.  109—146 

Yorkshire  Herds  (concluded)  Old  Bramhope.  Farnley  Hall.  Rainton. 
Stourton  Castle.  Spellow  Hill.  Beadlam  Grange.  Nawton  Grange. 
Duucombe  Park.  Highfield  House.  Hovingham.  Birdsall.  Thicket 
Priory.  Osgodby  Hall.  Bank  House.  Warlaby.  The  Grange.  Masham. 
Sion  Hill.  Sand  Hutton.  Givendale.  Keld  Head.  Knapton  Hall. 
Knapton.  Alnwark  Manor.  Augram  Hall.  North  Ferriby.  Waulby. 
The  Elms.  Sproatley  Rise.  Grimston  Park.  ScawsbyHall.  East  Thorpe. 

Ballifield  Hall. 


CONTENTS. 

PAGE. 

CHAPTER  VI.  147—171 

The  Lincolnshire  Herds.  Yaddlethorpe.  Limber  Magna.  Melton  Ross. 
Tathwell  Hall.  Scotheru.  Hackthorne.  Gate  Burton.  Stroxton. 
Laughton.  The  Norfolk  Herds.  Sandringham.  West  Dereham  Abbey. 

CHAPTER  VII.  171—189 

The   Kentish  Herds.       Wrotham  Hill  Park.       Barming.       Preston  Hall. 

Wateringbury.      Hadlow  Place.      Little  Barton.      Eedlands.      The  Sussex 

Herds.      Willingdon.      Kingston-by-the  Sea.      Horsted.     Warnham  Court. 

Rowfant.     Stammerham. 

CHAPTER  VIII.  189-224 

The  Surrey  Herds.  Summersbury  Hall.  Harewoods.  Norbury  Park. 
Buckinghamshire  Herds.  Terrick.  Walton  Grange.  Tile  House. 
Warwickshire  Herds.  Canley.  Berkswell  Hall.  Whoberley  Hall.  The 
Hollies.  Ashorne  Hill.  Alveston  Pasture.  Stoney  Thorpe.  Brailes  House. 
Weston  Park.  Studley  Castle.  Fox  Hollies  Hall.  The  Oaklands. 

Yardley. 

CHAPTER  IX.  224—257 

The  Warwickshire  Herds  (continued).  The  Wolds.  Church  Lawford 
Lodge.  Thurlaston.  Northamptonshire  Herds.  Whittlebury.  Rothers- 
thorpe.  Cottesbroke.  Overstone  Park.  Broughton.  Kettering.  Clapton. 
Rushden.  Stanwick.  The  Grange.  Thenford.  East  Haddon.  Leicester- 
shire Herds.  Catthorpe  Towers.  Thurmaston.  Bardon  Hill.  Beau  Manor. 
Maplewell.  Rutland  Herds.  Burghley.  Exton.  Whitwell. 

CHAPTER  X.  257- -279 

The  Nottinghamshire  Herds.      Ruddington  Hall.      Spring  Hill.     Osberton 

Hall.     Headdon  Manor.     Clipstone  Park.     Ossington.     Derbyshire  Herds. 

Stancliffe.    SydnopeHall.    HaslandHall.    Cambridgeshire  Herds.    Linton. 

Littleport.     Alwalton. 

CHAPTER  XI.  279—298 

The  Huntingdonshire  Herds.  Connington  Castle.  Holywell  Manor. 
Broughton.  Kimbolton  Castle.  Buckdeu  Wood.  Bedfordshire  Herds. 
Kensworth.  Southill.  Colworth.  Biddenham.  Clapham  Park.  Hert- 
fordshire Herds.  Astwick  Manor.  Westminster  Lodge.  Woolmers  Park. 
Russell  Farm.  Shendish.  Essex  Herds.  Forest  House.  Havering  Park. 


CONTENTS. 

PAGE. 

CHAPTEE  XII.  299—328 

The  Hampshire  Herds.  Stretton  Park.  Rotherfield  Park.  Moor  Court. 
Eastover.  Wiltshire  Herds.  Britford.  Bapton  Manor.  Dorsetshire  Herds. 
Marnhull.  Castle  Hill.  Devonshire  Herds.  Ogwell.  Filleigh.  Week. 
Pilton.  Cornwall  Herds.  Loggans  Mill.  Scorrier.  Trewithen.  Budock- 

Vean. 

CHAPTER  XIII.  329—354 

The  Somersetshire  Herds.  Dodhill  House.  Coombe  Lodge.  Elm  Farm. 
Stanton  Prior.  Chew  Court.  The  Eookery.  Gloucestershire  Herds.  Toghill. 
Badminton.  Didmarton.  Oldbury-on-the-Hill.  Kingscote  Park.  Horton. 
Tortworth  Court.  Heathermead.  Berkeley  Castle.  Eoyston.  Little  Haresfield. 
Maisemore  Court. 

CHAPTEE  XIV.  355—378 

The  Gloucestershire  Herds  (continued).  Butler's  Court.  Hatherop.  Southrop 
House.  Eastleach.  •  Maiseyhampton.  Marston  Hill.  Poulton  Priory.  North 
Cerney.  Sherbourne.  Great  Eissington.  Oxfordshire  Herds.  Sarsden  Lodge 
Farm.  Melbourne  Villa.  Berkshire  Herds.  Windsor.  Grazeley  Court. 

Charlton  House. 

CHAPTEE  XV.  379—394 

The  Monmouthshire  Herds.     Caldicot  Hall.      The  Duffryn.     Llanrumney  Hall. 

Maindiff  Court. .     The  Hendre.      Herefordshire  Herds.      Bryngwyn.      Clifford 

Priory.      Lower  Eaton.      Worcestershire  Herds.      Oddingley.      Stoney  Lane. 

Bentley  Manor.    Eosedale. 

CHAPTEE  XVI.  394—405 

The  Wales  Herds.      Pool  Park.      Bodrhyddan.      Noyadd  Wilym.      Manoravon. 
Park  le  Breos.    Waunyscil  House.     Green  Farm.     Cardiff  Castle.     Greenhill. 

CHAPTEE  XVII.  405—426 

The  Shropshire  Herds.  Uffington.  Adcote.  Broom  House.  Plasyn  Grove. 
Hanley  Hall.  Garth  Hall.  Eaton  Constantine.  Sheriff  Hales  Manor.  Ercall 
Park.  Staffordshire  Herds.  ElmhurstHall.  Ellenhall.  SugnallHall.  Various 
Midland  Herds.  Wroxall.  The  Outwoods.  Cheshire  Herds.  Clayley  Hall. 

Tabley  Grange.     Tatton  Park. 

CHAPTEE  XVIII.       -  426-460 

The  Lancashire  Herds.  Lathom  House.  Springwood.  CrostonHall.  Limefield 
House.  Livesey.  Moreton  Hall.  Penwortham  Priory.  Clifton  Hill.  Scale 
Hall.  South  Westmoreland  Herds.  Arkholme.  Wrayton  Hall.  Underley  Hall. 
Eigmaden  Park.  Coat  Green.  Thorn  Leigh.  Greenhead.  Deepthwaite  House. 
Holmescales.  Sedgwick.  Water  Crook.  TheLound.  Lane  Foot.  Skelsmergh 
Hall.  Cleabarrow.  Lancashire  Herds  (continued).  Colthouse.  Hawkshead 
Hall.  Coniston  Bank.  Low  Hall.  Grange.  Wharton  Grange.  Holker  Hall. 

BREEDEE'S  DIEECTOET         -  -  -          Hi. 


SHORTHORN 

HEEDS    OF   ENGLAND 


CHAPTER    I. 

The   Yorkshire  Herds. — Wetherby    Grange  and    its    Associations. — 
Moor  Park. — SwarcUffe. — Studley. — Carperby. 

Since  the  days  when  the  names  of  the  brothers  Colling  and 
Mr.  Christopher  Mason  made  Durham  famous  as  a  cattle  breeding 
County,  the  honour  of  producing  most  of  the  celebrated  short- 
horns of  the  past  half  century  has  fallen  to  breeders  in  the  County 
of  Yorkshire,  and  in  a  work  of  this  description  it  is  but  natural 
that  one  of  those  historical  birthplaces  of  shorthorns,  Warlaby  or 
Wetherby,  should  be  the  first  visited.  The  quiet  town  of 
Wetherby,  where  the  "  Great  Yorkshire  "  held  its  meeting  in  '68, 
was  our  first  destination.  Being  the  month  of  November,  it  began 
with  the  usual  dull,  quiet  day,  ending  with  rain  :  wending  our  way 
over  the  bridge  across  the  River  Wharfe,  we  arrive  at  Mr.  Taylor's 
house,  and  many  will  know  that  'tis  but  to  cross  the  road  and  we 
are  on  what  may  be  fitly  termed  the  "  native  heath "  of  the 
Duchesses,  so  far  as  the  present  generation  of  shorthorn  breeders 
are  concerned. 


2  SHORTHORN    HERDS    OF    ENOLA.ND. 

Let  us  hark  back  to  tha  day  when  the  owner  then  Mr.  Robert 
G-unter  of  Earl's  Court,  made  his  first  start  in  breeding,  and  that 
was  on  August  21st,  1853,  at  the  great  Tortworth  sale,  where  he 
and  Mr.  Tanqueray  opposed  Mr.  Thorne  and  the  Agent  of  Messrs. 
Becar  and  Morris  so  successfully  as  to  lay  claim  to  four  out  of  the 
eight  female  Duchesses.  The  "  Usurer "  cow  and  Duchess  70th 
fell  to  the  new  beginner's  share  at  660  gs.  the  pair,  while  Duchess 
69th  and  Oxford  llth  two  of  his  colleague's  purchases,  afterwards 
joined  their  former  stable  companions  along  with  6th  Duke  of 
Oxford.  In  August  '57,  Earl's  Court  saw  the  herd  no  more,  and 
Wetherby  became  their  home,  and  it  was  here  that  Duchess  77th 
was  born, .the  result  of  the  union  of  6th  Duke  of  Oxford  and 
Duchess  70th.  She  proved  victorious  at  Leeds  in  '61,  besides 
winning  25  other  cups  and  prizes  ;  until  the  Royal  came  to  York, 
in  '83  no  other  of  this  tribe  was  exhibited  by  the  owner,  and  then 
9th  Duke  of  Tregunter  appeared  in  the  two-year-old  class  and 
came  away  with  the  Reserve  Number.  But  alas  !  the  Agents  of 
the  French  Government  had  seen  and  would  not  be  denied.  It  is 
a  mere  matter  of  history  how  Duchesses  97,  101,  and  103  were 
bought  for  Canada  by  the  enterprising  Mr.  Cochrane,  and  how  Lord 
Dunmore  bought  the  pair  of  heifer  calves  from  the  two  latter  fo" 
2500  gs.,  the  exact  price  of  the  dams  the  year  previous.  It  is  to 
the  Wetherby  Duchess  that  Bates  breeders  are  indebted  for  the 
Dukes  of  Clarence,  Claro,  Tregunter,  Wetherby,  and  Wharfdale, 
as  well  as  7th  and  8th  Dukes  of  York.  It  was  the  Duchesses  that 
made  Wetherby  a  household  word  amongst  Bates  men  ;  but  from 
time  to  time  other  tribes  were  introduced  into  the  herd,  the  most 
fashionable  being  the  Wild  Eyes  in  1867  by  the  purchase  of  Mild 
Eyes  bred  by  the  late  Mr.  Anthony  Maynard.  Daffodil,  and 
Darlington  14th  bred  at  Lillingstone  Dayrell,  and  Penryhn  Castle, 
were  the  foundation  of  the  Darlingtinas,  and  Ada,  a  daughter  of  old 
America  by  Marmaduke,  claims  the  Acomb  tribe  as  her  descendants  ; 
the  principal  families  in  point  of  numbers  are  the  Blanches  and  Miss 
Beverleys  of  more  recent  acquisition. 


SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND.  O 

Once  more  let  us  retrace  our  pen  to  what  we  saw  at  Wetherby 
in  November  '85  :  in  the  first  box  were  a  trio  of  youthful  daughters 
of  Prince  Airdrie,  the  roan  from  Ddrlingtina  9th  being  very  pretty 
and  of  great  promise.  Christmas  Grtvynne,  at  the  Ashton  Hall 
Sale  in  addition  to  being  remembered  by  many  present  for  her  own 
good  looks,  will  also  be  borne  in  mind  for  the  excellence  of  her 
daughters  by  Prince  Saladin,  then  brought  before  the  public,  she 
came  home  in  calf  to  him  again,  and  Duke  Grwynne,  one  of  the  two 
sires  in  the  herd,  was  the  produce.  Waterloo  Duchess  5th,  from 
Thicket  Priory,  a  cow  with  every  appearance  of  general  utility, 
occupies  the  adjoining  stall  with  Mild  Ey-^s  15th,  one  of  the  few 
calves  left  in  England  by  8th  Duke  of  Tregunter  sold  to  Mr. 
Fisher,  of  Australia.  Acombs — No.  12  and  13 — have  the  end 
division,  both  recently  calvsd  their  first-born,  the  former  yields 
three  gallons  par  diem,  and  the  latter  having  for  her  sire  Earl  of 
Tregunter  of  Old  Daisy  renown,  should  certainly  do  as  well,  if  the 
repute  of  the  sire's  family  is  to  be  maintained. 

Winsome  19th — by  name  a  Winsome  but  not  by  birth,  being 
in  reality  a  Bright  Eyes — a  square  built  cow,  bought  at  the  last 
Holker  sale  by  Mr.  Lynd  (Col.  Gunter's  neighbour  on  the  opposite 
side  of  the  River)  had  crossed  the  bridge,  leaving  a  daughter 
behind  to  mourn  her  loss.  Age  is  beginning  to  tell  upon  Darling- 
tina  9th,  not  too  large  but  an  exceedingly  nice  old  cow  of  fine 
character  the  best  of  the  tribe  in  the  herd.  E-osalba  and  her  bull- 
calf  by  King  Rudolf  are  the  latest  purchases,  the  owner  speaks  of 
the  matron  as  more  Bateslike  than  any  Booth  he  has  ever  seen,  but 
the  son  has  quite  the  character  of  the  rival  house,  as  he  persistently 
runs  round  his  dam  it  is  difficult  to  get  anything  like  a  fair  view  of 
him,  yet  he  appeared  a  straight  level  calf,  good  in  his  thighs, 
especially  well  sprung  in  his  ribs,  and  shoulders  well  laid,  but 
in  touch  he  is  not  perfection.  Out  of  a  quartette  of  calves,  a  red 
broad  backed  heifer  of  the  Princess  bull's  get  from  Miss  Beverley 
33rd,  is  worthv  of  some  attention. 


4  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

Crossing  to  the  opposite  side  of  the  yard  in  one  of  some  half- 
dozen  open-fronted  boxes  here  Duchess  119th,  the  plum  of  the  herd 
resides,  a  cow  full  of  shorthorn  grace  and  character  with  beautiful 
head  and  horns,  deep  full  chest,  good  ribs  and  shoulders,  lengthy 
even  quarters,  and  not  to  be  omitted  is  the  important  fact  that  she 
had  only  been  dried  a  short  time  previous  to  our  visit,  after  being 
in  rnilk  almost  eleven  months.  Constitution  is  not  lacking  in 
Duchess  119th,  and  our  advice  to  those  who  so  persistently 
advocate  "direct"  outcrosses,  is  go  and  see  this  healthy,  vigorous 
specimen  of  the  Duchesses  at  Wetherby,  the  result  of  many  slight 
admixtures  of  alien  blood  ;  it  may  prove  of  interest  to  our  readers 
to  have  them  set  forth,  her  sire  2nd  Cherry  Duke  28170,  altho' 
by^3rd  Duke  of  Wharf  dale  was  from  the  "  Marmaduke "  cow, 
thus  bringing  in  the  Gwynne  element,  a  curious  fact  is  that  Mr. 
Bolden's  3rd  Grand  Duke  16182  is  introduced  in  both  the 
"  Cherry  "  and  the  2nd  Duke  of  Harrington's  pedigree  thro'  being 
the  sire  of  their  respective  grandams,  and  with  him  comes  in  the 
Warlaby  Farewell  blood,  thro'  2nd  Duke  of  Bolton  12739,  this 
bull  again  appears  as  grandsire  of  10th  Grand  Duke — who  in  turn 
got  18th  Duke  of  Oxford,  the  sire  of  2nd  Duke  of  Barrington — 
on  both  sides  of  the  house,  the  dam  of  the  Barrington  bull  was  by 
9th  Duke  of  Oxford,  a  son  of  Mr.  Bolden's  Prince  Imperial  15095, 
the  great  grandsire  of  H)th  Grand  Duke. 

Mild  Eyes  8th,  one  of  5th  Duke  of  Wetherby's  daughters, 
before  leaving  his  birthplace  for  Holker,  was  13  years  old  on  July 
24th  last,  when  on  a  second  visit  six  weeks  later,  another  Mild 
Eyes — the  12th — had  been  brought  in  from  the  Park  and  occupied 
the  adjoining  box,  comparing  the  two,  we  preferred  the  old  cow,  as 
in  her  younger  days  she  must  have  been  a  grand  specimen  of  a 
shorthorn,  the  younger,  a  dark  roan,  is  also  a  good  cow,  bred  at 
Duncombe  Park,  she  still  owns  one  of  the  Wetherby  Dukes  for  her 
sire.  Waterloo  Duchess  2nd,  a  true  specimen  of  the  tribe,  wealthy, 
heavy  fleshed,  and  of  the  notorious  yellow  red  and  white,  has  a  daugh- 
ter Waterloo  24th,  which  has  curiously  never  been  found  in  season, 


SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND.  5 

so  but  one  end  awaits  her.  Acoinb  10th  a  level  young  cow  of  a 
lightish  roan,  occupies  the  corner  division,  an  accident  when  young 
prevents  her  holding  her  head  straight,  nevertheless  perfectly  healthy 
she  is  the  mother  of  an  excellent  white  bull  calf. 

In  the  next  yard  we  are  much  charmed  with  two  Blanche  bulls, 
a  red  and  a  roan,  but  darkness  intervening  an  adjournment  is  made 
across  the  river,  when  a  pleasant  evening  is  spent  with  a  late  breeder 
of  shorthorns,  as  one  was  retained  there  is  hopes  of  a  second  herd. 
In  tho  morning  once  more  to  the  Grange  Farm,  to  finish  our  work, 
and  the  Blanche  bulls  are  again  viewed,  near  at  hand  is  Duchess 
126th,  the  lovely  white  daughter  of  the  home  bred  Duke  Blanche 
and  Duchess  119th,  a  thick  good  heifer,  with  great  substance,  which 
in  due  time  will  mature  into  one  of  the  finest  cows  in  the  herd. 
When  Prince  Airdire  48472,  one  of  the  two  stock  sires  is 
brought  out,  about  as  lengthy  a  straight,  strong  backed  bull  stands 
forth,  as  ordinary  mortals  wish  to  see.  In  breeding  he  is  an  American^? 
Princess,  bred  at  Thicket  Priory,  descending  from  Princess  of  Oxford 
6th,  imported  by  Mr.  Geo.  Fox.  Duke  Gwynne  51099,  from  the 
grand  old  cow  Christmas  Grwynne  previously  noticed,  is  of  a  smaller 
mould  than  Prince  Airdire,  whose  duties  he  shares,  but  he  has  time  to 
grow  considerably  as  he  is  not  two  years  till  February,  both  Prince 
Saladin  and  Christmas  Grwynne  have  gained  their  laurels  as  sire  and 
dam  respectively,  so  their  joint  produce  should  accomplish  great  things, 
but  how  often  this  fallacy  proves  the  contrary  with  man  and  beast. 
In  a  calf  house  filled  with  representatives  of  the  Foggathorpe, 
Waterloo,  and  Wild  Eyes  tribes,  a  roan  from  Geneva  Foggathorpe 
attracts  our  notice  on  account  of  her  excellent  coat  of  hair,  and 
perhaps  equally  so  on  the  ground  that  the  owner  has  given  the 
Foggathorpe's  a  home  in  his  large  herd,  when  other  breeders  are 
now  doing  likewise,  it  is  possible  that  this  tribe  may  again  compare 
favourably  in  market  value  to  the  other  minor  Kirklurington  tribes, 
as  they  did  in  1850. 

It  is  here  necessary  for  shorthorns  to  do  their  duty  at  the  pail, 
and  amongst  those  in  milk  two  of  the  [Sweetheart  family — mother 
and  daughter — appear  equal  to  their  share.  Darlingtina  llth  a 


6  SHORTHORN    HKIU3S    OF    ENGLAND. 

bonny  daughter  of  5th  Duke  of  Clarence  and  our  favourite  old 
white  Darlingtina  is  a  bit  amiss  on  the  day  of  our  visit.  Fair  Maid 
is  of  the  late  Mr.  Maynard's  blood,  Ondine  of  compound  mixture 
but  the  dam  of  a  very  short  legged  useful  yearling  bull  of  great 
depth,  and  Blossom  6th,  a  Bell  Bates,  more  useful  than  ornamental. 
Foggathorpe's  and  Blanches  we  have  also,  the  latter  very 
numerous  at  Wetheiby,  will  be  profitable,  if  they  can  breed 
youngsters  like  the  two  we  saw,  the  females  are  numbered  consec- 
utively, and  we  notice  25  has  been  regi  'tered  in  Coates'  last  edition,  a 
great  deal  of  good  can  be  said  of  them  go  where  we  will,  with  fair  tr<*at- 
ment,  they  are  large  framed  fine  cattle,  with  lots  of  substance. 
Amongst  the  after  seen  young  bulls,  Duke  Waterloo  52798,  a 
red  by  9th  Duke  of  Tregunter  from  Waterloo  23rd  a  daughter  of 
one  of  the  Thicket  Piiory  purchases,  is  of  the  Bates  stamp,  with  a 
fine  masculine  head  and  horns,  he  is  intended  for  home  use,  and  it 
was  whispered  he  might  have  the  chance  of  a  Duchess,  let  us  hope 
so,  as  only  fifth  in  descent  from  Mr.  Bates'  Waterloo  13th,  who 
had  but  one  Duchess  cross  in  her  pedigree  and  since  that  date  the 
five  bulls  that  have  been  added,  are  all  of  recognized  families,  with 
alien  blood  in  their  veins  to  some  extent,  tho'  in  so  mild  a  degree 
as  to  act  as  a  tonic  without  doing  harm,  in  breeding,  Duke 
Waterloo  is  in  the  author's  opinion,  a  most  suitable  "  sire "  for 
any  Bates  tribe  that  wants  fresh  blood  and  especially  so  since  the 
Waterloo's  are  taking  so  prominent  a  position  amongst  the  Kirklev- 
ington  tribes. 

When  visiting  Wetherby  the  second  time,  we  went  to  Sweep 
Farm,  a  mile  distant  from  the  main  buildings  and  here  1 6  young  cows 
and  heifers  are  divided  equally  in  two  yards.  In  No.  1,  Waterloo 
21st,  very  pretty,  is  perhaps  the  pick  of  the  yard,  Mild  Eyes  17th,  a 
spotted  roan,  by  the  Earl  of  Tregunter  from  our  favourite  the  8th, 
is  not  so  good  as  the  dam  ;  a  very  squarely  built  good  heifer  is 
Blanche  25,  worthy  of  the  ancient  line  she  represents,  not  to  be 
omitted  is  Fine  Maid,  a  grand-daughter  of  Milkmaid,  that  in  74 
produced  two  pairs  of  twin  C.  C's,  on  January  10th  and  December 
9th,  all  alive.  In  Xo.  2  yard,  reds,  and  that  with  a  little  white,  are 


SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND.  7 

very  numerous,  they  are  almost  all  either  Blanches  or  Miss  Beverleys, 
the  two  best  were  a  red  and  a  roan  of  the  latter  tribe,  a  few  more 
shorthorns  were  kept  still  further  away,  but  as  we  had  seen  the 
general  character  of  the  herd  we  contented  ourselves  with  returning 
by  way  of  the  Park,  and  seeing  where  the  Duchesses  in  their  palmy 
days  used  to  roam  in  summer  time,  and  let  us  hope  that  ere  many 
years  elapse  with  the  fresh  blood  introduced,  there  will  be  as  many 
numbers  of  the  tribe  again  in  the  Park  as  when  the  Yorkshire  held 
its  meeting  at  Wetherby  in  '(38. 

Harrogate  lies  not  far  distant  from  Wetherby,  and  when  2\ 
miles  on  the  Harlow  lioad  we  come  to  Moor  Park,  hardly  known 
as  the  place  where  a  herd  of  first-class  Booth  shorthorns  exists,  but 
if  Mr.  H.  Williams  the  owner  buys  the  best  lots,  as  he  did  at  the 
dispersion  of  the  Acton  Burnell  and  Knowlmere  herds,  it  soon 
will  be.  A  special  feature  at  Moor  Park  are  the  dozen  loose  boxes 
recently  erected  and  admirably  fitted  up  in  every  res  pert,  if  shorthorns 
won't  prosper  and  multiply  in  such  dwellings,  it  will  be  difficult  to 
find  any  home  where  they  will.  The  occupant  of  th^  first  box, 
Queen  Anna,  a  fine  looking  cow  from  Mr.  Wm.  White's,  has  by 
her  side  the  first  of  Prince  of  Halnaby's  get,  a  roan  heifer  of 
considerable  promise.  Marissa,  a  red  and  little  white,  by  Mr.  Carr's 
Baron  Stackhouse  30488,  one  of  the  last  sons  of  his  famous  bull 
breeder,  Windsor's  Queen,  hails  from  Knowlmere,  and  is  suckling 
a  roan  bull  calf,  born  since  her  change  of  ownership.  In  '71,  when 
the  first  Knowlmere  herd  came  to  the  hammer,  three  females  of 
this  tribe  made  just  over  300  gs.  each,  a  red  heifer  calf  named 
Marigold,  altho'  in  the  auction  list  was  not  offered,  and  from  her 
sprang  the  numerous  progeny  offered  last  July.  Mermaid,  a  daughter 
of  Marissa  by  Sir  Simeon's  half-brother  Lord  Clarence  45074 — 
winner  of  the  1st  in  his  class  at  the  Guild  Show  at  Preston  in  '82 
— a  very  straight  level  young  cow,  especially  lengthy  and  good  in 
her  quarters,  and  standing  low  to  the  ground,  she  pleases  our  eye 
more  than  the  dam,  and  the  public  evidently  appeared  of  the  same 
mind  at  Knowlmere,  when  she  rose  to  be  the  highest  priced  of  her 
family.  Porest  Fern,  a  ti  uly  fine  specimen  of  the  shorthorn  type 


8  SHORTHORN    HERDS    OF    ENGLAND. 

by  Mr.  John  B.  Booth's  Sir  John  Ridd  35577, is  an  illustration  ot  the 
good  which  results  from  the  union  of  a  line  bred  sire,  with  cows  of 
mixed  pedigree,  in  fact  the  same  wonderful  effect,  the  first  cross  of  a 
pedigree  bull  often  shows  on  non-pedigree  stock.  Hebe,  an  ex- 
ceedingly pretty  daughter  of  that  favourite  Killerby  sire  King  of 
Trumps,  from  Heroine,  of  almost  pure  Booth  lineage,  was  the  highest 
priced  animal  at  Sir  Charles  Smythe's  sale,  and  has  bred  two  heiferi 
at  Moor  Park.  Purity,  also  from  Acton  Burnell,  and  by  another 
popular  Killerby  bull  Paul  Potter,  fully  maintains  the  reputation  of 
the  Mason  blood.  Farewell  9th  bred  by  Mr.  John  Downing,  by  Mr. 
Terr's  Robert  Stephenson,  a  large  framed  fine  looking  cow,  came  in 
company  with  Marissa  and  her  heifer.  Not  to  be  omitted  is  Moun- 
tain Spirit,  bied  by  Mr.  Meade- Waldo,  by  Lord  President  from 
Mountain  Dell,  a  short  legged,  good  fleshed  specimen  of  the  Aylesby 
"  M's."  The  stock  sire  Prince  of  Halnaby  is  a  neat  and  compact 
bull  of  excellent  quality  and  beautiful  touch,  with  admirably  sprung 
ribs,  good  dewlap,  great  depth  of  chest  and  a  masculine  head,  but  a 
slight  falling  off  in  his  hind  quarters  diminish  a  little  his  perfection 
in  shape,  he  is  a  light  roan  in  colour,  three  years  old,  bred  by  Mr. 
W.  Talbot  Crosbie,  by  King  David  from  Princess  of  Halnaby. 
Prince  Rudolph,  also  a  roan,  had  not  long  come  from  Mr. 
Welsted's  autumn  sale,  but  we  hardly  think  the  second  purchase 
from  Ireland  will  prove,  even  with  age,  to  be  the  equal  of  the  first, 
he  is  by  Lord  Provost  from  Royal  Rose,  of  Mr.  Maynard's  Moss 
Rose  family. 

Visitors  to  Harrogate  will  well  know  the  Nidd  Valley 
Railway,  running  from  that  fashionable  resort  to  Pately  Bridge  at 
Birstwith,  the  fourth  station,  we  alight,  and  Swarcliffe,  on  the  left  of 
this  picturesque  valley  in  which  are  situate  the  well  known  Birmham 
Rocks,  is  close  at  hand.  Sad  to  say  since  our  visit  the  owner  of 
the  herd,  Mr.  F.  B.  Greenwood,  has  died  very  suddenly,  so  there  is 
but  a  melancholy  satisfaction  in  reviewing  our  notes  and  a  letter 
from  Mr.  Greenwood,  with  an  interesting  statement  as  to  the 
breeding  of  pure-bred  shorthorns  by  his  family,  as  the  writer 
justly  remarks,  there  are  very  few  in  England  who  can  say  that 


SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  KNWLAND.  9 

shorthorns  have  been  bred  by  their  family  for  four  generations. 
The  deceased  owner's  great-grandfather,  Mr.  John  Greenwood, 
(who  lived  at  Keightley),  was  a  partner  in  business  with  Mr. 
Whittaker,  of  Burley-in- Wharf  dale,  and,  in  1837,  his,  i.e.,  Mr. 
John  Greenwood's  name  appears  in  vol.  v.  of  the  Herd-book  as  a 
breeder  ;  his  son  Frederick  continued  the  herd,  both  at  Rysworth, 
near  Bingley,  and  Xorton  Conyers,  near  Ripon  ;  at  his  death  in 
1863,  the  father  of  the  late  owner  bought  several  of  the  cows,  and 
established  the  present  Swarcliffe  herd.  Fairy,  by  Mr.  F.  H. 
Fawkes'  Humphrey  Clinker  13055  proved  the  most  prolific  of  the 
'63  purchases,  and  two  families  trace  to  Clorinne  and  Sibyl,  bought 
at  the  same  time.  Revival,  from  Farnley,  is  the  only  more  recent 
acquisition  that  is  represented  in  the  female  line.  Mr.  Greenwood 
had  the  advantage  of  having  for  his  great-uncle  the  Rev.  Thomas 
Staniforth,  who  during  the  past  30  years  has  continually  helped  the 
herd  by  the  use  of  bulls  from  Storrs,  all  the  following  having  been 
lent  by  or  purchased  from  him,  viz.  : — Grindelwald  26323,  High 
Constable  34158,  Peer  of  the  Realm  27057,  Knight  of  Windermere 
38533,  Arbutus  44315,  and  Heather  King  39984.  We  are  fortunate 
enough  in  climbing  the  steep  hill  leading  out  of  the  Nidd  Valley  to 
accidentally  come  across  the  herdsman,  the  owner  being  from  home, 
we  are  soon  looking  at  the  contents  of  the  comfortable  looking 
stone-built  buildings  and  find  Mountain  Dew,  by  Knight  of  the 
Shire,  a  grand  specimen  of  Mr.  Torr's  "M's,"  with  a  box  to  herself, 
she  came  from  Lord  Tankerville's  sale,  and  her  son  Mountain  Boy, 
a  red,  by  Mr.  T.  H.  Hutchinson's  Riby  Star,  is  intended  for  home 
use.  Foxglove,  one  of  High  Constable's  daughters,  now  eleven 
years  old,  is  a  good  old  sort  with  excellent  dairy  properties,  her 
sister  Fluellin,  by  Knight  of  Windermere,  a  large  massive  cow, 
is  especially  well  ribbed  up.  Conference,  Calais-Douvres,  and 
Cashmere,  all  trace  to  "  Corinne,"  the  first-named  being  an 
excellent  breeder  and  a  good  dairy  cow,  as  to  Cashmere  she  has 
not  had  a  calf  for  twelve  months  and  still  kept  in  milk, 
so  it  is  evident  that  the  dairy  is  not  the  last  consideration  here. 
Lady  Rainsay,  born  in  February,  '80,  is  the  oldest  of  a  family 


10  SHORTHORN  HKRDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

group  of  three  own  sisters  by  Knight  of  Windermere  from 
Revivalist,  a  daughter  of  the  cow  bought  at  Earnley,  Rebel  Queen 
and  Reaction  were  calved  in  January  and  December  of  the  following 
year,  and  we  consider  the  "  Queen  "  very  rightly  named,  as  she  is 
the  best  looking  of  the  three  and  of  larger  scale  than  her  sisters. 
Baron,  a  heavy  fleshed,  wide  topped,  level  animal  of  good 
masculine  appearance,  is  at  the  head  of  the  herd  ;  he  was  bred  at 
AVest  Perehain  by  Sir  Benedict,  from  Castanet  4th,  of  Mr.  Booth's 
Paine  tribe.  Amongst  the  younger  stock,  Consultation,  a  lengthy 
roan  calf  from  Conference  is  in  good  bloom  and  intended  for  local 
show  yards  ;  her  half-sister  and  companion  a  red  and  white  from 
Rebel  Queen  traces  to  Mr.  Booth's  Young  Alexina  by  Pilot,  49ti, 
both  are  the  Baron's  get,  and  no  discredit  to  him.  Unintentionally 
we  have  omitted  to  notice  Lady  Laura,  a  neat  roan  cow  by  Mr.  T. 
C.  Booth's  King  Harry,  out  of  Lady  Lowndes,  purchased  at  the 
Holtnscales  sale,  and  before  taking  our  departure  to  Harrogate, 
Swiss  Lady,  a  roan  heifer  by  Arbutus,  must  also  have  mention  as 
representing  the  original  family  of  Sibyl. 

Studley  still  keeps  up  its  reputation  in  breeding  on  the  same 
lines  of  blood  as  it  did  70  years  ago,  and  from  Swarcliffe  we  went 
to  see  Mr.  Greo.  Teats,  now  the  tenant  of  this  once  famous  home- 
stead, the  old  bull  house  is  still  in  existence  but  used  for  other  pur- 
poses, and  so  true  a  lover  of  the  Booth  blood  as  Mr.  Yeats,  will 
hardly  find  it  possible  to  part  with  those  relicts  of  the  past, 
especially  when  Royalist,  a  son  of  Royal  Stuart,  and  Maraquita  is 
here  from.  Warlaby.  Mr.  Yeats'  father  bred  short-horns  at 
Grantley,  and  after  his  death  the  herd  was  removed  to  Studley  in  '52. 
Every  shorthorn  on  the  farm  has  been  bred  by  Mr.  Geo.  Yeats 
with  the  exception  of  the  stud  bull.  A  large  portion  of  the  herd 
trace  to  a  cow  called  Moss  Rose  by  Lofty  2217,  which  has  divided 
itself  into  three  branches,  the  most  numerous  having  Empress 
Eugenie  by  Emperor  12838,  for  ancestress  :  with  the  exception  of 
Windsor  Cherry,  by  Royal  Windsor,  bred  by  Mr.  R.  F.  Housman, 
of  Lime  Bank,  and  a  short  pedigree  of  Mr.  Yeats'  own  "  raising," 
all  the  rest  of  the  females  descend  thro'  Moss  Rose.  Bulls  having 


SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND.  11 

more  or  less  of  Booth  bloood  have  always  been  used  by  the  present 
owner,  and  when  a  cow  has  gone  to  Warlaby  for  service  and  the 
produce  resulted  in  a  bull,  it  has  been  used. 

Taking  the  cows  we  saw  in  their  turn,  Clarice,  by  Mr.  Stani- 
forth's  Clarion,  is  a  straight  good  cow,  the  dain  of  several  daughters 
in  the  herd.  Lady  Margaret  is  suckling  a  strong  bull  calf,  and 
Villete,  by  the  home-bred  Fitz  Royal  43230  is  doing  a  couple  of 
calves  exceedingly  well  if  appearances  must  decide,  while  her  half- 
sister  Vensela,  is  also  a  good  dairy  cow  ;  their  dam  Verbena  died 
from  milk  fever.  One  of  the  best  looking  cows  is  Queen  Hatty,  by 
Mr.  T.  C.  Booth's  King  Harold,  and  the  dam  of  Eavenlock  by 
another  Warlaby  bull  King  David  whose  term  of  service  is  just 
expiring,  and  it  is  sad  to  see  so  lengthy  a  good  looking  bull  destined 
for  the  shambles.  Queen  Anuora,  one  of  the  Windsor  Cherry  sort 
— from  Lune  Bank,  has  a  wonderful  udder  and  is  the  dam  of 
Queen  Annie,  by  Lord  Bolton's  Preston  Lad. 

We  are  especially  pleased  with  a  pair  cf  very  nice  two-year- 
old  heifers,  Snow  Queen,  by  the  Duke  of  Northumberland's  Snow 
King  from  Queen  Hatty — and  sister  to  Ravenlock — and  Lady 
Clarence,  one  of  Ravenlock's  daughters.  The  former  is  our  pre- 
ference, being  so  well  covered  over  her  crops  and  well  sprung  in 
her  rib,  but  for  depth  of  chest  she  can  hardly  compete  with  Lady 
Clarence,  a  heifer  of  nice  quality. 

Calling  a  second  time  at  Studley,  we  found  Royalist  had 
departed,  and  Eastern  Prince,  bred  at  Alnwick,  by  Eastern  Emperor 
from  Daisy's  Pride,  of  good  old  Angus  blood,  reigned  in  his  stead ; 
a  very  lengthy  bull,  well  fleshed  and  with  a  wonderful  back  and 
rib.  Three  cow  calves,  all  of  a  uniform  red,  by  Royal  James  —a  son 
of  Master  of  Arts  and  Lady  James  of  short  but  almost  pure  Booth 
descent — have  arrived  since  our  previous  visit  at  Studley,  they 
are  very  promising,  especially  the  one  from  Star  of  Braithwaite,  a 
cow  by  Mr.  R.  S.  Bruere's  St.  Swithin's  Star  Drop.  Royal  James 
is  also  sire  of  two  more  heifers,  one  from  Queen  Annora,  and  the 
other  out  of  Ravina  has  now  six  registered  crosses  in  addition 
to  the  seventh  ancestress,  being  described  as  a  '*  Prize  Dairy  Cow.J> 


12  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

The  name  of  the  owner  of  the  Carperby  herd  was  as  familar  to 
frequenters  of  show  yards  in  the  days  when  the  two  "  Admirals  " 
were  in  the  height  of  their  success,  as  that  of  Mr.  Handley's  during 
the  past  seasons ;  and  it  was  to  pay  his  herd  a  visit,  that  we  got  out 
at  Aysgarth  Station  on  our  way  to  cross  the  border  into  Westmore- 
land. The  Carperby  Manor  House  farm  in  the  occupation  of  Mr. 
Thomas  Willis  Jun.,  is  situated  about  equal  distance  between  the 
East  and  West  Coasts,  at  an  elevation  of  700  feet  above  sea  level. 
In  the  preface  to  the  last  private  catalogue  of  the  herd,  the  owners 
truly  remark  "  it  was  all  important  to  have  a  race  of  animals  of 
great  hardihood  and  strong  constitution,  to  enable  them  to  resist  the 
vigour  of  the  climate  and  lay  on  heavy  flesh,  with  the  ordinary  food 
of  the  farm."  Mr.  Thos.  Willis,  Sen.,  the  founder  of  the  herd  and 
Wensleydale  flock,  now  in  his  95th  year,  resides  with  his  son,  and 
altho'  long  retired  from  active  life  must  have  had  great  satisfaction  and 
pleasure  in  seeing  the  building  up  of  the  herd,  which  under  the 
management  of  him  and  his  son,  have  produced  such  animals  as 
Bride  of  Windsor,  Rose  of  Lucknow,  Royal  Windsor,  and  Vice 
Admiral  and  his  brother. 

The  first  pedigree  cow  at  Carpsrby  was  Dewdrop.  purchased  by 
Mr.  AVillis,  Sen.,  at  Mr.  Claridge's  sale  at  Jerveaux  Abbey  in  the 
year  1838.  in  the  days  of  the  present  owners'  boyhood,  being  his 
first  shorthorn  sale,  and  when  he  contracted  that  admiration  of 
the  breed  which  he  has  since  so  successfully  manipulated.  Between 
1838  and  1850  all  the  females  were  brought,  from  which  the  herd  now 
descends,  Star  and  her  daughter  Swinton  Rose,  were  purchased 
piivately  from  Capt.  Harcoutt,  of  Swinton  Park,  about  1842,  from 
whom  also  came  Venus  by  Symmetry  5384,  both  Star  and  Venus  were 
from  a  cow  by  Fitz  Champion,  whose  dam  was  by  Young  Snowball, 
so  in  the  last  catalogue  the  descendants  of  the  two  Swinton  cows 
are  classed  as  members  of  one  family,  as  shown  above  the  sires  were 
the  same,  if  not  the  dams  also  ;  Brittania  was  bred  by  Mr.  John 
Ewbank,  of  Nutwith  Cote,  and  from  her  oome  the  Lily's  ;  Fanny, 
of  Mr.  John  Ceiling's  Rachel  tribe,  purchased  for  £18  as  doubtful  at 
Mr.  C.  Topham's  sale,  proved  a  baigain,  as  taking  to  breeding  after 


SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND.  13 

changing  her  owner  she  continued  until  she  was  sixteen,  and 
from  her  have  heen  bred  the  two  Admirals,  and  lastly  the  Maid  of 
Masham  tribe,  bred  at  Carperby,  from  the  cow  of  that  name,  who 
was  from  the  stock  of  Mr.  Carter,  of  Sutton. 

The  first  shorthorn  bull  purchased  by  Mr.  Willis,  was 
Wilbeiforce  9830,  bred  by  the  late  Mr.  Samuel  Wiley  of  Bransby, 
from  the  same  dam  as  his  Lady  Chandos,  the  gold  medal  cow  at 
Smithfield,hewas  principally  of  Mason  blood  and  proved  a  most  useful 
sire,  his  stock  being  excellent  milkers.  His  successors  were  the 
celebrated  Frederick  and  Gripsy  King  11532,  both  from  Townley, 
the  former  on  hire  for  a  short  period,  and  the  latter  a  purchase,  was 
afterwards  exchanged  with  Col.  Townley  for  G-avazzi  11508,  bred  by 
Mr.  S.  E.  Bolden,  of  Hyning,  a  son  of  Leonidas  and  from  a  cow  by 
Benedict,  two  bulls  bred  by  Mr.  Rd.  Booth,  since  that  time  male 
animals  either  pure  Booth  or  inheriting  largely  of  that  blood  have 
been  used  in  the  following  order  :  in  1858  King  Alfred  16334,  a 
son  of  Crown  Prince,  and  Venus  Victrix,  was  hired  from  Warlaby, 
and  the  year  following  his  half-brother  Lord  of  the  Valley  succeeded 
him,  and  First  Fruits,  Fitz  Clarence  (a  son  of  the  Crown  Prince 
cow  Nectarine  Blossom),  and  Sir  Colin  of  the  Isabella  tribe  with  a 
double  cross  of  Crown  Prince,  also  were  all  hired  from  Mr.  Booth. 
Lord  Frederick  a  home-bred  bull  by  Lord  of  the  Valley  and 
Fanny's  daughter  Cottage  Girl  by  Frederick,  did  good  service  in 
the  herd  until  Windsor  Fitz  Windsor  was  purchased  as  a  calf  from 
Mr.  W.  Carr,  a  wonderfully  impressive  sire  that  may  almost  be 
said  to  have  been  the  making  of  the  Carperby  herd,  the  new 
purchase  was  not  less  full  of  Crown  Prince's  blood  than  the  bulls 
hired  direct  from  Mr.  Booth,  as  his  sire,  Imperial  Windsor,  and 
dam,  Windsor's  Queen,  were  both  by  Windsor — Crown  Prince's 
son —  again  more  of  this  celebrated  bull's  blood  was  introduced  by 
hiring  Windsor's  Prince,  bred  at  Stackhouse  out  of  Windsor's 
Queen,  from  Mr.  T.  Lace  in  1871,  and  used  to  the  Windsor  Fitz 
Windsor  heifers,  after  the  hiring  of  K.  C.  B.  from  Killerby  several 
home-bred  bulls  have  been  tried,  but  Warlaby  has  again  been 


14  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

resorted  to  during  the  last  two  years  and  Eastern  Emperor,  King 
Otho,  Prince  Albert  Victor,  and  Lord  Protector  have  all  been  hired. 
Vice  Admiral  at  present  the  head  of  the  herd  retains  that  great 
evenness  of  flesh  and  trueness  of  form  which  carried  him  so 
victorious  thro'  his  distinguished  show  yard  career,  in  1881  the  last 
year  he  was  shown  before  being  taken  into  the  herd  as  stud  bull  he 
was  exhibited  seven  times  at  the  leading  shows  in  the  kingdom 
when  seven  first  and  the  same  number  of  champion  prizes  were 
awarded  him,  since  then  he  has  been  used  conjointly  with  home 
sires  and  more  recently  the  Warlaby  bulls  above  mentioned. 
Vanderbilt,  a  grand  roan  seven  months  old,  son  of  Eastern  Emperor 
and  Ruby  Eose  is  coming  on  for  next  season's  use.  The  most 
numerous  are  the  Eose  family  which  muster  strongly,  Diamond 
Necklace  the  only  cow  left  in  the  herd  by  Mr.  Bruere's  Vesper  bull 
Booth's  Royal  Seal  being  the  matron  of  a  tribe  over  twenty  in 
number.  Eose  of  Summer  and  Eose  of  Spring  two  good  looking 
own  sisters  are  by  Major  Windsor  from  Eose  Clarence,  a  cow  that 
had  16  calves  at  single  births,  the  last  being  born  when  approaching 
her  19th  year,  which  was  afterwards  sold  to  Messrs.  Torrome, 
Son  &  Co.,  for  exportation  at  a  good  figure.  Euby  Eose,  a  red 
and  white  by  Abbot  of  Windsor  32903  is  a  grand-daughter  of  Eose 
of  Lucknow,  the  Gold  Medal  cow  at  Birmingham  in  1868,  and  as 
she  is  the  dam  of  the  future  head  of  the  herd  we  will  quote  her 
description  from  a  well  known  writer's  report  twelve  months 
previous  in  which  he  says : — "  Just  the  cow  to  breed  a  bull  having 
all  the  more  massive  properties  of  the  beef  making  short-horn  with 
feminine  refinement."  Her  daughter  Eose  of  the  Hour,  by  Wind- 
sor Benedict,  is  near  calving,  but  hardly  equal  to  the  dam  in  merit. 
Welcome  Eose  with  a  double  cross  of  Windsor  Eitz  Windsor  has 
two  daughters  Eose  Eitz  Halnaby  and  Eose  Mundi,  by  Mr.  Talbot 
Crosbie's  Lothian  Fitz  Halnaby  45180,  for  some  short  time  used  in 
the  vale  by  Lord  Bolton  ;  the  sisters  were  in  an  outlying  pasture 
looking  well  despite  the  showers  of  sleet  suggestive  of  winter 
quarters  which  came  unpleasantly  sweeping  across  the  valley, 
showing  that  constitution  is  necessary  for  whatever  class  of  stock  is 


SHORTHORN  HERD9  OF  ENGLAND.  15 

kept  in  a  climate  like  Wensleydale ;  the  best  of  the  three  heifers 
Mr.  Willis  has  by  Mr.  Oosbie's  bull  is  Silver  Bracelet,  from 
Bracelet  by  Vice  Admiral  which  was  in  company  with  her  half- 
sisters  and  Grulie  Colling.  Mr.  Topham's  cow  Fanny  has  seven  descen- 
dants known  as  Colling's  Rachel  tribe;  Maria  Colling,  a  red  and 
white  unites  the  two  branches  being  directly  descended  from  Fanny, 
and  indirectly  of  the  Kuth  branch  thro'  Royal  Alfred,  a  son  of 
King  Alfred  and  Ruth  llth  :  she  has  a  sweet  roan  heifer  calf  by 
Eastern  Emperor  as  well  as  Gulie  Colling  by  Windsor  Benedict 
40933.  Ethel  Colling  a  very  handsome  roan  five-year-old  by 
Major  Windsor,  is  own  brother  to  Windsor's  Viceroy  sold  to  the 
French  Government,  and  herself  one  of  the  best  in  the  herd.  The 
Lily  tribe  tracing  to  Mr.  Ewbank's  Britannia  can  boa.«t  of  having 
in  the  past  produced  Royal  Windsor  and  is  now  well  represented 
by  Bridal  Lily  a  dark  roan  substantial  cow  very  even  in  her  top  and 
bottom  lines ;  one  of  her  sons  has  already  gone  forth  to  improve 
the  cattle  on  the  South  American  plains.  As  to  the  fourth  and  last 
tribe — the  Maid  of  Masham — it  certainly  has  one  of  the  wealthiest 
if  not  the  best  cow  in  the  whole  herd  at  the  head  of  it,  namely 
Bashful  Bride  by  K.  C.  B.,  from  Blushing  Bride,  the  dam  of  Bride 
of  Windsor  shown  in  the  extra  stock  class  at  Smithfield  in  1875, 
where  she  literally  cleared  the  decks,  winning  everything  she  was 
allowed  to  compete  for.  For  this  beautiful  cow  Mr.  Willis  had  a 
most  tempting  offer  from  the  Agents  of  the  French  Government, 
but  having  no  female  produce  he  decided  to  retain  her  and  is 
rewarded  by  a  daughter  and  a  grand-daughter. 


1G  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 


CHAPTEE     II. 

North  Westmoreland  Herds. — Ttarenstonedah. — Wharton  Hall. — Eden 

Bank. — Kaber     Fold. — Hall     Garth. — Eden     Grove. — Culqaith. — 

North     Yorkshire    Herds. — Bolton    Hall. — The    Manor    House. — 

Bainesse. — Killerby. — Hartforth. 

One  of  the  best  judges  of  cattle  in  the  North  of  England  was 
Mr.  Anthony  Met  calf  e,  more  recently  known  as  Mr.Metcalfe-Gibson, 
and  the  herd  of  shorthorns  collected  by  him  in  Raven stonedale, 
and  now  the  property  of  his  son  are  well  worth  a  visit  from  anyone 
staying  in  North  Westmoreland.  The  present  Mr.  A.  Metcalfe- 
Gibson  has  some  beautiful  animals  to  continue  breeding  with  at  the 
old  place,  and  by  the  selection  of  a  sire  for  the  herd  since  our  visit, 
it  is  evident  personal  merit  is  to  reign  supreme  and  not  pedigree 
only  in  Ravenstonedale,  as  Royal  Arthur  has  been  purchased  from 
the  prize  taking  herd  of  Mr.  W.  Handley,  he  is  a  son  of  Royal 
Ingram  50374,  from  Derwent  Queen  2nd  by  Sir  Arthur  Ingram 
32490,  a  cow  tracing  thro'  the  late  Mr.  T.  E.  Pawlett's  hands  to 
Mr.  Jolly's  herd,  with  a  large  amount  of  Booth  blood  in  her  veins : 
Mr.  Metcalfe-Gibson  considered  him  the  pick  of  the  G-reenhead 
young  bulls,  so  when  the  three  others  passed  over  are  seen  by  the 
public  in  future  show  yards,  some  idea  of  the  merits  of  Royal 
Arthur  may  be  obtained.  Mr.  Metcalfe-Gibson  has  erected  in 
connection  with  stabling  some  warm  comfortable  looking  buildings 
close  to  his  residence,  so  it  is  to  these  we  go  first,  and  find  Weal 
Charity,  from  Hopton  Hall,  has  turned  out  a  capital  purchase, 
bringing  a  calf  every  year,  including  the  best  heifer  in  the  herd,  and 
besides  being  a  nice  animal,  is  good  at  the  pail ;  Wave  Song,  from 
Mr.  Meade- Waldo's,  in  addition  to  being  of  the  same  colour 
as  Weal  Charity,  has  the  same  number  of  Booth  crosses  upon  the 
4th  Duke  of  Northumberland  cow.  Likewise  of  Aylesby  origin 


SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND.  17 

is  Flower  of  the  Solicit,  a  straight  topped  cow,  from  a  daughter  of 
Mr.  Torr's  favourite;  Breast  Plate,  it  is  to  be  hoped  she  will  lay  the 
foundation  of  a  family  in  this  herd.  On  the  opposite  side  of  the 
yard  are  the  young  heifers,  Blooming  Butterfly,  a  very  thick  roan 
calf  was  bought  at  Mr.  Toppin's  sale,  and  the  Gr's  and  Ws  are  both 
represented  in  the  rising  generation. 

Then  across  to  the  buildings  at  Park  House,  where  Booth 
Banner,  a  home  bred  son  of  Prince  Regent,  and  Miss  Rose,  having 
been  in  use  with  the  herd  since  Royal  Brilliant's  departure,  is  now 
in  preparation  for  the  shambles.  In  turn  the  two  grand  show 
cows,  Princess  Alice,  and  Princess  Louise,  are  brought  out  for 
inspection,  the  opinions  of  judges  have  differed  as  to  their  merits 
when  in  the  ring,  but  our  choice  is  Louise,  a  cow  of  greater  length 
than  her  Royal  half-sister,  whose  magnificent  dewlap  almost  sweeps 
the  ground  as  she  parades  before  us,  her  touch  is  beautifully  mellow, 
and  she  stands  on  the  shortest  of  legs  ;  these  two  fine  cows  are  from 
dams  of  mixed  pedigree,  by  Mr.  John  B.  Booth's  Prince  Regent 
29676,  a  bull  that  left  a  wonderful  impression  on  his  progeny  ;  after 
their  purchase  at  the  East  Mill  Hills  sale,  the  late  Mr.  Metcalfe- 
Gibson  bought  from  her  breeder  Mr.  Lambert,  Princess  Helena, 
Princess  Louise's  daughter  by  another  Hecuba  bull,  but  of  Mr.  A. 
H.  Browne's  breeding,  the  double  dose  has  had  no  disastrous  effect, 
the  daughter  having  already  been  successful  in  standing  2nd  at  the 
Durham  County,  and  if  she  wins  as  many  prizes  as  the  dam  has  done, 
her  owner  will  have  no  reason  to  be  dissatisfied,  some  five  and  thirty 
having  fallen  to  the  elder  dame's  share. 

Easthorpe  Lady,  and  Easthorpe  Duchess,  half-sisters  by  Sir 
Simeon,  one  bought  at  West  Dereham,  and  the  other,  home  bred,  are 
strong,  good  looking  cattle,  suitable  for  the  climate,  the  latter 
especially  soft  in  her  touch.  A  heifer  of  an  entirely  different  type 
to  the  last  is  Weal  Faith,  the  best  of  Royal  Brilliant's  get,  and  our 
favourite  heifer,  she  is  wonderfully  true  in  both  her  top  and  bottom 
lines,  with  quarters  square  and  well  filled,  in  fact  a  sweet  pretty 
heifer  all  round,  and  we  doubt  not  if  she  retains  her  present  evenness 


IS  SHORTHORN    HERDS    OF    ENGLAND. 

of  form,  that  in  the  future  she  will  be  conspicuous  in  the  prize  list, 
at  locil  shows  she  has  already  triumphed.  A  red  and  white,  every 
inch  a  shorthorn,  comes  out  from  the  shippon,  winner  of  1st  at  one 
of  the  Christmas  Fat  shows,  and  without  recorded  descent,  she  is 
now  safe  in  calf,  and  Mr.  Metcalfe -Gibson  intending  to  breed  from 
her  is  endeavouring  to  trace  her  ancestors,  there  can  1*3  no  question 
they  must  have  been  animals  of  merit,  and  here  we  have  an  instance 
of  the  good  shorthorn  bulls  do  to  the  general  stock  of  a  country, 
when  we  gaze  upon  the  magnificent  frame  of  this  at  present  non- 
pedigree  cow.  Queen  Anne,  a  grand-daughter  of  Mr.  W.  Mitchell's 
Queen  Booth,  is  of  the  favourite  old  Rosamond  family.  Golden 
Rose,  and  Easthorpe  Strawberry  9th,  two  co\vs  of  good  appearance, 
we  must  not  omit  to  mention  ere  we  hurry  away  to  catch  our  train. 

On  our  arrival  at  Kirkby  Stephen,  being  within  10  minutes 
walk  of  AVharton  Hall,  we  avail  ourselves  of  the  opportunity  to  see 
Mr.  A.  0.  Dent's  shorthorns,  despite  the  fact  of  it  being  market  day, 
and  the  probability  of  the  owner  being  in  the  town.  On  coming  to 
the  ancient  Hall,  formerly  the  seat  of  the  Lords  of  Wharton,  we 
find  such  to  be  the  case,  but  a  son  keen  on  shorthorns  kindly  acts  as 
guide.  The  pedigree  portion  of  the  herd,  never  very  numerous,  we 
learn  has  met  with  bad  luck,  and  a  number  of  females  have  been 
drafted  as  graziers  of  late  years,  until  they  are  reduced  to  a  good 
half  dozen,  our  first  interview  is  with  Lady  Lucidora,  quite  a  heroine 
in  local  show  yards,  when  exhibited,  having  come  out  victorious  seven 
times,  she  is  a  daughter  of  British  Queen,  by  British  Crown,  a  cow 
which  came  from  Mr.  Heugh's  of  Northallerton.  Baron  Bolton  2nd, 
the  sire  in  general  use  for  the  farm  stock,  is  a  very  lengthy  bull, 
possessing  a  grand  flank,  with  loins  well  covered,  and  comes  from 
the  prize  winning  family  of  Laurestinas,  well  known  in  this  and  the 
adjoining  County.  A  red  and  white  bull  calf  the  produce  of  the  last 
two  animals,  has  a  somewhat  feminine  head,  but  a  rare  good  flank, 
and  loins  like  the  sire.  Lady  G-odiva,  by  Mr.  John  B.  Booth's  Prince 
Regent,  a  great  grand-daughter  of  British  Queen,  is  not  four  years  old 
till  the  sixth  of  next  month,  yet  has  the  credit  of  a  couple  of  calves, 
and  giving  10  quarts  per  diem  for  six  weeks  after  calving,  her  teats 


SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND.  19 

we  notice  are  well  set  always  a  great  improvement  to  a  heavy  milker. 
Mr.  P.  H.  Rowland  son  who  is  another  lover  of  shorthorns  in  this 
cattle  breeding  district,  has  bis  farm  buildings  situate  near  the  River 
Eden  on  the  outskirts  of  the  town,  in  close  proximity  to  his  business 
premises  so  that  he  can  exercise  a  watchful  eye  over  both  at  the  same 
time.  The  herd  although  not  reaching  double  figures  in  number, 
contains  females  of  good  blood,  notably  six  of  so  good  a  sort  as  the 
Certaintys  of  Brawith  fame,  May  Queen,  by  Mr.  T.  E.  Pawlett's 
Ranger,  and  a  great  grand-daughter  of  White  Certainty,  by  Mr. Ben 
Wilson's  Squire  2nd  13778,  would  head  a  higher  bred  family  than 
the  old  Certaintys  with  credit.  May  Pride,  and  May  Blossom,  are 
own  sisters  of  '81  and  '82,  by  Julius  41734,  out  of  May  Queen  :  from 
the  former,  Mr.  Rowlandson  has  an  excellent  roan  bull  calf,  by  Wild 
Monarch,  as  well  as  a  promising  two  year  old  by  the  Earl  of  Lathoin's 
Wild  Prince  15th;  May  Bud,  and  May  Queen  2nd,  are  yearlings 
from  the  old  cow,  and  the  younger  daughter,  by  bulls  of  the 
Lauristina  tribe.  Comely  Cressida  2nd,  a  pretty  red  calf  of  the 
Cressida  family,  is  by  that  excellent  stock  getter  Beau  Benedict. 
Two  choicely  bred  heifers,  Lady  Booth  13th,  and  Queen  of  the 
Meadow,  by  the  Warlaby  Royal  Sceptre,  the  former  virtually  pure 
Booth,  and  the  latter  a  Rosamond,  have  since  been  purchased  at  the 
dispersion  of  the  Cleasby  herd. 

Carhullan,  bred  by  Mr.  A.  Metcalfe-Gribson,  by  Royal  Brilliant 
from  his  show  cow  Piincess  Louise  is  coming  on  for  service,  if  Mr. 
Rowlandson  judiciously  crosses  the  four  families  he  now  has,  in  a 
few  years  he  should  get  together  a  nice  little  herd  sufficient  to  be  a 
pleasure,  and  yet  not  a  toil  in  his  leisure  hours. 

To  the  north  of  Kirkby  Stephen  lies  the  village  of  Brough, 
associated  in  many  North  Country  minds  with  the  annual  autumn 
Brough  Hill  horse  fair,  and  betwixt  the  two  is  Kaber  Fold,  where 
shorthorns  of  Booth  blood  have  been  bred  by  Mr.  Win.  Dent  since 
he  first  made  a  purchase  at  the  Stores  sale  in  September,  1 870,  followed 
in  '71,  by  Susan,  bred  at  Sheriff  Hutton,  of  the  Souerby  family  v^hich 
Mr.  Linton  originally  bought  at  Warlaby.  she  was  purchased  when 


20  SHORTHORN  HKRDS  OF  ENGLAXD. 

14  years  old  at  Mr.  Neasham's  sale  near  Darlington,  after  breeding 
three  heifers  and  a  bull,  she  was  sent  to  the  butcher  in  her  20th 
year  ;  at  present  nineteen  of  the  female  portion  of  the  herd  descend 
from  her.  In  the  spring  of  '76  Lady  Blush,  tracing  to  Ophelia,  by 
Mr.  John  Booth's  Hamlet  8126,  was  purchased  from  Mr.  Mitchell, 
of  Cleasby,  and  there  are  nine  females  of  the  family  now  at  Kaber 
Fold.  Susan,  and  Lady  Blush,  were  both  thick,  short  legged  cows, 
with  good  udders,  the  greater  part  of  the  herd  is  now  descended 
from  them,  and  we  are  told  that  the  pedigree  shorthorns  here  kept 
as  ordinary  stock,  are  found  to  pay  better  than  non-pedigree  cattle. 
This  is  surely  encouragement  in  the  midst  of  the  depression,  it  would 
be  even  more  so,  if  the  readers  of  this  work  could  see  the  district 
on  a  winter's  day. 

The  sires  used  in  the  herd,  always  of  Booth  blood,  have  been 
highly  bred  and  from  some  excellent  cows,  Warlaby  32792,  bred  by 
Mr.  Unthank,  being  from  St.  Crispin  2nd.  Earl  of  Sheffield  33812, 
a  son  of  Queen  of  the  Georgians,  Champion  cow  at  the  Liverpool 
Royal,  was  followed  by  Prince  Rupert  45417,  another  Georgie  bull 
of  Mr.  Ackers's  from  the  Killerby  Patience  Heatherstone.  The  sire 
now  in  use  is  Rose-Noble,  48605,  a  squarely  made,  short  legged  bull, 
which  was  purchased  from  the  Rev.  Thos.  Staniforth,  he  is  a  grand- 
son of  White  Rose,  bred  at  Warlaby,  and  sold  at  Millbeckstock  for 
300  guineas,  on  her  return  from  Canada.  Since  our  visit  the  young 
Hecuba  bull,  King  Acorn  53052,  bred  at  Grimston  Park,  has  been 
purchased  to  succeed  Rose-Noble. 

Welcome,  one  of  old  Susan's  daughters,  by  Warlaby,  is  a  big 
fine  cow,  being  turned  into  beef,  her  daughter  Welcome's  Queen,  by 
Earl  of  Sheffield,  has  not  the  great  size  of  the  dam  :  Hannah's  Queen, 
in  addition  to  being  full  sister  in  blood  to  Welcome's  Queen,  was 
born  on  the  same  day,  and  they  are  a  pair  of  very  useful,  general 
purpose  cows.  Lady  Manfred,  a  white  by  Manfred  Booth,  and  Lady 
Regent,  by  Mr.  John  Booth's  Prince  Regent,  are  daughters  of  Lady 
Blush,  and  the  latter  a  fine  cow  of  the  Booth  type  ;  the  Lady  Booths 
of  shorter  and  strictly  more  pure  descent  also  originated  from  Cleasby, 


SHORTHORN  HERJ)S  OF  ENGLAND.  21 

but  cam  a  to  Kaber  Fold  from  Eden  Bank,  they  are  only  represented 
in  the  female  line  at  present  by  a  heifer  unseen  at  an  off  farm,  with 
some  others  chiefly  Prince  Rupert's  stock,  which  unfortunately 
limited  time  to  catch  a  train,  would  not  allow  of  a  visit,  but  Mr. 
Dent  confidently  asserts  that  the  heifers  by  this  bull  are  in  advance 
of  his  cows.  Lord  Rupert,  the  male  specimen  of  the  Lady  Booths, 
is  full  of  hair  and  quality,  but  in  rather  low  condition.  Bertha,  a 
Prince  Rupert  heifer,  coming  from  Sweetmeat,  by  Mr.  Booth's 
King  Richard,  is  of  an  Irish  branch  of  the  Medoras,  obtained  from 
Mr.  D.  Nesham's  sale  at  Gainford  Hall  in  77.  The  first  calves  born 
to  Rose-Noble  at  Kaber  Fold,  were  a  pair  of  twin  C.C's,  out  of 
Susette,  a  granddaughter  of  Susan,  thiough  Susannah,  by  General 
Windsor  28701,  these  like  the  other  calves  will  have  to  be  content 
with  skim  milk  on  which  they  are  always  reared  at  Kaber  Fold,  as 
butter  is  an  important  item,  in  the  saleable  produce  of  these  high 
lying  farms. 

Hall  Garth,  about  the  same  distance  from  Kirkby  Stephen  as 
Kaber  Fold,  now  in  the  occupation  of  Messrs.  \V.  and  T.  Taylor, 
was  entered  upon  by  their  father,  the  late  Mr.  Thomas  Taylor  in 
the  year  1866,  with  a  lot  of  good  dairy  cows,  and  by  being 
particular  in  selecting  sires  of  good  shape  and  form,  the  result  are 
now  some  very  fine  shorthorn  like  dairy  cows  with  every  appearance 
for  milk,  some  are  not  yet  eligible  for  Coates',  but  as  the  different 
crosses  are  duly  noted  they  will  shortly  be  able  to  appear  in  that 
valuable  record. 

Amongst  the  sires  used  at  Hall  Garth  have  been  Lord  of 
Keisley  34620,  King  of  Sky  Garth  40059,  Monarch  34867,  Lord 
Edgar  41854,  (a  son  of  Lady  Deans),  Prime  Minister  2nd  43777,  (by 
Mr.  W.  Linton's  Major  Irwin),  Prince  Eden  46887,  (another  son  of 
Lady  Deans's),  and  recently  Prince  Oxford,  Prince  of  Nunwick,  and 
Prince  Arthur,  all  sons  of  Lady  of  Nunwick  2nd.  The  late  Mr. 
Taylor  in  addition  to  purchasing  good  bulls  occasionally  bought 
females,  amongst  which  Lady  Deans,  and  Lady  of  Nunwick,  from 
Mr.  John  Lamb's  sale  of  Burrell  Green,  have  bred  most  successfully, 


"2'2  SHORTHORN  HKRDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

by  sending  them  to  good  bulls  they  have  furnished  several  very 
useful  sires  for  the  herd.  Lady  of  Nunwick  bred  Lady  of 
Nun \viek  2nd,  by  Col.  Townley's  Hubback  Junior:  this  cow  with 
her  three  sons,  Prince  Oxford,  Prince  of  Nunwick,  and  Piince 
Arthur,  were  placed  Reserve  in  the  family  class  at  the  P.oston 
Ro)al.  Prince  of  Nunwick,  considered  one  of  the  handsomest 
bulls  of  his  year  in  England,  was  shortly  afterwards  sold  at  a  good 
figure  to  go  to  South  America,  while  the  oldest  son,  Prince  Oxford, 
by  Lord  Moreton's  Prince  Louis,  has  been  largely  used  at  home,  in 
addition  to  being  exhibited  successfully  at  the  shows,  in  fact  the 
numerous  array  of  piixe  cards  and  cups  at  Hall  Garth  testify  not 
only  to  the  excellence  of  the  cattle  by  winning  in  family  groups 
but  to  the  farming  generally.  Lady  Deans,  fiom  Effy  Deans,  of  the 
old  Daisy  tribe,  is  down  calving,  and  the  dam  of  Lady  Deans  2nd, 
a  very  promising  yearling,  by  Prince  Oxford.  Prince  of  Hall 
Garth,  another  s>on  of  Prince  Oxford,  unfortunately  without  the 
the  requisite  five  crosses,  is  a  wonderfully  well  made  handsome 
yearling  bull,  and  with  an  almost  unbeaten  record. 

When  Mr.  W.  Graham  began  breeding  shorthorns  at  Eden 
Grove  near  the  Village  of  Bolton,  he  went  in  April  '77  to  the 
dispersion  of  Mr.  John  Lamb's  extensive  herd  at  Burrell  Green,  in 
the  adjoining  County,  when  Laurestina  by  Edgar  (the  dam  of 
Ignoramus,  1st  prize  bull  at  the  Royal  and  Highland  Society's 
Shows  in  1872,  and  afterwards  sold  for  500  gs.),  and  her  pioduce 
were  to  be  dispersed ;  the  old  cow  was  withdrawn,  Laurestinas 
2nd,  3rd,  4th  and  6th,  all  fell  to  Mr.  Graham's  bids,  at  an  average 
of  98  gs.  apiece,  the  whole  family  eight  in  number  making  =£90  all 
round.  Mr.  S.  P.  Poster,  of  Killhow,  bought  the  5th  and  7th,  and 
a  Mr.  Carter  the  8th ;  eventually  they  were  all  transferred  to 
Eden  m  Grove.  Laurestina  2nd  won  the  Challenge  Cup  at 
Milnthorpa  and  Carlisle  in  '77  and  '78  as  the  best  female  in  the 
two  Counties,  and  finished  by  winning  at  Carlisle  in  '84  for  the 
best  fat  cow,  in  a  class  open  to  all  breeds,  and  her  sister,  Laurestina 
3rd,  concluded  her  career  still  more  creditably  by  being  2nd 
at  Smithfield  in  79.  At  present  the  Laurestinas  are  fifteen  in 


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number,  of  which  six  are  by  Gay  Baronet,  exclusive  of  the  bulls 
now  named  Baron  Boltons,  formerly  Lord  Boltons.  Laurestina  5th, 
and  Laurestina  8th,  by  Col.  Townley's  Hubback  Junior,  and  the 
Holker  Baron  Winsome,  are  all  that  remain  of  the  Burrell  Green 
animals,  the  Uth,  very  thin,  with  a  well  filled  udder  giving  18  quarts 
per  day  at  present,  and  the  whole  family  the  owner  informs  us 
milk  heavily,  many  giving  over  40-lbs  of  milk  in  a  day  after  calving. 
The  llth,  and  14th,  by  Lord  Ormskirk  Gwynne,  are  rather  high  at 
the  tail,  but  with  the  present  sire  in  use  this  will  be  remedied  in  the 
next  generation.  Four  heifers  are  this  year's  produce,  of  the  18th 
and  19th,  straight  good  calves,  by  Gay  Baronet,  the  former  is 
especially  good,  and  if  she  goes  on  favourably  may  once  more  bring 
the  Laurestinas  to  the  front.  Catherine  Gwynne,  from  Mr. 
Caddy's  AVild  Eyes  Gwynne  3rd,  is  a  robust  good  constitutioned 
cow  very  suitable  for  the  climate,  her  companion  Strawberry 
Duchess  llth,  one  of  the  old  Trontbeck  Strawberries,  bred  at  West 
Dereham,  is  a  handsome  cow,  and  the  best  in  the  herd.  Gwynne 
Gwynne,  so  called  on  account  of  the  double  Gwynne  cross,  being 
by  Lord  Ormskirk  Gwynne,  out  of  Catherine  Gwynne,  is  a  nice 
heifer,  noticeable  for  her  neat  well  laid  shoulders,  she  is  also  up  at 
North  End  Farm  with  her  mother  and  the  Strawberry  cow. 

Gay  Baronet,  bred  at  Alnwick,  is  a  very  lengthy,  level,  hand- 
some, well  made  roan  bull,  standing  well,  with  remarkable  good 
loin  and  forequarters,  likely  for  doing  Mr.  Graham  good  service,  he 
is  by  Eastern  Emperor,  from  Gaiety  3rd,  the  well  known  cow  sold 
at  Broomley  for  255  gs.  to  Mr.  Jacob  Wilson  for  Lord  Tankerville, 
and  afterwards  at  the  Chillingham  sale,  to  the  agent  of  the  Duke 
of  Northumberland,  and  winner  of  many  prizes  at  the  Royal, 
Highland,  Yorkshire,  and  Northumberland  shows.  Purchases  have 
been  made  at  Mr.  Ackers'  sale  of  Flower  of  Prinknash  3rd,  and 
Lily  of  Grenaby,  also  a  well  bred  heifer  Lady  Sceptre  at  Mr. 
Mitchell's. 

Winding  across  the  Valley  of  the  Eden  from  Eden  Grove,  we 
come  to  Culgaith,  where  Mr.  C.  R.  Saunders,  whose  name  was  so 
woll  known  in  connection  with  the  Nun  wick  Hall  hoid  was  born, 


24  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

here  Mr.  John  Strong  came  to  farm  five  and  twenty  years  ago 
under  Mr.  Saunders,  and  thus  had  the  use  of  the  Nun  wick  bulls, 
which  are  found  in  most  of  his  pedigrees,  like  many  another  herd  in 
Cumberland  and  Westmoreland,  these  pedigrees  are  the  results  of 
careful  records  of  the  sires  from  good  dairy  cows  until  they  became 
eligible,  and  it  may  be  added  that  every  animal  on  the  farm  has  now 
the  requisite  five  crosses. 

At  the  sale  of  the  Culgaith  estate  to  Mr.  E.  Parker,  his 
nephew  Mr.  Francis  Parker,  of  Acorn  Bank,  purchased  Pure  Gold, 
champion  bull  at  the  County  show,  from  Mr.  Greo.  Ashburner  for 
the  use  of  the  tenants.  Mr.  Strong  has  since  gone  in  for  sires  on 
his  own  account,  and  bought  Earl  of  Doune,  followed  by  Dainty 
Duke  4th,  both  sons  of  22nd  Duke  of  Oxford,  and  highly  bred 
dams  of  the  Duchess  Nancy  family,  from  Mr.  Poster  of 
Killhow :  and  Lord  Elderbeck  2nd,  is  the  present  head  of  the  herd, 
born  in  April,  1883,  he  was  bred  at  Underley,  by  Prince  Saladin 
4th,  a  grandson  of  Lord  Bective's  favourite  cow  Lady  Sale  of 
Putney,  and  traces  to  Eed  Eose  of  Eskdale,  imported  into  this 
country  from  Mr.  Abe  Renick's  in  Kentucky,  he  is  a  very  useful 
bull  with  a  capital  brisket,  rare  good  loin,  and  a  pair  of  well  fleshed 
thighs.  Mr.  Strong  won  the  cup  for  the  best  general  farm  stock 
at  the  Penrith  Show  in  1881,  and  the  prize  for  the  best  ten  animals, 
other  honours  have  been  won  including  a  Royal  second  at  Carlisle. 
Princess  Louise,  fifteen  years  old  last  month,  is  from  an  Edgar 
cow  by  Mr.  Hesketh's  Lord  L-eutenant,  who  was  by  Earl  of 
Eglinton — he  and  the  famous  Edgar  were  out  of  half  sisters — 
with  so  much  of  this  bull's  blood  in  her  veins  no  wonder  that  she 
should  breed  well,  but  unfortunately  has  only  had  three  heifers  ; 
Duke  of  Edinburgh,  her  son  by  Pure  G-old,  was  sold  for  120  gs.  to 
Mr.  J.  W.  Askew.  Kirklevington  Princess,  her  oldest  daughter  by 
Lord  Bective's  Duke  of  Kirklevington,  stands  in  the  same  stall, 
and  is  almost  as  good  looking  as  her  dam,  whose  head  and  horns  we 
much  admired,  likewise  she  has  been  a  great  bull  breeder,  Prince 
Louis,  her  son  in  '80,  went  to  M.  Maximo  de  Elia's  in  South 
America.  Another  good  cow  is  Wild  Grirl  2nd,  by  the  prize  bull 


S1KVRTHORN    HERDS    OF    ENGLAND.  25 

Pure  Gold,  out  of  Wild  Girl,  by  the  Nimwick  Wild  Boy,  beyond 
this  there  are  but  two  registered  crosses,  one  of  which  is  Mr. 
Bolden's  General  Hay  nan  11520,  a  son  of  Mr.  Booth's  Leonidas, 
while  Princess  Louise  bayond  the  Edgar  cow  has  the  same  number 
with  the  addition  of  a  son  of  the  celebrated  Eden  3689,  followed 
by  Lord  de  Roos  4254.  The  Baroness'  are  strongly  represented  in 
this  shippon  having  White  Baroness  2nd,  sister  to  Goldsmith, 
second  at  the  Carlisle  Royal,  her  daughter  White  Baroness  3rd,  and 
Duchess  of  Dentsdale,  by  a  Darlington  bull  from  White  Baroness, 
this  last  a  level  good  cow,  is  considered  the  best  in  the  herd.  All 
the  younger  stock  are  by  Dainty  Duke  4th  with  the  exception  of  a 
red  Waterloo  heifer,  full  of  hair,  of  the  "  Speculator  "  branch,  bred 
by  Mr.  Richardson,  by  the  Duke  of  Devonshire's  36th  Duke  of 
Oxford,  and  she  is  the  only  pedigree  animal,  except  Lord  Elderbeck 
2nd,  not  bred  by  Mr.  Strong  on  the  premises.  Included  amongst 
the  younger  cattle  are  Duchess  of  Dentsdale  2nd,  a  roan  from 
Duchess  of  Dentsdale,  and  Princess  Louise's  two  last  daughters,  a 
white,  and  roan,  born  in  her  13th  and  14th  years.  Out  of  four 
useful  young  bulls  our  choice  is  a  roan  from  Wild  Girl  3rd. 

Passing  once  more  from  Westmoreland  into  Yorkshire,  by  the 
same  useful  line  of  railway  running  from  Hawes  Junction  to 
North allerton,  we  halt  this  time  at  Wensley  Station ;  down  in  the 
vale  lies  Bolton  Hall,  the  seat  of  Lord  Bolton,  snugly  situate  from 
the  wintry  blasts.  Mr.  Blair  meeting  us  at  the  station,  and  learning 
some  of  the  heifers  are  at  Westfield,  about  a  quarter  of  a  mile  distant 
in  an  opposite  direction  to  the  Home  Farm,  we  direct  our  steps  towards 
that  homestead. 

Before  we  notice  any  of  the  animals  individually,  some  few 
notes  on  the  herd  are  desirable,  the  first  bull  used  by  Lord  Bolton 
was  Mario,  bred  by  his  neighbour,  Mr.  C.  Topham,  of  Middleham  in 
1852,  a  son  of  the  Silky  Laddie,  so  familiar  in  Mr.  R.  S.  Bruere's 
pedigrees,  from  a  cow  by  Mr.  Booth's  Eitz  Leonard,  this  bull  is  the 
foundation  cross  in  the  tribe  known  in  the  herd  as  Prestonias,  which 
have  been  "  raised  "  at  Bolton  Hall.  Mario  was  followed  by  Day 
Star  12686,  bred  by  another  neighbour,  this  time  none  other  than 


20  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

Mr.  Bruere,  and  fiom  Vesper.  Miueralist,  was  bied  by  Lord  Bolton, 
l)y  Mr.  Booth's  Lord  of  the  Valley,  fiom  Mary,  put  chased  at  the  sale 
of  Mr.  liobson  of  Holtby.  Mai  inion,  calved  in  1<S(>7,  by  Loid  Blithe, 
from  Melissa,  \vas  one  of  the  very  few  bulls  sold  by  the  late  Mr.  T. 
C.  Booth  to  a  breeder  in  this  country.  These  sires  are  the  first  four 
consecutive  crosses  in  the  Prestonia  pedigree,  and  theie  are  no\v 
exactly  the  same  number  of  the  tiibe  in  the  herd,  the  5th,  by  Mr. 
Ay  liner's  Heir-at-  Law,  a  grand-daughter  of  the  1st  by  Maunion,  is 
about  closing  her  career  on  the  shambles,  and  will  leave  two 
daughters,  the  Oth,  and  the  12th,  the  former  is  by  Mr.  Willis'  Windsor 
Benedict,  and  the  younger  by  Mark  Tapley,  who  is  also  the  sire  of  a 
white  calf  from  the  older  sister. 

In  1 868,  Kussie,  by  Brig.ide  Major,  was  bought  privately  from 
Killeiby.  along  with  her  half-sister  Monitress,  and  Viscountess,  by 
Valasco.  The  Kussies  are  now  only  represented  by  two  sisters,  the 
8th,  a  rare  good  three-year-old  by  Lothian  Fitz  Halnaby,  from  the 
4th,  which  we  found  in  a  building  near  Mr.  Blair's  house,  the  Oth  a 
light  roan,  by  Mr.  rlutchinson's  Riby  Star,  occupying  the  same  stall, 
has  not  the  size  of  the  older  sister.  Viscountess,  had  only  three 
registered  crosses  of  shorthorn  blood,  the  like  as  Kussie,  with  this  ex- 
ception that  the  latter  were  pure  Booth,  and  Viscountess's  third  cross 
was  a  bull  Maximus,  bred  by  Mr.  Batty.  Out  of  three  females, 
Vensela  1st,  by  the  Carperby  Vice  Admiral  was  away  at  the  York 
Fat  Show,  so  the  breeding  portion  is  limited  to  the  same  as  the 
Kussies,  with  a  two  and  a  three  year  old  as  the  hopes  of  the  family, 
both  are  at  the  West  field  homestead.  Monitress's  daughter.  Pallas, 
by  K.  C.  B.,  had  Pales,  to  Booth's  Royal  Signet,  she  in  turn  had 
amongst  others  two  daughters,  Persephone,  and  Perseis,  which  are 
now  founding  two  branches  of  the  family  by  merely  adding 
numbers  to  each  name,  both  are  living,  Persephone,  the  elder,  is  a 
thick  good  cow,  not  very  large,  the  dam  of  two  heifers  by  Lothian 
Fitz  Halnaby  and  Riby  Star,  the  younger,  Persephone  4th,  is  an 
uncommonly  sweet  straight  heifer.  Perseis,  by  Mr.  Ay  liner's  Heir- 
at-Law  is  a  heavy  fleshed  short  legged  cow,  with  two  heifers  in  the 
herd,  the  younger  Perseis  2nd,  a  red,  by  Mark  Tapley,  we  consider  the 


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pick  of  four  yearlings  running  in  one  of  the  paddocks  behind  the 
Hall.  Polyxena,  a  third  daughter  of  Pales,  but  by  Royal  Stuart,  is 
a  beautiful  fronted  young  cow,  unfortunately  not  in  a  breeding  state. 

At  the  sale  of  Mr.  Eutson,  of  Newby  Wiske,  in  the  spring  of 
1868,  Shepheidess,  by  Stonegrave  27575,  was  bought,  and  from  her 
three  daughters.  Serenity,  Simplicity,  and  Simpleness,  all  the  offsprings 
of  Warlaby  bulls,  the  tribe  has  sub-divided  itself  into  three  branches, 
the  last  named  is  most  numeious,  and  possesses  three  good  sisters  in 
the  number.  Sprightliness  1st,  a  wealthy  red  and  white,  by  Windsor 
Benedict,  is  the  best  of  the  heifers  first  seen  at  Westfield,  Sprightliness 
2nd,  her  own  sister,  is  a  lengthy  heifer,  with  neat  well  laid  shoulders, 
and  a  very  broad  good  chest,  and  the  youngest  of  the  three,  by  Mark 
Tapley,  is  also  much  admired.  Serenity  1st,  an  Heir-at-Law  cow,  is 
the  oldest  of  another  branch,  her  daughter  No.  2,  by  Mr.  Crosbie's 
bull,  but  three  years  old  last  February  has  two  daughters  to  her  credit, 
and  is  again  heavy  in-calf.  The  roan  Simplicity  7th,  is  the  sole 
representative  of  Shepherdess's  daughter,  Simplicity. 

The  last,  of  the  families  at  Bolton  Hall  are  the  Eose  of  Wensleys. 
tracing  to  Young  Wildair  by  Wonderful  700,  the  dam  of  Wild 
Eyes,  whose  descendants  have  reached  such  high  prices,  another 
daughter  Fidget,  by  Mr.  Eowlandson's  Newton  4567,  proved  the 
starting  point  of  the  Eose  of  Wensleys,  and  Eose  of  the  Hills,  by  Mr.  T. 
C.  Booth's  Manfred,  had  Eose  of  Wensley,  to  Heir-at-Law,  a  straight 
good  cow,  the  mother  of  No's  1,  2,  and  3;  Lothian  Fitz  Halnaby, 
the  sire  of  the  oldest,  was  by  Eoyal  Halnaby,  from  a  Medora  cow, 
bied  at  Artfert,  he  was  the  predecessor  of  Mark  Tapley,  now  at 
Bolton  Hall,  a  roan,  by  Eoyal  Mowbray,  out  of  Madeline,  of  the 
Aylesby  "  M "  tribe,  he  is  a  bull  of  good  substance,  and  was 
purchased  at  one  of  the  Bally  waiter  October  sales.  We  learn  that 
Nonesuch  51790,  a  very  handsome  son  of  King  of  Trumps,  and 
Dame  Mischief,  of  Mr.  Carr's  branch  of  the  Farewell  tribe,  has  been 
since  purchased  for  the  herd. 

If  a  man  is  to  be  judged  in  breeding  pure  bred  stock  by  his 
ultimate  success,  then  amongst  that  large  body  of  tenant  farmers, 
the  very  backbone  of  old  England,  there  is  no  one  who  has  been 


28  SHORTHORN    HERDS    OF    KNGLA.ND. 

a  more  successful  all  round  exhibitor  than  Mr.  Teasdale  H. 
Hutchinson,  let  it  be  cattle,  sheep,  pigs,  or  horses,  all  are  good  of 
their  breed  on  the  Manor  House  Farm,  and  as  to  the  style  of  cropping 
and  farming  generally  carried  on  by  Mr.  Hutchinson,  the  Royal 
Agricultural  Society's  Journal,  Vol.  19,  p.  555,  will  inform  them,  as 
in  1883  he  obtained  their  first  prize  for  the  best  managed  arable 
farm  in  Yorkshire. 

The  late  Mr.  Hutchinson  bought  a  cow  named  Lady  Burton  by 
Vesuvius  5589,  in  the  neighbourhood  of  Constable  Burton  about 
thirty  years  ago,  put  to  Baron  "Warlaby,  Lady  of  the  Manor  was  the 
result,  being  in  the  immediate  neighbourhood  of  Killerby,  Mr. 
Hutchinson  had  the  use  of  good  bulls,  and  finally  hired  British  Lion, 
and  M.  C.  of  the  Hecuba  tribe  as  well  as  Merry  Monarch  from  that 
herd,  these  sires  addsd  to  Lady  of  the  Manor's  pedigree  produced 
Lady  Playful,  and  Lady  Alicia,  both  winners  at  the  Royal.  This 
family  is  by  far  the  most  largely  represented  in  the  herd,  being 
fifteen  in  number,  including  as  it  does  both  Lady  Pamela,  and  Lady 
Golightly,  afterwards  pronounced  at  Norwich  the  best  in  their 
respective  classes,  it  may  be  said  to  be  first  in  merit  also.  Lady 
Pately,  now  ten  years  old,  the  dam  of  Lady  Pamela  and  Lady  Primula, 
the  latter  sold  to  South  America  at  a  high  figure,  is  suckling  what 
our  notes  briefly  describe  as  a  "  nice  straight  red  and  white  B.  C  ,  by 
Riby  Star,"  amply  verified  by  his  taking  first  at  the  Yorkshire 
Meeting  at  Sheffield.  Lady  Golightly,  and  Victoria  Formosa,  have 
a  home  in  the  same  building,  as  the  latter  is  the  only  daughter  left 
at  Catterick  of  Victoria  Frigida  of  Lady  Pigot's  famous  branch  of 
the  Mantalini's,  we  must  give  her  preference,  she  is  a  heifer  of 
nice  character,  good  quality,  but  lacking  in  the  size  necessary  to  carry 
away  the  blue  ribbon  of  her  class  before  every  set  of  judges.  Lady 
Golightly,  is  a  very  sweet  heifer,  even  and  good  all  over,  especially 
so  in  her  rib  and  loin,  while  her  well  filled  flank  must  not  be  omitted 
special  notice.  Lady  Gray,  the  dam  of  Lady  Golightly,  is  close  at 
hand,  she  has  only  been  exhibited  twice,  and  on  each  occasion  was 
placed  second,  once  to  Lady  Pamela  at  the  Ripon  and  Harrogate 
Show,  and  in  the  family  class  at  Preston  to  Ingle  wood  Pet  and  her 


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progeny.  Xext  we  have  her  younger  own  sister  Lady  Greta,  a  large 
framed  fine  cow,  the  dam  of  Lady  Genista,  by  the  Bliss  bull  Lord 
Provost.  Lady  Pamela  has  a  box  to  herself  \\  ith  the  red  and  white 
cow  calf,  which  was  a  great  satisfaction  to  the  owner  on  its  arrival 
after  the  dam's  evident  rejection  in  the  cow  class  at  Selby  on  account 
of  her  high  condition,  yet  it  was  a  feather  in  the  cap  of  any  breeder 
when  such  a  cow  was  so  apparently  put  on  one  side  to  have  a  second 
in  reserve  (Glad  Tidings),  wherewith  to  win  in  the  same  class,  and 
afterwards  the  Champion  for  the  best  female,  so  much  has  been 
written  of  the  wonderful  amount  of  flesh  this  cow  carries  in  a  breeding 
state,  that  if  we  say  she  has  as  much  as  ever  it  will  be  sufficient  for 
those  who  have  seen  her,  and  for  those  who  have  not,  she  requires 
to  be  seen  to  be  appreciated,  now  she  has  brought  a  live  calf  the 
conditions  for  the  Royal  have  been  fulfilled,  and  her  owner  intends 
her  to  be  victorious,  we  are  informed  that  both  she  and  Glad  Tidings 
had  precisely  the  same  feeding  last  season,  and  it  is  but  the  natural 
inclination  to  put  on  flesh  that  has  made  Lady  Pamela  a  living 
wonder  for  a  breeding  cow.  In  the  Shippon  are  Lady  Laura,  by 
British  Lion,  fast  approaching  her  13th  year,  a  remarkably  nice  old 
cow.  who  has  bred  regularly,  and  is  in  calf  again.  Before  passing  on 
to  the  next  family  we  must  mention  two  other  animals,  Lady  Lena, 
from  Lady  Laura,  and  Lady  Adela,  a  red,  by  Knight  of  Kars — 1st 
prize  calf  at  Carlisle  Royal — from  Lady  Ada,  a  grand-daughter  of 
Lady  Alicia,  second  at  Taunton. 

A  few  shorthorns,  comprising  the  entire  stock  of  the  Hon.  Mrs. 
Beresford  Pierce,  were  sold  at  Aiskew  Farm,  near  Bedale,  on  the  8th 
of  April,  1870,  some  of  the  animals  were  from  Mr.  B.  Wilson's  and 
Mr.  Linton's  stocks,  Gerty,  by  Vain  Hope,  and  her  C.  C.  by  Knight 
of  the  Shire,  bred  from  the  former,  realized  58gs.  to  Mr.  Hutchinson, 
when  purchased  she  was  again  in  calf  to  the  Warlaby  bull,  and  the 
produce  Gerty  3rd,  in  due  time  had  Grateful,  (herself  a  prize  taker 
at  the  R/oyal  and  dam  of  Gainful,  Champion  heifer  at  the  Inter- 
national at  Kilburn)  and  Gratification  to  M.  C.,  the  latter  bred  the 
sisters  Gratia,  and  Glad  Tidings,  champion  females  at  the  Royal  at 
Derby,  and  the  Yorkshire  at  Selby,  and  not  only  these  but  three 


30  SHORTHORN  HKRDS  OF  KXOLAND. 

others,  still  but  ten  years  old,  there  are  hopes  of  more  arriving. 
Good  Tidings,  the  youngest  of  the  sisters  is  in  company  with  Q-leribra, 
the  only  femile  produce  left  by  Gratia,  and  very  pretty  she  is. 
Glad  Tidings,  by  Master  of  Arts,  is  considered  by  some  judges  to  be 
more  than  the  equal  of  Lady  Pamela,  but  as  yet  in  the  sho\v  ring, 
such  has  never  been  the  verdict,  except  at  the  last  Yorkshire  Meeting, 
where  it  was  understood  the  judges  excluded  her  from  their  minds 
on  the  grounds  before  mentioned  in  giving  their  decision,  she  inherits 
much  more  of  the  Warlaby  type  than  her  opponent,  has  well  laid 
shoulders,  good  rib  ind  loin,  with  quarters  lengthy  and  evenly  filled, 
but  she  is  not  the  equal  to  Lady  Pamela  in  the  covering  of  her  crops. 
Good  News,  and  Glee,  are  by  Loid  Protector,  out  of  the  two  sisters, 
Glad  Tidings,  and  Gladness,  while  Gladis,  by  Eastern  Emperor,  from 
a  third  sister,  Glory,  is  a  wealthy  fleshed  young  cow  with  a 
wonderfully  good  back  :  thus  theprospects  for  the  increase  of  a  family 
which  has  already  produced  so  many  noted  winners  appear  hopeful. 

The  Brights,  of  Aylesby  fame,  are  three  in  number,  Bright 
Casquet,  bred  at  Lethenty,  by  Knight  of  St.  Patrick,  was  bought  at 
the  dispersion  of  Mr.  G.  AV.  Elliott's  herd,  and  is  a  level  straight 
cow,  with  a  young  heifer  calf  by  her  side  of  considerable  promise. 
Bright  Coral,  her  daughter  by  Royal  Stuart,  is  only  a  recent  acquis- 
ition from  Mr.  Robert  Bruce,  who  got  her  as  a  calf  at  Mr. 
Elliott's.  White  Rose,  a  handsome  old  lady,  was  bought  at  the  first 
Bainesse  sale  for  170gs.,  all  her  daughters  have  been  sold,  two  going 
to  Mr.  R.  Boucher  James  in  West  Australia;  another  good  looking 
cow,  Lady  Godolphin,  was  purchased  at  the  final  sale  after  Mr.  John 
Outhwaite's  death,  she  is  by  Lord  Godolphin,  from  a  Royal  Windsor 
dam. 

Riby  Star  has  been  in  service  since  his  arrival  from  Artfert  in 
1882,  he  is  red  with  a  little  white,  and  unites  the  Vesper  and  Riby 
branches  of  the  Annas,  being  b_y  Star  of  Halnaby  (a  son  of  the  1000 
guinea  Vesper  Queen),  from  Riby  Marchioness,  the  calf  that  excited 
so  keen  a  competition  at  Aylesby  in  '/5  before  Mr.  Crosbie  claimed 
her  at  1260  gs.  Mr.  Hutchinsoii  when  over  at  the  Dublin  Spring 
Show,  had  been  attracted  by  Royal  Leopold,  a  handsome  yearling  of 


SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND.  31 

the  Mason  Louisa  family,  which  he  had  the  pluck  to  purchase  before 
the  verdicts  were  announced,  he  was  then  found  to  be  second  in  the 
list.  Since  coming  to  England  he  has  been  exhibited  but  twice,  at 
the  Royal  where  he  was  highly  commended,  and  at  Northumberland 
where  he  was  first,  beating  the  Royal  winner;  we  hear  his 
owner  instead  of  bringing  him  out  for  the  coming  Royal  was 
tempted  by  an  offer  to  hire  him  for  the  herd  at  Windsor. 

At  the  dispersion  of  the  Killerby  herd,  no  one  fought  more 
successfully  for  the  best  lots  than  Mr.  Hutchinson,  and  he  certainly 
secured  the  pick  of  the  Hecubas,  beginning  with  lot  1,  Princess 
Brigantine,  and  taking  her  four  daughters,  Princess  Beatrice, 
Princess  Royal,  Princess  Battenburg,  and  Princess  Studley,  a 
valuable  addition  to  the  Manor  House  herd. 

The  Leicesters  shown  from  the  Catterick  flock  are  well  known 
in  the  leading  show  yards,  and  a  strong  contingent  are  under  cover 
for  next  season.  Clydesdales  have  now  been  taken  in  hand  by  Mr. 
Hutchinson, and  Milkmaid,  winner  of  43firstprizes,had  not  long  come 
from  Lord  Londonderry's  stud,  while  long  figures  have  been  made 
of  the  hunters  from  time  to  time.  The  buildings  are  good,  well 
arranged  for  the  use  of  the  steam  power,  and  include  a  set  of 
kennels  for  breeding  fox  terriers,  at  present  unoccupied.  In  the 
dining  room  of  the  Manor  House  hang  portraits  of  the  owner's 
most  famous  show  yard  winners,  the  shorthorns  are  represented  by 
Grateful,  Gainful,  and  Gratia;  Tester,  and  Glengyle  are  the  heroes 
of  his  stable;  and  Prince  Charlie,  a  ram  which  made  his  owner  in 
letting  and  prize  money  nearly  o£500,  with  Royal  Liverpool,  are  two 
celebrities  of  the  Leicester  flock ;  in  gazing  outwards  in  the  grass 
field  in  front  of  the  house  we  have  a  living  picture  in  Achievement, 
winner  of  1st  at  her  class  at  Preston  and  numerous  other  prizes. 

In  the  afternoon  we  walk  across  to  see  the  herd  at  Bainesse,  a 
farm  of  700  acres  occupied  until  his  death  by  the  late  Mr.  John 
Outhvvaite,  and  considered  one  of  the  best  in  the  County  of  York- 
shire. The  land  adjoins  the  Manor  House  farm,  and  has  been 
taken  from  Michaelmas  last  by  Mr.  David  Cooper,  a  pupil  of  Mr. 


:r2  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

Hutchinson's,  we  wish  him  luck  in  his  venture,  and  by  the  quantity 
of  bones  we  saw  undergoing  the  process  of  crushing  with  an 
engine  of  the  new  tenant's  own  erecting,  it  is  evident  that  the  hind 
is  to  be  highly  farmed.  In -addition  to  the  five  animals  bought  at 
the  dispersion  of  the  Bainesse  herd  in  entering  into  possession  of 
the  farm,  Mr.  Cooper  purchased  half  a  score  of  various  ages  from 
Mr.  Hutchinson,  so  it  is  almost  a  continuation  of  the  Manor  House 
herd,  considerable  alterations  are  to  be  made  to  the  house  and 
buildings  so  let  us  hope  that  the  new  breeder  will  be  able  to  produce 
the  like  of  Royal  Windsor  and  Vivandiere  to  occupy  them.  Lady 
Conyers,  lot  1  at  the  recent  sale  is  a  handsome  old  cow  full  of  Mr. 
Outhwaite's  blood,  by  Lord  Grodolphin,  out  of  a  Royal  Windsor 
dam,  her  daughter  Lady  Conyers  2nd,  a  light  roan,  also 
remained  at  Biinesse.  Shy  Maid,  a  red  and  white,  by  British 
Knight,  out  of  Pretty  Maid,  a  very  sweet  lady  like  cow,  came  from 
the  adjoining  homestead  along  with  her  daughter,  Timid  Maid,  a 
wealthy  good  heifer  of  great  substance.  Mr.  Cooper  obtained  five 
of  the  "  Lady  "  family  amongst  the  purchases  from  Mr.  Hutchinson, 
including  Lady  Mirthful,  and  Lady  Cheerful,  two  daughters  of  the 
Royal  winner  Lady  Playful,  the  latter  is  our  preference,  but  Lady 
Mirth,  a  red  calf  by  Riby  Star,  from  Lady  Mirthful,  is  very  gay 
looking,  and  an  improvement  on  the  dam.  Lady  Amy,  from  Lady 
Agatha,  is  another  of  British  Knight's  daughters,  a  bull  that  has 
left  a  lot  of  good  stock  at  Catterick,  he  was  by  Knight  of  the  Shire, 
whose  stock  averaged  437  gs.  at  Aylesby,  from  British  Grirl  of  the 
Village  Rose  tribe.  Lady  Leonore,  and  Lady  Lilly  are  two  younger 
heifers,  by  Riby  Star,  from  mother,  and  daughter  respectively. 
Sybil,  a  handsome  dark  roan  cow,  also  owns  British  Knight  for 
sire,  and  another  good  animal  is  Lady  Mary,  by  the  noted  prize 
bull  Lord  Zetland,  from  a  daughter  of  Lady  Conyers.  Lady  Sibald 
is  of  Mr.  John  Downing's  Heath  Rose  family,  well  known  in 
Ireland,  and  was  the  last  female  sold  at  Bainesse.  We  have  been 
glad  to  see  Mr.  Cooper's  name  conspicuous  amongst  the  purchasers 
at  the  dispersion  of  both  the  Killerby  and  Cleasby  herds,  where  he 
got  some  fine  cows  of  the  Hecuba  and  Rosamond  tribes  :  while  at 


SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND.  33 

that  of  Mr.  Ackers,  Mr.  Hutchinson  purchased  for  him  Patience 
Q-renville  2nd,  a  lengthy,  straight  calf,  out  of  Patience  Grenville,  as 
well  as  Flower  of  Prinknash  5th ;  let  but  his  future  purchases  be 
made  on  the  same  lines,  and  once  more  Bainesse  will  be  noted  as 
the  home  of  good  shorthorns. 

From  Mr.  Hutchinson's  a  couple  of  miles  brings  us  to  Killerby, 
so  magic  a  name  in  the  annals  of  Booth  shorthorns,  and  the  history 
of  which  has  already  been  written  by  Mr.  Carr,  so  it  would  be 
superfluous  to  attempt  to  go  over  the  ground  covered  by  one  so 
well  up  in  his  work.  The  owner  of  the  herd  was  away  at  Torquay 
for  his  health,  and  since  alas !  what  breeders  are  not  aware  of  the 
the  calamity  which  has  befallen  the  shorthorn  world  in  the  loss  of 
its  popular  owner.  The  late  Mr.  John  Booth  has  been  described  as 
the  beau  ideal  of  an  English  country  gentleman,'  much  esteemed  by 
all  who  knew  him,  and  one  of  the  most  successful  of  the  many 
excellent  men  who  have  devoted  their  time  and  means  to  shorthorn 
breeding. 

The  fame  of  Killerby  has  of  late  years  been  well  upheld  by  the 
great  success  in  the  show  yards,  of  animals  either  sired  by  bulls 
hired  from  Mr.  Booth,  or  by  their  sons.  Mr.  Wm.  Linton,  of 
Sheriff  Hutton,  was  one  of  the  first  to  use  Killerby  sires  ;  and  the 
successes  of  Sir  Arthur  Ingram,  Leeman,  Arthur  Benedict,  and 
Beau  Benedict,  sons  of  Sergeant  Major,  and  Paul  Potter,  are  well 
known.  At  Mr.  Linton's  sale,  Sir  Arthur  Ingram  passed  into  Mr. 
W.  Handley's  hands,  and  Beau  Benedict  into  Mr.  E.  Thompson's, 
where  each  have  been  the  sire  of  most  of  the  distinguished  animals 
exhibited  by  those  breeders  so  successfully  at  recent  shows.  Mr.  B. 
St.  John  Ackers  purchased  several  females  of  the  Georgie  family 
from  Killerby,  and  it  was  this  tribe  that  produced  Queen  of  the 
Georgians,  and  Western  Georgie,  while  many  of  Mr.  Hutchinson's 
exhibits  have  been  by  Hecuba  bulls,  notably  Lady  Playful,  Gratia, 
Gainful,  and  Grateful.  Duke  of  Aosta  28356  (a  son  of  K.  C.  B. 
so  long  used  at  Killerby),  was  bred  by  Mr.  Hutchinson,  but  exhib- 
ited by  Mr.  A.  H.  Browne  at  the  Royal  at  Taunton,  where  he  was 


34  SUORTHORX    HERDS    OF    ENGL.VND. 

not  only  first  in  his  class,  but  also  the  fire  of  Rosario  35315,  and 
Pioneer  35042,  the  first  prize  two  year  old  and  yearling  bulls,  both 
exhibited  by  Mr.  Browne.  So  it  cannot  be  said  that  Mr.  John 
Booth  has  let  the  fame  of  Killerby  diminish,  when  such  records  of 
the  winnings  of  animals  so  lull  of  the  blood  of  his  herd  are  to  be 
found  in  the  annals  of  almost  every  show  yard  of  importance,  not 
only  this  but  breeders  from  8outh  America  attracted  thereby  have 
drawn  largely  upon  the  younger  stock. 

The  large  portion  of  the  herd  is  composed  of  animals  of  the 
Hecuba  tribe.  Mr.  Carr  in  his  "  History  of  the  Booth  Herds," 
writes : — "  Another  most  valuable  cow  though  of  more  recent 
origin,  remained  at  Killerby  at  Mr.  Booth's  death  in  1857.  Hecuba, 
by  Hopewell,  from  a  dam  by  Hamlet,  out  of  a  Leonard  cow.  This 
cow  has  all  the  Booth  character,  and  transmits  it  to  her  offspring. 
She  is  in  colour  a  dense  red  ;  a  large  animal  on  short  legs  ;  when 
not  in  milk,  laying  on  flXsh  with  wonderful  rapidity  ;  and  when  in 
milk,  she  is  what  every  cow  ought  to  be,  a  great  and  deep  milker, 
with  an  udder  whose  size  and  form  might  provoke  the  cupidity  of  a 
London  dairyman.  When  young  she  was  pronounced  by  one  of 
the  best  of  judges,  Mr.  Eastwood,  to  be  the  very  type  of  the  true 
shorthorn,  the  very  model  of  a  bull  breeder.  Hecuba,  though  born 
in  the  year  1851,  and  therefore  now  about  16  years  old,  is  as  fresh 
as  an  eight  year  old  cow,  and  had  a  calf  last  September,  1866." 
Since  then  Hecuba's  descendants  have  been  crossed  with  bulls  of 
Warlaby  blood,  and  of  their  own  family,  so  naturally  a  great 
uniformity  in  the  character  of  the  herd  exists,  which  has  always 
been  kept  by  Mr.  Booth  in  a  healthy  breeding  state.  Princess 
Brigantine,  a  fine  old  cow,  by  that  favourite  sire  Royal  Benedict,  is 
now  one  of  the  older  specimens  of  the  family,  being  but  a  great 
grand-daughter  of  Hecuba,  she  has  bred  three  excellent  heifers, 
her  youngest  born  being  a  red  and  white  by  Welcome  Chief.  After 
seeing  Vivacity,  a  G-eorgie,  we  pass  under  an  archway  and  come  to 
Baltimore,  a  red  son  of  King  of  Trumps,  out  of  Brenhilda,  a 
grand-daughter  of  Lady  of  the  Lake,  sold  to  Mr.  Cochrane  for 
500  gs.,  and  when  Brenhilda  after  being  imported  into  this  country 


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from  Canada  by  Mr.  A.  H.  Browne,  was  sold  at  the  dispersion  of 
his  herd  along  with  her  heifer  .Fair  Ellen,  both  were  secured  by  Mr. 
Booth,  previous  to  that  when  Mr.  Cochrane  sent  the  majority  of 
his  Booth  shorthorns  to  be  sold  at  Millbeckstock  in  '77,  Welcome 
Lady,  Lady  of  the  Lake's  daughter  by  Banner  Bearer,  came  with 
them,  and  was  purchased  for  Killerby.  At  the  present  time  it  is 
safe  to  say  that  no  females  of  the  Hecuba  tribe  exist  in  England, 
except  in  this  herd  and  Mr.  John  Fielden's.  King  of  Trumps,  now 
past  his  thirteenth  year  still  retains  some  of  his  old  form,  and  is 
one  of  the  last  sons  of  K.  C.  B.,  being  own  brother  to  Queen  of 
Diamonds.  Paul  Potter,  almost  ten  years  of  age,  one  of  Royal 
Benedict's  get,  has  only  been  home  a  month  from  Hackthorne,  he 
has  been  a  capital  stock  getter  like  King  of  Trumps,  and  is  still 
good  looking  and  useful.  At  present  Royal  Studley,  a  son  of  Royal 
Stuart,  and  Royal  Lady,  is  the  Warlaby  sire  in  use,  unfortunately  a 
damaged  horn  detracts  somewhat  from  his  appearance. 

Vain  Lassie,  a  roan  G-eorgie,  by  Royal  Stuart,  and  Queen  of 
Rubies,  out  of  Queen  of  Diamonds,  the  latter  a  good  all-round  heifer 
are  awaiting  shipment  to  South  America.  Out  of  three  young  heifers, 
Queen  Bridget,  Volatile,  and  Reigning  Belle,  our  choice  is  Volatile,  a 
G-eorgie,  which  is  afterwards  verified  by  the  public.  Regal  Lady, 
has  but  calved  in  the  morning  the  roan  bull  calf  by  Marquis,  which  was 
afterwards  to  be  the  pick  of  the  youngsters  when  the  herd  was 
dispersed.  Princess  Beatrice,  the  oldest  daughter  of  Princess 
Brigantine,  is  a  good  hsavy  fleshed,  short  legged  cow,  at  present 
down  calving  to  old  King  of  Trumps.  Two  roan  bull  calves  by 
King  Magnus,  are  from  Paul  Potter  dams.  Passing  on  to  the 
heifers,  the  first  with  a  double  cross  of  Hecuba  on  Royal  Benedict, 
is  not  so  good  as  Welcome  Princess,  a  wide  ribbed,  well  topped  red 
and  white,  with  three  crosses  of  the  same  blood  on  the  500  guinea 
Lady  of  the  Lake.  Queen  of  Scotia,  and  Princess  Royal,  are  two 
more  good  heifers,  the  latter  a  Royal  Stuart  out  of  Princess 
Brigantine,  an  exceedingly  handsome  one,  strikes  us  as  the  best  of 
the  lot.  Then  back  to  the  elder  cows,  and  we  have  Merry  Spring, 
Merry  Moonlight,  and  Merry  Morn,  all  daughters  of  Royal 


36  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

Stuart.  Merry  Spring,  from  Merry  Christmas,  is  of  larger  scale 
than  Merry  Moonlight,  a  level  topped  young  cow  out  of  Merry 
Sunshine,  Merry  Christ  mae'a  daughter,  and  own  sister  to  the  heavy 
fleshed  Merry  Morn.  Eliza,  by  the  Hecuba  bull  Prince  of  Britain, 
is  a  straight  good  heifer,  full  of  hair,  out  of  Emma,  also  in  the 
herd,  bought  at  Mr.  Linton's  sale.  Reigning  Baauty,  a  good  fronted 
cow,  by  King  Richard  2nd,  has  a  nice  roan  cow  calf  by  King  of 
Trumps.  Then  we  have  three  heifers  under  the  twelve  months,  all 
by  Hecuba  bulls,  and  we  single  out  Repartee,  from  Regina,  as  a 
heifer  of  great  promise.  Lady  Greraldine  3rd,  was  bred  by  Mr. 
Ackers,  and  has  the  advantage  of  the  Lord  Prinknash  2nd  cross  on 
a  Killerby  bred  cow  sold  to  Mr.  Ackers,  along  with  her  is  Trinket, 
a  big  well  shaped  roan,  by  Heart  of  Oak,  and  we  must  not  omit 
Queen  Bae,  and  Queen  of  Scots,  two  of  the  very  first  cows  seen, 
and  by  no  msans  the  worst  looking  but  unfortunately  hardly  in  a 
breeding  state. 

From  Killerby,  the  train  is  taken  to  Richmond,  and  in  the 
midst  of  a  snowstorm  we  arrive  at  Hirtforth,  another  of  the  homes 
of  ancient  shorthorns,  rendered  memorable  by  the  name  of  the  late 
Col.  Cradock's  Old  Cherry,  to  whose  son  Mussulman  4525,  Mr. 
Richard  Booth  sent  Bracelet,  the  produce  being  the  celebrated 
Buckingham,  to  whom  the  length  of  quarter  that  distinguished  the 
Warlaby  cattle  was  said  to  be  due.  In  1843,  that  excallent  judge, 
Mr.  Unthank  hearing  that  Old  Cherry  was  tied  up  to  feed,  at  once 
set  out  for  Yorkshire,  and  bought  her  when  fifteen  years  old.  She 
was  walked  across  the  moor?,  and  bred  Mr.  Unthank  two  calves,  one 
Queen  of  Trumps,  by  the  Cressida  bull,  Captain  Shafto  6833,  had 
2nd  Queen  of  Trumps,  who  in  Mr.  Douglas'  hands  bred  3rd  Queen 
of  Trumps,  winner  as  a  two  year  old  of  the  three  Royal  l^tional 
prizes  at  Chester,  Aberdeen,  and  Londonderry  in  1858,  afterwards 
she  was  sold  for  450gs.  and  died  within  sight  of  the  American 
continent. 

Mr.  Christopher  Cradock  is  the  present  owner  of  the  Hartforth 
estate  and  herd,  to  which  he  succeeded  in  1852,  on  the  death  of  his 
father.  It  is  not  till  the  following  morning  we  turn  out,  and  in  the 


SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND.  37 

park  find  a  large  number  of  cows  out  for  exercise  amongst  the  recently 
fallen  snow,  each  cow  has  had  a  calf  to  suckle  during  the 
summer,  and  are  hardly  now  seen  at  their  best.  Like  many  others 
no  doubt  would  be,  we  are  considerably  surprised  to  find  Mr. 
Cradock  with  the  largest  herd  of  shorthorns  in  England,  at  present 
the  female  portion  number  142,  in  addition  to  a  large  array  of  bull 
calves  seen  at  the  bottom  of  the  park,  in  useful  boxes,  which  the 
owner  has  been  gradually  increasing  during  the  past  few  years. 
For  these  young  bulls  Mr.  Cradock  can  always  find  a  market,  so  it 
speaks  well  of  the  good  they  have  done  in  the  district,  considering 
the  large  number  he  has  annually  to  dispose  of ;  on  turning  to  the 
last  volume  of  Coates'  we  find  no  less  than  forty  three  cows  entered 
with  produce  of  '84.  At  present  Mr.  Cradock  has  in  hand  about 
1,000  acres,  and  the  whole  is  now  stocked,  so  far  as  the  cattle  are 
concerned,  with  pedigree  shorthorns,  more  than  half  descending 
from  the  Hartforth  blood  of  early  days.  What  more  pleasant  on  a 
frosty  morning  with  the  sun  shining,  and  the  air  gloriously  sharp 
and  keen,  than  a  walk  with  a  gentleman  farming  his  own  estate, 
especially  if  he  be  a  breeder  of  pure  bred  stock,  seeing  the  improve- 
ments made,  and  hearing  of  those  contemplated  ?  Such  a  pleasant 
three  or  four  hours  stroll  we  had  with  the  owner  of  Hartforth,  and 
as  we  crossed  the  hill  sides  we  had  a  capital  view  of  the  surrounding 
c  ountry. 

The  Cherries  are  still  here  in  considerable  numbers,  in  fact  they 
form  quite  a  small  herd,  as  twenty  six  come  from  Old  Cherry's 
daughter,  Cherry  Brandy,  from  whom  also  descend  the  Cherry 
Duchesses,  so  well  known  in  connection  with  the  Sholebroke  and 
Penrhyn  Castle  herds  of  late  years.  Mr.  Cradock's  present  Cherries 
descend  more  particularly  from  a  cow  named  Blameless,  by  Strawberry 
Prince  25240,  the  sixth  in  descent  from  Cherry  Brandy  ;  she  had  two 
daughters  Beauty  and  Faultless,  both  by  home  bred  bulls,  the  former 
bred  17  calves  in  14  years,  including  five  pairs  of  twins,  so  it  is  to 
this  cow  that  the  recent  increase  of  the  tribe  is  mainly  due.  Beatrice, 
one  of  Beauty's  produce,  by  Chaser,  is  a  good  little  cow,  and 
Columbine,  another  of  Chaser's  daughters,  from  Comely,  a  grand- 


38  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

daughter  of  Beauty,  has  a  lot  of  shorthorn  character.  Cherry  Leaf, 
a  pretty  attractive  red  and  white  heifer,  one  of  the  best  of  a  dozen 
seen  together,  is  by  Mr.  Sheldon's  Duke  of  Cerisia  4th,  a  son  of  Duke 
of  Rothesay,  and  Cherry  Duchess  22nd,  thus  uniting  the  descendants 
of  Cherry  Brandy's  daughters,  Grainford  Cherry,  and  Ripe  Cherry. 
Perfume,  by  Lord  Roseberry,  is  a  stylish  cow  with  nice  feminine 
head  and  horn,  being  the  second  generation  from  Faultless. 

The  Strawberrys,  only  four  in  number,  wind  up  their  pedigree 
with  Marshal  Blucher,  and  the  last  dam  a  cow  named  Colling,  from 
the  stocks  of  Messrs.  Wright  and  Charge,  so  they  originate  from  the 
same  blood  which  produced  Old  Cherry.  At  page  224,  Mr.  Holt 
Beever  in  his  Leading  Tribes  writes,  "  Strawberry  Jelly,  was  bred  by 
Col.  Cradock.  through  whose  'hands  the  lower  branches  appear  also 
to  have  passed.  It  is  therefore  a  family  of  worth."  This  verdict 
we  cordially  endorse,  and  it  seems  desirous  that  a  family  of  such 
good  blood  should  be  more  prominently  brought  before  the  notice  of 
breeders. 

The  Nanny  tribe  have  no  less  than  fifty  two  representatives  in 
the  female  line,  and  are  like  the  Strawberrys  full  of  good  blood,  in 
referring  to  the  pedigree  of  Queen  of  Trumps,  every  sire  in  it  is  bred 
by  Messrs.  Bates,  Charge,  Cradock,  and  Wright.  The  Strawberry 
Drop  branch  have  received  fresh  blood  by  the  introduction  of  Dairy 
Prince,  bred  by  Mr.  R.  S.  Bruere,  of  his  Rose  tribe.  Strawberry 
Drop  3rd,  a  nice  looking  cow,  has  bred  the  4th  to  Mr.  W.  Brown's 
Dauntless,  a  son  of  Mr.  Willis's  Windsor's  Royal  Seal,  from  a 
Certainty  mother.  Rosette,  a  very  pretty  heifer  by  Duke  of 
Charming  Land  26th,  is  from  a  e:rand-daughter  of  Strawberry  Drop 
2nd.  The  best  looking  branch  however  are  Reception,  and  her 
progeny  ;  Reflection,  the  last  calf  of  the  old  cow  is  a  beautiful  young 
heifer,  full  of  quality,  and  very  symmetrical.  Reception  2nd,  by 
Lord  Zetland's  Rose  King  39019,  is  wonderfully  broad  across  her 
loins,  and  naturally  as  her  name  implies  the  oldest  daughter  of 
Reception,  her  sister  the  3rd,  a  large  framed  roan,  had  twins  last  year, 
and  has  now  a  red  and  white,  Recherch6.  Racket,  sister  to  Strawberry 


SHORTHOHtf    HERDS    OF    ENGLAND.  39 

Drop,  with  a  beautiful  front,  and  shapely  udder,  has  three  heifers  in 
the  herd.  The  Grace  tribe,  the  last  of  the  families  which  are  entirely 
of  Hartforth  origin,  are  much  shorter  in  descent  than  either  the 
Nanny's  or  Strawberry's,  being  bred  from  a  cow  Leopardess  1st,  by 
Col.  Cradock's  Freetrader  10246 ;  a  good  stamp  of  a  heifer  is  Lady 
Grace,  by  Mr.  S.  R.  C.  Ward's  Lord  Roseberry,  a  son  of  Brilliant 
Rose,  of  the  Blanche  tribe,  a  bull  that  was  used  in  the  herd. 

Five  families  have  been  added  by  the  present  owner,  of  other- 
wise than  the  old  Hartforth  blood,  taken  in  the  order  of  the  private 
catalogue  the  Ciss  tribe  are  first,  as  well  as  in  numbers.  Donna,  by 
Mr.  R.  Booth's  Valasco,  a  grand-daughter  of  Ciss,  being  purchased  in 
1866  from  Sir  William  Lavvson,  Bart.,  of  Brough  Hall.  Bella, 
calved  in  '74,  a  good  heavy  fleshed  sort  is  one  of  the  oldest,  and  of 
this  family  is  Velvet,  who  with  two  Hartforth  crosses  on  Valentia, 
by  Valasco,  a  grand-daughter  of  Ciss,  bred  Veteran,  to  Lord  Roseberry, 
sold  to  Mr.  John  Outhwaite,  who  resold  him  to  Mr.  John  Vickers, 
in  whose  hands  he  has  been  successful  as  a  prize  winner.  What  are 
here  called  the  Lily  Grey  tribe,  are  more  generally  known  as  the 
Sowerbys,  and  were  obtained  by  the  purchase  of  Lily  Grey  from  ML-. 
Stables,  of  Kirkbank,  near  Catterick. 

More  fashionable  are  the  Gwynnes  from  Upleatham,  introduced 
by  the  purchase  of  Mary  at  the  sala  in  '76,  a  great  grand-daughter 
of  Bella,  by  Mr.  Combe's  Cambridge  Rose  bull  The  Buck.  That 
fine  old  cow  Olga,  of  the  Blanche  tribe,  had  a  grand-daughter 
Midnight,  sold  at  one  of  Lord  Fevershain's  sales,  when  she  was 
knocked  down  to  Mr.  Cradock  in  calf  to  the  1000  guinea  20th  Duke 
of  Oxford,  and  the  produce  Midnight  2nd,  is  now  one  of  the  hand- 
somest cows  in  the  herd,  and  like  the  Blanches  generally  do,  they 
have  multiplied  freely.  There  are  also  Lady  Morris,  bred  by  Mrs. 
Healey,  of  Morris  Grange,  and  her  daughter,  to  represent  a  family 
tracing  to  Rachel,  by  Noble  4579.  At  present  Duke  of  Charming- 
land  26th,  bred  at  Brailes,  by  the  10th  Duke  of  Barrington,  out  of 
Charming  Duchess  12th,  stands  at  the  head  of  the  herd,  he  is  a 
lengthy  fine  bull,  with  a  good  deep  front ;  the  Duke  of  Rothesay 


40  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

blood  is  again  introduced  as  he  is  the  sire  of  this  bull's  dam,  and 
was  also  sire  to  Duke  of  Cerisia  4th,  the  previous  sire  used  at 
Hartforth.  Grwynne's  Prince  Saladin,  a  grandson  of  the  ffne  old 
cow  Christmas  Grwynne,  noticed  in  the  Wetherby  herd,  is  the 
colleague  of  Mr.  Sheldon's  bull ;  but  Fairy  Duke  4th  52857,  of  the 
Fairy  branch  of  the  Old  Daisy  tribe,  has  since  been  purchased 
from  Mr.  B.  L.  Barrow,  he  is  a  son  of  50th  Duke  of  Oxford,  and 
Violet,  bred  at  Farnborough  Hall,  by  Archdeacon  Holbech. 


CHAPTER    III. 

The  Durham  Herds. — Cleasby. — Smelt  House. — Thistleflatt  House. 
— Plawsworth. — Ouston. — Northumberland  Herds. — Alnwick  Castle. 
—  Barmoor  Castle.  —  Chillingham  Barns.  —  Catchburn.  —  West 
Chevington.  — Cragside.  —  Kirkwhelpington. — Capheaton.  —  Bearl. — 
South  Acomb. — The  Spital. —  Wydon  Burn. — Eastgate. — Elrington 

Hall. 

Cleasby,  a  small  village  near  Darlington,  has  been  associated 
with  Mr.  Mitchell's  name  as  a  breeder  of  shorthorns  for  the  last  47 
years ;  previous  to  coming  to  Cleasby  he  lived  on  a  farm  adjoining 
Killerby,  there  like  other  tenants  he  had  the  use  of  Mr.  Booth's 
bulls,  anct  the  Queens  descended  from  Rosamond  by  Jack  Tar,  have 
been  in  the  family  since  1835.  Many  sires  have  come  over  to  Mr. 
Mitchell's  from  Warlaby,  including  of  late  years  Lord  Protector, 
Royal  Coronet,  Knight  of  St.  Patrick,  Master  of  Arts,  and  at 
present  Rajah,  by  Eastern  Monarch,  out  of  Manola,  is  in  service. 
Queen  of  Arts,  and  Queen  William,  are  very  handsome  well  fleshed 
cows  of  this  family.  Queen  of  Diamonds,  and  Queen  of  the 
Sceptre,  are  own  sisters  by  Royal  Sceptre,  out  of  Queen  of  Arts, 
and  a  very  pretty  calf  is  Queen's  Coronet,  from  Queen  Victoria, 
who  has  likewise  an  '84  heifer  in  Queen  of  the  Meadow. 


SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND.  41 

Two  other  families  the  Lady  Booths,  and  those  bred  from  Lady 
James,  are  virtually  of  Booth  blood ;  fine  looking  cows  of  the 
former  tribe  are  Lady  Booths  4th,  and  5th,  sisters  of  '76,  and  '78, 
from  the  2nd.  The  10th,  from  the  5th,  is  being  milked  three  times 
a  day,  and  Lady  William,  a  grand-daughter  of  Lady  James,  is  also 
very  good  in  this  department.  Lady  Booth  13th,  and  Lady's 
Sceptre,  daughters  of  the  two  last  named  animals  by  King  Harold, 
and  Bright  Jewel's  son,  Royal  Sceptre,  are  also  seen,  and  the  latter 
is  our  preference.  The  herd  is  very  select,  and  we  are  sorry  to  hear 
that  owing  to  Mr.  Mitchell's  advanced  years  it  is  contemplated  dis- 
posing of  the  whole,  which  has  since  been  done,  and  thus  one  more 
link  connected  with  the  past  is  broken. 

From  Cleasby,  we  go  to  visit  Mr.  Joseph  Fryer's  herd  at  Smelt 
House,  on  the  north-west  of  Darlington,  which  has  been  bred  chiefly 
from  Mr.  Mitchell's  blood,  since  its  commencement  about  twelve  years 
ago.  In  1874,  two  cows,  Louisa,  and  Topsy,  were  purchased  privately 
from  the  Duke  of  Northumberland's  herd  at  Alnwick.  Baron  Cleasby, 
and  Lord  Booth,  bred  by  Mr.  Mitchell,  were  the  first  sires  used. 
Shortly  afterwards  his  herd  was  again  resorted  to,  and  Queen  of  the 
Palace,  and  Lady  Harold,  purchased,  and  from  these  and  the 
Alnwick  purchases  the  herd  is  chiefly  descended.  First  we  had  led 
out  Prince  Eupert,  a  dark  red,  now  at  the  head  of  the  herd,  he  is 
by  Mr.  T.  C.  Booth's  King  Harold,  from  Patience  Heatherstone,  of 
the  Killerby  G-eorgie  family,  his  birthplace  was  Prinknash,  and  con- 
sequently his  breeder  Mr.  B.  St.  John  Ackers,  who  in  past  seasons 
has  showed  so  many  successful  specimens  of  this  tribe.  Lady 
Harold,  his  half  sister,  when  she  came  to  Smelt  House  was  in  calf 
to  Mr.  T.  C.  Booth's  Master  of  Arts,  and  the  produce  Lady  Hilda, 
gives  every  prospect  of  being  a  good  dairy  cow,  in  fact  Mr.  Fryer 
made  his  purchases  with  the  view  to  having  useful  dairy  cattle  as  well  as 
such  as  could  put  on  beef  when  done  with,  would  that  more 
breeders  had  always  bought  on  the  same  lines.  Lady  Hester,  and 
Lady  Hettie,  are  a  promising  pair  of  twins  by  Brigadier,  a  well  bred 
Bright,  bought  by  Canon  Wilkinson  at  Mr.  T.  H.  Miller's  sale,  and 


42  SHORTHORX  HRRDS  OP  ENGLAND 

used  at  Thistleflatt  House :  these  are  Lady  Harold's  last  additions 
to  the  herd,  she  has  been  a  most  fortunate  purchase,  as  between  the 
twins  and  Lady  Hilda,  there  is  Lady  Helen,  by  Mr.  Mitchell's  Lord 
Victor  ;  the  half  dozen  being  made  up  by  a  newly  boi-n  heifer  calf  out 
of  Lady  Hilda. 

The  "  Rosamonds "  have  Queen  of  the~  Palace,  now  twelve 
years  old,  and  her  very  robust,  good  chested  calf,  full  of  hair,  by 
Brigadier,  born  in  September,  to  represent  them.  Laura,  by  Mr. 
Vicker's  Royal  1st  prize  Duke  of  Howl  John  33674,  out  of  the 
Stanwick  cow  Louisa,  is  of  the  right  sort,  milking  heavily,  and  yet 
retaining  her  flesh.  Lottie,  and  Lena,  are  Laura's  daughters  by 
Lord  Booth,  and  Prince  Hat-old,  the  latter  the  better  fleshed  of  the 
two.  Dimsdale  Hose,  and  Dimsdale  Belle,  are  own  sisters  from 
Diinsdale  Lass,  a  family  so  called  on  account  of  the  ancestress  being 
purchased  from  Mr.  Emmerson,  of  Over  Dimsdale,  near  Darlington 
five  and  twenty  years  ago.  Topsy,  the  companion  purchase  to 
Louisa,  at  Alnwick,  had  Tulip  ;  arid  Truthful  and  Trinket  are  useful 
dairy  cows  from  Tulip. 

From  Mr.  Fryer's  to  the  Rev.  Canon  Wilkinson's  at  Thistle- 
flatt House,  is  but  little  over  a  mile  to  walk,  certainly  the  country, 
high  lying  and  exposed,  hardly  seems  the  proper  place  for  pure 
bred  shorthorns  to  prosper  and  flourish,  but  Canon  Wilkinson  has 
selected  good  heavy  fleshed  animals  with  sound  constitutions,  suit- 
able for  the  climate.  The  herd  was  established  only  in  1874,  and 
at  Mr.  Nesham's  sale  in  '76,  Shamrock  22nd  was  purchased,  of 
which  family  there  are  three  in  the  herd  at  present ;  Red  Cherry,  des- 
cending from  Col.  Cradock's  Old  Cherry,  was  also  sold  at  Gain  ford 
Hall,  and  afterwards  came  to  Thistleflatt.  The  old  Certainty  tribe 
of  Brawith  fame  was  obtained  in  Yorkshire,  and  two  specimens  of 
the  Sowerbys  full  of  old  Booth  blood  came  from  Mr.  Lin  ton's  sale. 
Other  purchases  of  more  fashionable  lineage  have  been  added 
during  the  last  few  years.  Like  Mr.  Fryer,  the  owner  took  advan- 
tageof  Duke  of  HowlJohn's  valuable  services ;  afterwards  Blair  Athol, 
came  from  Lethenty,  followed  by  Bi-igadier,  bred  at  Singleton  Park, 


SHORTHORN    HERDS    OF    KNGLANI).  43 

out  of  a  Royal  Benedict  cow,  also  of  the  Bright  tribe.  At  present 
we  find  Mac  Alpine,  bred  by  Mr.  B.  St.  John  Ackers,  a  combination 
of  the  Alpine  branch  of  the  Mantalini's,  and  Mr.  Torr's  Flov  ers, 
in  use  with  the  herd.  He  is  a  handsome,  masculine  like  bull,  very 
deep  before,  of  excellent  quality,  as  a  calf  he  was  placed  first  at  the 
Yorkshire  Show  at  Ripon.  Camilla,  bought'  at  the  Broughton  sale, 
of  the  Farewell  tribe,  has  the  next  box  to  Mac  Alpine;  she  is  a 
daughter  of  the  Warlaby  Royal  Craftsman,  is  full  of  symmetry  and 
quality,  with  a  grand  back  and  rib.  The  cows  we  see  out  at  exer- 
cise, and  for  choice  we  prefer  Lady  Sarah,  one  of  the  Sheriff 
Hutton  purchases,  by  Paul  Potter,  from  Princess  Irwin,  by  the 
famous  Sir  Arthur  Ingram,  she  is  a  deep  chested,  wide  ribbed 
animal,  with  a  good  level  back,  and  has  been  successful  in  local 
show  rings.  Charlotte,  the  other  Sowerby  cow  from  Mr.  Linton's, 
is  by  his  Sir  Hugo  Irwin,  and  has  been  also  exhibited  and  taken 
honours,  she  is  a  fine  heavy  fleshed  cow,  with  good  back  and  rib 
like  Lady  Sarah.  Bright  Cherry,  a  daughter  of  Blair  Athol,  out  of 
the  original  purchase,  Red  Cherry,  is  down  calving,  while  Happy 
Guest,  one  of  Mr.  Robert  Jefferson's  old  sort,  came  from  the 
Chillingham  sale.  Pearly,  another  of  Paul  Potter's  daughters  bred 
at  A.cton  Burnell,  is  a  very  nice  old  cow.  extraordinary  wide  across 
the  loins  ;  Patty,  of  the  same  family  tracing  to  Mr.  Mason's  No.  13 
Chilton  Sale,  but  by  King  of  Scots,  is  milking  well,  and  being  a 
heifer,  is  not  looking  her  best,  her  daughter  Peggy,  is  with  three 
others  out  of  Happy  Guest,  Charlotte,  and  Red  Ruby,  all  by 
Brigadier,  the  one  from  Happy  Guest  retains  her  calf  bloom,  being 
the  youngest,  but  Charlotte's,  named  Sowerby  Queen,  is  a  good  calf, 
certainly  the  oldest,  but  perhaps  the  best  of  the  four. 

Donna  Bslla,  and  Blue  Bell,  are  by  the  same  sire,  from  half- 
sisters,  of  the  Certainty  family,  the  latter  a  stylish  young  cow  with 
a  well  formed  udder,  and  the  mother  of  a  very  good  roan  heifer, 
Lady  Rachel,  our  pick  of  the  home  bred  heifers  ;  amongst  which  are 
Lady  Mary,  a  white  out  of  Lady  Sarah,  a  nice  heifer,  not  unlike 
her  dam.  Amongst  some  younger  calves,  a  roan  from  Lady 


44  SHORTHORN    HERDS    OF    EXUF.A.NU. 

Minnie,  a  daughter  of  Donna  Bella,  takes  our  fancy.  Turning 
back  to  the  cows.  Roan  Shamrock,  and  Gay  Shamrock,  are  own 
sisters,  by  Blair  Athol,  from  the  Gain  ford  Hall  purchase,  the  elder 
a  cow  of  good  quality,  is  the  dam  of  a  nice  red  and  white  cow  calf. 
Beautiful  Butterfly,  a  fine  young  cow  of  Col.  Town  ley's  Barmpton 
Rose  tribe,  had  been  bought  at  Mr.  J.  C.  Toppin's  sale.  It  has 
been  with  deep  regret  we  saw  the  herd  brought  to  the  hammer  in 
consequence  of  the  owner's  increasing  infirmities  and  his  declining 
years. 

Between  Crook  and  Newcastle,  Mr.  Robert  Darling  is  the  only 
shorthorn  breeder  with  the  exception  of  the  Birtley  Iron  Co.,  who 
have  recently  been  buyers  of  pedigree  cattle.  Plawsworth  is  the 
station,  and  in  the  village  of  that  name  Mr.  Darling  resides,  his 
shorthorns  are  not  many,  but  chiefly  of  two  families,  of  which  the 
Ro^edales  are  the  more  important.  Rosedale  3rd,  bred  at  Helidon 
by  the  Rev.  John  Storer,  by  Royal  Buckingham  ^0718,  was  exported 
to  Canada  by  the  Hon.  M.  H.  Cochrane  with  250gs.  on  her  head, 
and  when  that  gentleman  sent  over  to  this  country  in  '77  to  be  sold 
at  Millbeckstock  the  bulk  of  his  Booth  shorthorns,  Rosedale  3rd 
returned  with  two  daughters  by  Sirius,  a  son  of  Royal  Blithe,  and 
Mr.  W.  Talbot  Crosbie's  one  thousand  guinea  Vesper  Star,  the 
younger  of  the  sisters  named  Rosalind  was  bought  for  Plawsworth, 
and  is  a  red  and  white  good  fronted  cow,  Mr.  Darling  has  now 
seven  Rosedales,and  Squire  Rosedale,  and  Royal  Rosedale,  a  son,  and 
grandson,  of  Rosalind,  have  been  used  in  the  herd,  so  she  cannot  be 
said  to  have  been  an  unfruitful  purchase  for  him.  Rosedale  Beauty, 
the  oldest  of  the  three  daughters,  by  Messrs.  J.  W.  and  E. 
Cruickshank's  Blair  Athol,  a  son  of  King  James,  and  a  Bright  cow 
by  King  Richard,  has  been  sent  over  to  Birtley  for  service  to  King 
Ronald,  bred  at  Barinoor,  her  heifer  Bright  Rosedale,  by  Mr.  John 
Angus's  Barrister  44396,  was  not  seen  being  at  a  distant  farm. 
Princess  Rosedale,  two  years  younger  than  her  sister,  is  a  pretty 
shorthorn  like  cow,  probably  the  neatest  of  thg  family  at  Plawsworth, 
Mr.  John  B.  Booth's  King  of  Scots  is  her  sire,  she  also  has  a  heifer, 


SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND.  45 

Princess  Rosedale,  by  Rosedale  Beauty's  son,  Royal  Rosedale,  which 
was  one  of  King  of  Scots's  sons.  Baroness  Rosedale,  is  the  youngest 
of  Rosalind's  daughters,  and  by  Barrister,  a  bull  with  three  crosses  of 
Booth  on  one  of  the  Angus  pedigrees.  Rosa,  of  the  Wildair  tribe, 
was  bought  at  Mr.  W.  White's  sale  on  March  24th,  '76,  and  five  trace 
their  descent  to  her.  This  family  is  on  a  rather  smaller  scale  than 
the  Rosedales,  but  very  useful  dairy  cattle. 

Bellona,  by  a  Rosedale  bull,  is  a  grand-daughter  of  Break  of 
Day,  bred  by  Mr.  J.  Beat-tie,  by  his  Booth  Royal,  out  of  Broom 
Girl,  by  Duke  of  Tyne,  a  winner  at  Worcester  in  '63,  and  two 
generations  further  comes  John  O'Groat,  second  to  Master  Butterfly, 
at  Carlisle.  A  recent  purchase  was  Water  Baroness,  a  well  bred 
Torr  "  W  "  heifer  by  Mr.  Carr's  Sir  Windsor  Broughton.  Marquis,  a 
dark  red  useful  yearling,  had  been  bought  at  Lord  Polwarth's  last 
spring  sale,  he  is  by  Mr.  Ackers's  Royal  Glo'ster,  so  half  brother  to 
Lady  Carew  13th,  and  Western  Georgie,  from  Madaline  Butterfly 
of  Mr.  John  Booth's  Madaline  family.  The  Booth  portion  of  the 
herd  has  been  further  strengthened  by  the  purchase  at  Mr.  Mitchell's, 
of  Lady  Booth  12th,  an  upstanding  heifer  by  Royal  Sceptre  43967. 

Two  stations  nearer  Newcastle  is  Birtley,  where  the  Iron  Co. 
of  that  name  at  their  Ouston  Farm  keep  the  purchases  made  for 
them  by  Mr.  Richardson  during  the  past  two  seasons.  A  group  of 
cows  seen  on  the  road,  before  reaching  Ouston,  are  easily  recognisable 
as  shorthorns,  Minstrel  Gwynne  4th,  from  Lathorn,  is  much  admired 
on  closer  inspection,  she  is  deep  before,  grandly  ribbed,  and  carries 
a  sweet  head  well  set  on,  by  her  side  is  Jenny  Gwynne,  by  Capt. 
Basset's  Prince  of  Cranes  2nd.  Minstrel  Gwynne  6th,  a  roan,  hardly 
so  attractive  as  the  4th,  was  seen  indoors.  Wave  Witch,  a  white 
of  good  quality,  by  King  Malcolm,  came  from  Barmoor  twelve  months 
ago,  along  with  her  half-brother  King  Ronald,  a  lengthy  roan  bull, 
now  doing  service  here,  he  is  from  Easter  Rose,  a  grand-daughter  of 
the  Rev.  Thomas  Staniforth's  Rose  of  Warlaby,  the  550  guinea  cow 
at  the  dispersion  of  the  Beeston  herd.  The  purchases  from  Brought  on 
are  also  in  this  field.  Pauline  25th,  Shadow,  and  Christina,  roans,  are 


46  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

half-sisters  by  the  Warlaby  Royal  Craftsman,  the  first  named  of  the 
Pauline  family,  fourteen  of  which  averaged  €154  each,  at  the  previous 
Broughton  sale,  and  the  last  is  of  the  Farewell  tribe.  Further  away 
are  the  animals  from  the  Duffryn  sale  suckling  their  calves,  Lady 
Wood,  not  of  Stratton  blood  but  lot  3  at  the  sale,  being  by  Mr. 
Sheldon's  Duke  of  Harrington  5th,  from  Louisa  12th,  has  an  especially 
good  roan  bull  calf  by  Mr.  Stratton's  prize  winning  Acropolis  47316. 

Arrived  in  the  most  northern  ot  the  English  counties,  there  is 
no  herd  larger  than  that  of  the  Alnwick  Castle,  and  we  may  add  no 
owner  of  a  present  herd  in  this  county  whose  family  have  been 
connected  with  shorthorns  for  more  than  a  century,  for  it  was  on 
June  14th,  1784,  Mr.  Charles  Colling  bought  a  cow,  described  by 
Mr.  Thomas  Bell  as  "a  massive,  short  legged  cow,  breast  near  the 
ground,  a  great  grower,  with  wide  back,  and  of  a  beautiful  yellowish 
red  flaked  colour,"  she  was  sold  in  Darlington  market,  and  came 
either  from  the  Stanwick  estate,  or  the  neighbouring  Aldbrough 
estate,  of  the  Duke  of  Northumberland's,  she  was  unnamed  when 
bought  by  Mr.  Colling,  and  he  gave  her  the  name  of  Duchess,  since 
so  celebrated  and  widely  known.  The  management  of  the  herd  at 
Alnwick  has  been  in  the  hands  of  the  Patten  family  for  close  on 
sixty  years,  the  late  Mr.  Patten  47,  and  his  son  12,  and  the  present 
herd  is  no  bad  criterion  as  to  the  confidence  placed  in  them. 

Grood  bulls  have  always  bjen  used  since  the  commencement  of 
the  herd,  in  earlier  days  it  was  not  thought  advisable  to  go  on  any 
particular  strain,  but  for  the  last  16  years  Booth  blood  has  been 
freely  used.  Jeweller  26460,  first  in  a  class  of  forty  at  the  Border 
Union  Show  in  1869,  was  purchased  from  Messrs.  Atkinson  of  Peepy 
the  same  year.  Then  followed  Mayor  of  Windsor  31807,  bred  at 
Carperby,  and  bought  as  a  yearling  for  120gs.,  he  proved  a  capital 
stock  getter,  and  was  the  sire  of  Snowstorm  37496.  Fitz  Roland, 
bought  at  the  Aylesby  sale,  for  Lord  Tankerville,  was  next  hired  for 
two  years,  he  proved  an  extraordinary  sire,  and  was  an  especial  good 
heifer  getter,  as  witness  the  cows  now  in  the  herd.  Since  then  Sir 
Raymond,  Prince  Albert  Victor,  King  Stephen,  Royal  Studley,  King 


SHOHTHORX    HKHDS    OF    ENGLAND.  4/ 

David.  Eastern  Emperor,  Royal  Mowbray,  and  at  present  King  Hal, 
have  been  hired  from  Warlaby,  while  we  must  not  omit  mention  o[ 
British  Boy,  of  the  Village  Rose  tribe,  bought  when  11  years  old 
f -om  his  breeder,  Mr.  William  Fox,  who  was  let,  while  in  his  Grace's 
possession,  for  a  short  time  for  use  at  "Warlaby. 

As  to  the  female  portion  of  the  herd  which  number  eighty  five 

of  fourteen  families,  it  will  be   most  advisable  for  conciseness  to 

notice  them  in  tribes.       We  drive  to  the  Dairy  Farm  first,  and  have 

Lady  Elizabeth,  a  handsome  daughter  of  Royal  Stuart,  and  Lady 

Mary,  paraded  before  us,  this  heifer  is  a  grand-daughter  of  Lady 

Jane,  and  is  of  the  Cowslip  family,  twenty  strong,  and  the  most 

numerous  of  any  in  the  herd.       The  original  cow,  Cowslip,  was 

bought   about  50  years    ago  by    the  late  Mr.  Patten  from  a    Mr. 

Patterson,  of  Woodhouses,  in  the  neighbourhood  of  Alnwick,  she 

was  a  great  milker,  yielding  when  newly  calved  32  quarts  of  milk  per 

day,  and   16  Ibs.  of  butter  per  week,     Mr.  Patten  has  heard  his 

father  describe  her,  as  a  long,  straight,  level,  archribbed  cow,  but 

rather  short  of  hair ;    a  painting  of  a  fat  heifer,  her  great  great 

grand-daughter,  hangs    in  Mr.  Patten's   office,  with  the  following 

remarks  beneath  it,  "she  was  slaughtered  Dec.   18th,  1844  when 

threb  years  nine  months  old,  weighed  live  weight  when  fasted  177 

stone,  imperial  weight  (141bs  to  the  stone),  the  fore  quarters  were 

126  stone  7  Ibs,  loose  tallow  11  stone,  and  hide  6  stone  12  Ibs." 

Sunlight,  a  white,  by  Polar  Star,  from  Sunshade,  is  of  a  slightly 

different  branch  of  the  Cowslips  to  Lady  Elizabeth,  and  a  thick  good 

heifer  very  full  of  hair.      At  the  Home  Farm  we  have  Sunshade,  by 

Sir  Eaymond,  a  fine,  round  ribbed  cow,  with  a  feminine  head,  and 

beautiful  clear  eye,  the  dam  of  Sunlight,  and  Sunflower ;  she  has 

been  a  regular  breeder,  and  is  due  to  calve  her  fifth  calf  in  February. 

Sunflower,  by  Eastern  Emperor,  is  a  grand  young  cow,  deep  before 

with  a  fine  neck  vien,  good  broad  loin,  rib  well  sprung,  and  quarters 

lengthy  and  well  filled,  twice  has  she  been  first  at  the  County  Show, 

and  it  is  Mr.  Patten's  intention  to  try  for  higher  honours,  if  she  can 

be  got  in  calf,  it  being  now  eight  months  since  she  had  one.     From. 

the  Home  Farm  we  drive  to  Bassington,  where  the  majority  of  the 


48  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

cows  are  kept;  on  our  right  winding  through  the  Park  we  have 
Hulne  Abbey,  or  Holn  Priory,  now  a  ruin,  built  by,  or  rather  for  the 
Monks  from  Mount  Carinel  in  the  13th  century,  and  opposite  to 
Biizlee  Hill,  said  in  some  respects  to  resemble  Mount  Carmel. 
Blushing  Maid,  the  oldest  of  three  sisters,  and  a  fine  old  mossy  coated 
cow,  showing  signs  of  age,  is  the  last  but  one  left  of  Mayor  of 
Windsor's  daughters  ;  Bridal  Wreath,  two  years  her  junior  by  Fitz 
Roland,  has  only  been  exhibited  twice,  and  on  each  occasion  was 
awarded  first,  she  is  another  fine  cow,  and  the  mother  of  a  very 
promising  heifer,  Bridal  Gruest,  by  King  David,  straight  and  even  in 
her  top  and  bottom  lines,  as  well  as  very  compact  and  squarely 
built ;  intended  for  exhibition  purposes,  she  was  with  Lady  Elizabeth 
and  Sunlight,  at  the  Dairy  farm,  and  a  very  creditable  trio  of  heifers 
of  one  tribe  they  are.  Maid  of  Honour,  own  sister  to  Bridal  Wreath, 
was  the  intermediate  calf  between  her  and  Blushing  Maid.  We 
must  not  omit  Lady  Mary,  a  lengthy,  fine  cow,  except  a  little  high  at 
the  tail  head,  she  is  the  only  daughter  left  from  Lady  Jane,  winner  of 
second  in  a  large  and  excellent  class  of  cows  at  Derby  Royal. 

The  Daisies  came  from  Stanwick  in  1850,  in  the  shape  of 
Magpie,  by  Barton  8871 ;  of  this  family  have  been  bred  Snowstorm, 
the  second  prize  yearling  at  the  Birmingham  Royal,  and  first  at 
Liverpool  the  year  following,  and  Mountain  Daisy,  the  second  prize 
cow  at  the  recent  Royal  at  Preston,  she  has  hardly  the  scale  of  some 
of  the  Alnwick  Castle  cows,  and  is  inclined  to  be  patchy,  but 
certainly  she  has  a  wonderful  good  back.  In  addition  to  the 
Stanwick  Daisies,  there  are  the  Angus  ones  five  m  number,  already 
two  ahead  of  the  others.  Daisy's  Gem,  by  Ben  Brace,  was  purchased 
at  the  Broomley  sale,  and  is  a  fine  old  cow  now  at  Aluwick,  having 
her  blood  red  daughter,  Daisy's  Pride,  alongside  of  her,  they  are  a 
very  large  framed  even  fleshed  family,  "  the.se  Daisies  never  get  patchy," 
our  guide  remarks.  The  "  Dale  "  tribe,  so  called  because  for  some 
time  past,  the  females  have  been  named  after  some  dale,  and  will 
henceforth  be  so  named.  Their  ancestress  is  a  cow  named  Invalid, 
bred  by  Mr.  Lax,  of  Kirkbridgc,  which  came  to  Alnwick  in  185U, 


SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND.  49 

there  was  no  reason  for  so  naming  the  original  cow  known  to  Mr. 
Patten,  as  she  lived  in  perfect  health  until  14  years  of  age,  and 
then  died  of  an  attack  of  plemomonia,  a  scourge  which  attacked  the 
herd  here  in  '56.  Seven  in  number,  Eose  of  Allandale,  winner  of 
1st  in  the  two  year  old  class  at  the  Highland  Society's  Meeting  at 
Kelso  in  '80.  where  her  half-brother,  Royal  Commissioner,  stood  2nd 
in  the  yearling  bull  class,  now  a  trifle  weak  in  her  loin,  may  be 
regarded  as  the  pick  ;  another  good  co.v  is  Eose  of  "Wensleydale,  by 
Mr.  S  tan  i  forth 'a  Crowned  Head,  we  must  not  omit  the  pretty 
youngest  daughter  of  Eose  of  Allandale,  by  the  Warlaby  Royal 
Stuart,  named  Eose  of  Eibblesdale. 

Young  Cherry,  by  Mr.  Bates's  Cleveland  Lad,  also  came  in  '50, 
both  she  and  her  dam  were  bred  on  the  Duke's  estate  at  Stanwick, 
and  Mr.  Patten  is  of  opinion  had  earlier  sires  been  registered  the 
pedigree  might  have  shown  a  few  more  crosses.  Highland  Mary, 
by  the  home  bred  Snowstorm,  is  a  really  fine  cow,  the  mother  of 
Highland  Belle,  a  good  red  calf  by  Royal  Mowbray,  in  excellent 
condition,  and  very  neat  and  even  in  her  hindquarters  like  the  dam. 
Cherry  Stone,  a  good  roan  Fitz  Roland  cow,  is  at  Bassington 
near  calving,  and  her  Sir  Raymond  daughter,  Cherry  Eipe,  running 
out  with  four  more  in  Palmstrother  p.iddock.  The  Cumledge 
Rosebuds,  now  called  the  "  Eose"  family  at  Alnwick,  to  distinguish 
it  from  the  Hawkhill  or  Crofton  Rosebuds  to  be  shortly  mentioned 
(they  are  named  minus  the  Dale,  to  be  more  easily  known  from  the 
"Dale"  family),  were  introduced  by  the  purchase  of  Rosebud  llth, 
and  her  C.  C  ,  the  latter  afterwards  the  dam  of  the  Royal  winner  at 
Preston,  at  the  dispersion  of  the  late  Mr.  Wilson's  herd  in  1871  at 
Cumledge.  They  have  done  well  and  now  number  nine,  Rosebud 
13th,  the  winner  of  the  Royal,  naturally  takes  precedence  of  the 
others,  a  lengthy  even  roan  cow,  she  has  a  beautifully  covered  loin, 
a  rare  girth,  good  rib  and  shoulders,  a  feminine  head  with  a  good, 
eye,  and  graceful  horn.  By  her  side  is  a  red  calf  by  Royal  Mowbray, 
appropriately  named  in  honour  of  her  victory,  Rose  of  Preston. 
Royal  Princess,  by  Prince  Albert  Victor,  is  a  thick  made  young  cow 
standing  nearer  the  ground  than  her  half-sister,  Rosebud  13th. 

D 


50  SHORTHORN    HK11DS    OF    ENGLAND. 

Another  border  family  are  the  "Blainslies"  bought  at  the  late  Mr. 
Simpson's  sale  at  Blainslie  in  '74,  in  the  shape  of  a  yearling  heifer, 
Windsor's  Bride,  by  Mr.  T.  Willis's  Windsor's  Bridegroom  30325,  full 
brother  to  his  Smithfield  Champion,  Bride  of  Windsor.  These  are  large 
framed  robust  cattle,  especially  Windsor's  Bride  2nd,  and  Eoyal 
Bride,  breeding  well  to  Booth  bulls. 

The  Angus  blood  is  again  represented,  this  time  by  the  Gaieties, 
brought  into  note  by  the  excellence  of  the  family  at  the  Broomley  sale 
in  1878,  where  Gaiety  and  her  five  daughters  averaged  .£111  13s. 
each,  and  since  by  the  victories  of  one  of  the  daughters,  Gaiety  3rd, 
sold  at  Broomley  to  Lord  Tankerville's  agent,  and  Mr.  Patten,  though 
he  fought  hard,  had  to  wait  until  Lord  Tankerville's  herd  were 
dispersed  before  he  secured  her  for  Alnwick,  where  she  now  is  seen, 
looking  well,  and  in  calf,  mention  is  made  of  her  victories  in  noticing 
her  son,  Gay  Baronet,  at  Eden  Grove,  there  are  also  two  heifers  from 
her  in  the  herd,  Gaiety's  Pearl  and  Gay  Princess.  Her  sister, 
Gaiety  5th,  bought  at  the  Broomley  sale,  has  never  been  exhibited 
except  in  store  condition,  in  which  state  a  first  wras  credited  to  her  when 
at  the  County  Show  at  Berwick,  unfortunately  she  has  now  hurt  her 
stifle  joint,  but  it  is  not  difficult  to  see  what  a  fine  cow  she  has  been 
in  her  prime.  Lady  Carew  7th,  bred  at  Prinknash,  is  by  King 
Harold,  out  of  Lady  Jane,  and  closely  rented  to  Mr.  Ackers's  prize 
winning  Lady  Carews,  a  red  bull  calf  by  Royal  Mowbray,  is  suckling 
her.  Lady  Helen,  came  into  Northumberland  with  Lady  Carew  7th, 
to  Mr.  Swan's,  of  Bedlington,  from  whom  Mr.  Patten  bought  them, 
although  Mr.  Ackers  bred  from  her  Trojan,  a  Eoyal  winner  at 
Beading,  yet  her  breeder  was  Mr.  G.  J.  Bell,  of  The  Nook,  and  her 
dam  Lady  Pigot's  La  Belle  Helene,  a  grand-daughter  of  Lady  Sarah, 
by  Baron  Warlaby  7812.  Flower  of  Spring,  is  the  only  one  of  the 
Aylesby  Flower  tribe,  and  was  unable  to  be  seen,  along  with  a  few 
more  heifers,  on  account  of  darkness  overtaking  us  in  our  inspection, 
and  these  were  still  further  away  than  Bassington,  she  was  bought 
at  the  Barmoor  sale,  and  is  from  that  beautiful  cow  Flower  of  June, 
sold  for  250gs.  the  same  day  to  the  Rev.  Thos.  Stauiforth. 


SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND.  51 

The  Selinas  once  in  the  hands  of  Mr.  W.  W.  Slye,  of  Beaumont 
Grange,  go  directly  back  to  Countess,  sold  at  Ketton  when  nine  years 
old  for  400gs.  From  Messrs.  Atkinson.  Selina  7th,  and  her  heifer 
calf,  Lady  Selina,  were  bought,  and  as  Mr.  Patten  truly  remarks  "  they 
breed  well,"  and  are  now  ten  in  number ;  three  sisters,  from  Lady 
Selina,  are  very  good,  Lady  Roberta,  a  handsome  roan  by  Eastern 
Emperor,  is  the  youngest  of  the  sisters,  and  the  best  of  a  group  in  a 
far  away  shed,  Countess  Selina,  and  Lady  Adelina,  are  the  other 
two.  Lucretia  2nd,  by  Colonel  Townley's  Royal  Butterfly  23rd, 
came  from  the  Peepy  sale,  in  numbers  they  are  not  plentiful,  but  in 
merit  excellent,  Lucretia's  Gem,  probably  the  handsomest  cow  in  the 
herd,  beat  Glad  Tidings  at  Alnwick  in  '82,  although  the  year  following 
the  verdict  was  reversed,  unfortunately  not  breeding,  she  has  a  grand 
fore  rib,  and  beautiful  shoulder  points,  with  a  fine  level  back,  and 
good  underline.  The  other  of  this  family  is  Lucretia's  Bracelet,  out 
of  Lucretia's  Gem's  own  sister,  and  is  a  great  robust  heifer,  forward 
in  calf  to  King  Hal.  The  Hawkhill  or  Crofton  Rosebud  family  for 
a  long  time  have  had  a  great  reputation  in  Northumberland,  as 
possessing  both  excellent  feeding  and  milking  properties.  At  the 
dispersion  of  the  Hawkhill  herd  in  '79,  Primrose  2nd  was  bought  for 
145gs,  and  bred  Polar  Star,  3rd  in  the  two  year  old  class  at 
Shrewsbury  Eoyal :  afterwards  Primrose  3rd,  and  Rosebud  12th, 
were  privately  purchased  from  Mr.  J.  Davidson,  to  whom  the  glass 
ran  out  at  Hawkhill,  it  was  this  family  that  produced  Rosario. 
Primrose  3rd,  although  bred  by  Mr.  Chrisp,  is  one  of  Fitz  Roland's 
daughters,  she  was  considered  one  of  the  finest  cows  at  the  sale,  put 
to  British  Boy,  twins  were  the  result,  Primrose  Queen,  and  Primrose 
Beauty,  the  latter  a  roan,  impressed  us  with  the  idea  of  making  the 
finer  cow.  Now  to  the  sires  in  use,  King  Hal,  a  deep  red,  is  a 
thick  firm  well  fleshed  bull,  on  very  short  legs,  with  lengthy 
quarters  evenly  filled,  and  good  thighs,  he  is  a  son  of  Royal  Mowbray, 
and  Bridal  Queen,  of  the  famous  Halnaby  tribe.  British  Chieftain, 
bred  at  Catterick,  by  British  Knight,  from  Lady  Ada.  is  a  big 
growing  bull  hardly  as  yet  furnished. 


~J'^  BHOIiTIIOKN*    HERDS    <>F    KXOLAXD. 

Mr.  James  Nicholson  since  the  dispersion  of  his  herd  in  1883, 
at  Mui ton,  has  again  collected  a  nice  little  herd  on  the  adjoining 
farm  of  Thornton,  near  to  B-ruick-on-Tweed,  which  number  just 
over  the  dozen.  He  began  breeding  by  the  purchase  of  two  heifers 
of  the  Jessy  tribe,  favourably  known  in  the  County,  at  _M<- 
Atkinson's  sale,  of  Peepy,  in  1875,  and  there  are  still  five  females  of 
this  family  at  Thornton  by  repurchase,  as  well  as  \1<  --:-.  Angus's 
Lame  Cow  tribe,  acquired  by  the  same  means,  but  originally  from 
Preston  Hows ;  since  leaving  Tyneside,  a  dash  of  bates  had  been 
introduced  before  their  return  to  their  native  County.  Primt< 
9th,  and  10th,  are  a  local  sort  descending  from  a  Cow  by  .Sultan 
031,  belonging  to  the  late  Mr.  Wm.  Robertson,  of  Ladykirk.  East- 
horpe  Rose  3rd,  a  daughter  of  Sir  Simeon,  came  from  Mr.  Hugh 
Aylmer's  sale,  and  is  of  the  Easthorpe  Strawberry  family,  which  of 
the  seven  tribes  sold  at  West  Dereham  averaged  £25  per  head  over 
any  of  the  others ;  and  lastly,  Familiar  Nymph,  one  of  the  preti 
of  the  heifers  at  Mr.  Toppin's  last  sale,  is  unfortunately  not  in  a  breeding 
state  :  this  is  much  to  be  regretted,  as  she  is  the  choicest  hi •<•<]  animal 
at  Thornton,  being  of  the  old  Familiar  tribe,  by  Mr.  Meade- Waldo's 
Lord  of  the  Wave,  fn/m  Familiar  WatUby.  Two  of  the  earlier 
sires  used,  were  Ha* old  41*571,  and  Mischief  Al.i!«-;  1  i:*o'7,  Kred  at 
Beatl,  and  Hawkhill,  and  when  exhibited  by  Air.  NiehoUon  at  the 
Highland  Society's  Show  in  1880,  v/ete  plan  -d  »-cond  and  thitd  in 
their  respective  classes;  Eastern  Crown  51203,  a  son  of  Kastem 
Emperor,  and  Luetetia's  Gem,  one  of  the  finest  cows  in  the  Alnwick 
herd,  has  recently  been  in  service,  and  is  the  sire  of  some  promising 
cal  \  - 

Beal  is  the  nearest  station  to  Barmoor  Castle,  and  when  there 
we  have  one  of  the  most  northerly  herd  of  shorthorns  in  England 
before  us;  it  is  remarkable  that only  a  few  years  sigo  llu-y  U«-ICM-HI',\«-<| 
from  Kent,  one  of  the  most  southern  counties,  and  have  prospered 
so  much  that  twelve  months  ago  Mr.  Meade- Waldo  had  Mr. 
Thornton  at  Barmoor,  when  the  whole  of  the  herd  were  brought 
before  the  public  with  the  8XO£ptlOn  of  the  Virtoiia  branch  of  the 
Manfalinis,  and  a  couple  of  Blights,  a  capital  .i!<  i<-  ulfed,  1  \\enty 


HKRDS    OF     KNGLAND.  53 

five  females  bringing  within  half-a-cio\vn  of  the  century  a  piece, 
and  the  eleven  bulls  close  on  two  thirds  of  that  figure,  encouraging 
results  to  a  breeder  considering  it  took  place  in  September  '84. 
Mr.  Meade- Waldo  began  breeding  shorthorns  in  1860,  by  purchasing 
animals  fiom  the  late  Mr.  Thos.  Barnes  of  Westland,  Co.  Meath, 
one  of  the  leading  Irish  breeders  of  his  day,  but  the  great  purchase 
he  made  were  five  heife.s  and  the  bull  Beadsman  27998,  fiom  Mr. 
"Wm  Torr.  Since  1873  Wailaby  has  been  resorted  to  for  sires, 
and  King  of  Biitain,  King  Rufus,  King  Malcolm,  King  Harry,  Lord 
President,  Sir  Wilfrid,  Royal  Sceptre,  Eastern  Emperor,  King 
Stephen,  and  King  Rudolph,  have  all  been  in  service;  and  King 
David,  Maichioness'  son  by  King  James,  is  here  at  present,  after 
being  in  both  Ireland  and  Scotland,  at  Aitfert  and  Mertoun,  he 
comes  with  a  certain  amount  of  reputation  which  if  appearances 
must  decide  he  will  sustain. 

Victoiia  Candida,  a  large  framed  wide  ribbed  daughter  of  Roy  1 
Commander,  (the  bull  that  twice  crossed  the  Atlantic  going  out  as 
a  yearling  from  \Vailaby  to  Hillurst,  and  returning  to  become  the 
joint  property  of  the  owner  of  West  Deieham  and  Lady  Pigot  at 
the  high  figure  of  LloOgs.)  is  the  dam  of  Viola,  by  King  Stephen,  a 
very  pietty  white,  seen  at  Alnwick  the  day  previous,  where  she  had 
gone  for  service  to  King  Hal,  in  order  that  the  colour  might  be  put 
right  in  the  next  generation.  When  Victoria  Candida  was  in  Mr. 
Ackers's  possession  she  had  Victoria  Frigida,  the  dam  of  Mr. 
Hutchmson's  Victoria  Formosa.  Of  two  young  roan  Mantalini  bulls 
we  prefer  the  younger,  Victoria  Cross,  by  King  Rudolf,  out  of 
Victoria  Candida's  daughter,  Veronica,  a  very  shapely  and  handsome 
youngster  of  excellent  quality,  the  other  named  Valerian,  by  Eastern 
Emperor,  out  of  Victoria  Fulgida,  has  the  same  good  quality,  but 
not  so  true  in  his  different  points.  King  Rudolf  has  also  two 
excellent  heifers  to  his  credit,  from  Vanessa,  and  Flower  Wreath,  the 
latter  with  a  lovely  mossy  coat.  The  rest  of  the  herd  comprise  but 
half  a  dozen  females,  omitting  a  newly  born  bull  calf  out  of  Bright 
Lodestar,  and  these  have  entered  upon  the  duties  of  matronhood 
with  the  exception  of  Bright  Spring,  and  it  is  questionable  if  she 


54  SHORTHORN    HERDS    OF    ENGLAND. 

ever  will  breed,  as  she  has  on  two  or  three  occasions  disappointed  her 
owner  by  going  a  considerable  time  and  then  coming  in  season,  she 
is  by  Royal  Saxon,  from  Bright  Lady  of  the  Realm  (imported  into 
this  country,)  by  Mr.  Cochrane's  famous  Star  of  the  Realm,  a  bull 
that  made  $6,100  in  the  States. 

Bright  Lodestar,  a  red  and  white,  is  half-sister  to  Bright  Spring, 
by  Mr.  Torr's  Lord  Lamech,  and  was  the  highest  priced  lot  at  Mr. 
Elliot's  in  August  '84.  Victoria  Fulgida,  a  very  pretty  dark  red  was 
bred  by  Lady  Pigot,  by  the  Bracelet  bull  Constellation  28243,  from 
her  well  known  show  cow  Victoria  Victrix.  The  "  Victoria"  appears 
dropped  in  the  naming  of  the  female  produce  at  Barmoor,  as  Vanessa, 
and  Veronica,  are  the  names  of  two  young  cows,  neither  three  years 
old,  daughters  of  Victoria  Frigida,  and  Candida,  respectively ;  the 
latter  the  dam  of  the  promising  young  bull,  is  again  due  in  April, 
and  having  a  good  round  rib,  and  lengthy  quarters,  with  Mr.  Ackers's 
Royal  Gloucester  for  her  sire,  she  cannot  but  develope  into  a  fine 
cow  which  in  fact  she  gives  every  appearance  of  doing,  the  former 
by  King  Malcolm,  has  plenty  of  size  for  her  age,  with  a  nice  taking 
head  and  horn.  Flower  Wreath,  was  purchased  by  Mr.  Jacob  Wilson 
at  the  sale,  but  a  tempting  profit  induced  him  to  leave  her ;  she  had 
bred  her  owner  nothing  but  bulls  before  he  included  her  in  his  sale 
in  calf  to  King  Rudolf,  and  as  if  to  make  amends  the  produce  is  the 
pretty  calf  already  mentioned.  In  conclusion  we  may  congratulate 
Mr.  Meade- Waldo  on  having  a  very  select  well  bred  herd,  certainly 
not  large  so  far  as  numbers  go,  but  a  few  years  time,  and  fair  good 
luck  will  remedy  this. 

From  Barmoor  we  cross  the  country  to  Chillingham,  so  noted 
for  its  breed  of  wild  cattle,  and  at  Chillingham  Barns,  Mr.  Jacob 
Wilson, — so  familiar  a  name  in  the  annals  of  the  Royal  Agricul- 
tural Society, — keeps  a  few  well  bred  shorthorns  of  Booth  blood. 
Before  referring  to  the  cattle  we  cannot  do  better  than  mention  the 
owner's  services  to  British  Agriculture  generally,  especially  his 
efforts  in  conjunction  with  the  late  Mr.  T.  C.  Booth  to  prevent  the 
introduction  of  contagious  diseases  into  this  country,  and  the  passing 


SIIORTHORX    HERDS    OF    ENGLAND.  »JO 

of  the  Act  relating  thereto.  In  recognition  of  these  services,  on 
Dec.  8th,  1885,  at  Willis's  Rooms,  Mr.  Wilson  was  entertained  at 
a  banquet  presided  over  by  His  Grace  the  Duke  of  Richmond  and 
G-ordon  at  which  250  noblemen  and  gentlemen  were  present,  and 
presented  with  a  handsome  testimonial. 

The  good  old  family  of  Bracelet,  of  Killerby  origin,  once  so 
famous,  is  well  represented  by  Bridal  Bracelet's  daughter,  Regal 
Bracelet,  by  Mr.  R.  S.  Bruere's  Vice  Regal  Booth,  of  his  favourite 
Vesper  tribe,  a  well  made  level  heifer,  and  her  dam  by  Knight  of  St. 
Patrick,  is  a  lengthy  useful  animal.  Welcome  Dane,  bred  by  Mr. 
Bruce,  is  a  very  fine  young  cow,  fully  maintaining  the  repute  of  the 
Aylesby  "  W's,"  and  Curfew,  a  white  of  excellent  quality,  is  of  the 
old  favourite  tribe,  by  Knight  of  St.  Patrick,  being  one  of  Messrs. 
Ouickshank's  bi-eeding,  as  well  as  Bridal  Bracelet.  Rosary,  bred  at 
Chillingham  Castle,  is  fiom  Hermitage,  by  Mr.  T.  C.  Booth's  Sir 
Wilfrid,  the  fourth  in  descent  from  Mr.  Staniforth's  favourite  old 
Novice,  by  Monk,  of  the  Medora  tribe.  Mr.  Wilson  has  thus  three 
good  old  Killeiby  and  Warlaby  families,  in  addition  to  the  Aylesby 
"  W,"  to  go  on  breeding  with,  and  Savoyard,  of  the  Mantalini  tribe 
bought  at  the  Langton  Hall  sale,  is  ready  for  service,  a  son  of  Royal 
Stuart,  he  is  from  Rose  of  Savoy. 

From  Chillingham  we  once  more  make  for  the  railway  and 
Morpeth  is  reached,  the  following  morning  we  are  up  betimes  to  see 
Mr.  John  Vickers's  herd  at  C-itehburn.  Many  will  remember  that 
grand  white  bull,  Duke  of  Howl  John,  exhibited  at  the  Carlisle 
Royal  by  Mr.  Vickers,  winner  of  first  in  the  aged  bull  class,  and  Mr. 
S.  P.  Foster's  Champion  prize  in  the  male  classes  ;  he  was  bred  at 
Ho\vl  John,  near  Stanhope,  being  a  son  of  the  Mantalini  bull,  White 
Duke,  and  descended  from  Red  Rosette,  by  Mr.  Booth's  Royal  Buck, 
certainly  he  has  left  some  very  handsome  cows  as  mementos  of  him 
at  Catchburn.  The  first  male  animal  used  by  Mr.  Vickers  after 
starting  farming  on  his  own  account  was  Lorenzo  Vallo,  of  almost 
similar  breeding  to  Duke  of  Howl  John,  their  dams  being  own  sisters, 
he  was  commended  at  the  Durham  County  in  good  Company,  Royal 


5(>  SHOJiTHOHN    HERDS    OF    ENGLAND. 

Windsor,  and  Royal  Irvvin,  being  the  two  above  him.  Did  You 
Ever  30874,  succeeded  him,  and  was  brother  to  Duke  of  Howl  John, 
who  followed  next,  all  three  bred  by  the  Messrs.  Tickers,  at  Stanhope. 
From  cows  brought  from  his  parental  home  Mr.  John  Vickers's  herd 
is  descended  ;  the  family  of  the  ';  noble  Duke  "  must  have  precedence, 
which  is  represented  by  his  daughter,  Lady  Manfred  2nd,  and  a 
heifer  from  her,  Queen  Athole,  by  Blair  Athol,  the  former  is  a  very 
fine  lengthy  cow,  but  the  latter  is  wanting  in  the  same  good  quality 
as  the  dam  possesses. 

Meadow  Rose,  a  daughter  of  Did  You  Ever,  is  a  rare  old  milking 
sort,  and  another  excellent  daughter  of  this  bull  is  Lady  Wild  Eyes, 
the  mother  of  Purity,  Lady  Like,  and  Wild  Flower.  Two  of  the 
grandest  cows  are  Purity  and  Beauty,  the  former  is  newly  calved, 
and  Beauty  fully  verities  her  name,  being  a  very  thick  heavy  fleshed 
roan,  with  a  fine  clear  eye,  and  good  countenance,  unfortunately  she 
has  bred  nothing  but  bulls,  at  present  she  is  in  calf  to  Ingrain's 
Chief,  bought  from  Mr.  Handley,  with  which  Mr.  Vickers  won  the 
prize  in  his  clsss  at  the  Border  Union  Show  at  Kelso,  and  afterwards 
sold  to  Mr.  John  Hope  for  Bow  Park  at  a  good  figure.  Of  a  number 
of  young  bulls,  a  white,  by  Percy,  from  Lady  Like,  is  considered  the 
best  of  a  lot  of  four  together,  and  has  every  indication,  if  fortunate, 
of  a  future  before  him,  his  sire,  it  may  be  mentioned,  bred  at 
Catchburn,  was  sold  to  Mr.  W.  Handley.  Veteran,  a  well  fleshed, 
light  roan,  bred  at  Hartforth,  and  purchased  from  Mr.  Outluvaite  by 
Mr.  Vickers,  has  baen  exhibited  locally  the  past  season  with  success. 
Acolyte,  of  good  colour,  and  full  of  hair,  has  been  a  joint  puchase 
with  Mr.  Angus,  of  Bearl,  from  the  Storrs  herd,  he  is  a  highly  bred 
Medora,  by  Lord  Protector,  out  of  Recluse. 

Within  ten  minutes  walk  of  Chevington  Station,  Mr.  J.  W. 
Annett,  at  West  Chevington,  has  a  small  herd  mostly  of  the  much 
appreciated  Messrs.  Angus's  blood,  begun  in  76  by  the  purchase  of 
Lilywhite,  and  White  Rose  2nd,  of  the  Sprightly  and  Premium 
tribes,  half  sisters,  by  Mr.  W.  Torr's  Mountain  Hero,  these  cows 
have  been  fairly  prolific,  at  present  five  trace  to  the  former  and  four 


SHOUT HORN  HERDS  OF  ENULAXD.  57 

to  the  latter.  Mr.  Annett  began  with  using  Knight  of  Murrah,  a 
Cumberland  bred  bull,  by  Knight  of  Killerby,  afterwards  bulls  of  the 
Havvkhill  blood  weie  used,  and  at  present  Gallantly,  a  thick  shoit 
legged  bull,  of  the  Gaiety  tribe,  is  in  use,  a  son  of  Mr.  W.  Talbot 
Ciosbie's  Foreign  Viceroy,  and  Gay  Flower.  A  thiid  family  is  that 
represented  by  Mantilla  3rd,  and  her  bull  calf,  tracing  to  Mr.  John 
Booth's  Mantle,  by  Marcus.  The  herd  is  kept  as  useful  farm  stock, 
and  Butter  Dish  is  the  only  animal  that  has  been  exhibited,  and  she 
merely  at  the  local  Morpeth  Show  where  she  was  placed  second  to  a 
heifer  from  Catchburn. 

Crags ide,  beautifully  situate  near  to  Rothbury,  is  the  residence 
of  Sir  W.  G.  Armstrong,  C.B.,  who  possesses  a  herd  singularly 
unique  of  its  kind,  every  female  being  of  a  fashionable  tribe,  and 
descended  from  one  cow,  Mr.  Cheney's  Wild  Oxford,  the  dam  of  six 
heifers  at  Gaddesby,  which  were  sold  at  an  average  of  over  400gs. 
each,  Mr.  T.  Gow  securing  for  Cragside  three  own  sisters  named 
Wild  Duchesses  of  Geneva,  by  which  name  the  family  have  since 
been  known  here,  and  the  males  as  Wild  Dukes  of  Geneva,  the 
twenty  seventh  being  the  last  born,  while  thirty  eight  has  been 
reached  in  the  "  Wild  Duchesses,"  and  twenty  nine  are  now  their 
present  number,  here  at  any  rate  the  theory  that  purer  the  tribe, 
and  greater  the  proportion  of  males,  is  set  at  naught,  as  on  referring 
to  the  pedigree  what  more  line  bred  than  this  branch  of  the  Wild 
Eyes.  ?  The  owner  has  gradually  drafted  his  other  tribes  from  time 
to  make  room  for  the  increase  of  the  Wild  Duchesses  of  Geneva,  of 
which,  with  the  exception  of  the  sale  of  a  couple  in  the  past  summer 
to  Canada,  none  have  been  sold.  From  1878  to  1885,  five  Oxford 
bulls  and  one  Barrington  have  done  service  in  the  herd,  excluding 
Oxford  Beau  4th,  from  Kingscote,  they  all  hailed  from  Holker,  and 
at  Hindlip,  in  May,  the  best  of  the  Dukes  came  north  to  Cragside. 
Duke  of  Somerset,  of  an  unfortunate  red  and  white,  is  a  son  of  Mr. 
E.  E.  Oliver's  Grand  Duke  30th,  and  Duchess  114th,  he  is  a  very 
handsome  level  bull,  of  excellent  quality,  and  likely  to  do  good 
especially  after  the  introduction  of  so  much  Oxford  blood,  we 


53  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

understand  the  South  Americans  offered  in  vain  1500gs.  for  him 
twelve  months  ago,  and  it  may  be  added  that  Mr.  Drewry  has  sent 
two  of  the  Holker  Oxfords  for  service  to  him  in  his  new  home. 

Wild  Duchess  of  Geneva  5th,  out  of  one  of  the  original  purchases, 
now  ranks  as  the  oldest  of  the  family,  all  of  which  are  either  red  or 
roan,  thus  adding  to  the  family  resemblance,  and  the  older  cows  and 
heifers  as  they  come  down  from  the  hill  side  pastures  where  they 
have  been  out  the  whole  December  afternoon,  looking  none  the 
worse  for  it,  make  a  pretty  group.  The  Eighth  and  the  Ninth, 
own  sisters  in  blood,  by  Duke  of  Oxford  27th,  both  very  fine  good 
looking  cows,  are  our  special  favourites  amongst  the  older  matrons, 
the  younger  is  considered  the^better,  but  it  must  not  be  forgotten 
that  there  is  a  difference  of  two  years  and  the  same  number  of  months 
between  them,  when  the  Ninth  arrives  at  that  age,  her  wonderful 
good  back  will  probably  not  be  what  it  is  at  present.  Of  a  younger 
generation  we  have  the  Eleventh,  and  Twelfth,  by  Duke  of  Harrington 
8th,  a  grand  pair  of  heavy  fleshed  young  animals,  the  former  with  a 
lovely  head  and  horn.  The  Seventh  put  to  Duke  of  Waterloo  5th, 
produced  the  Thirteenth,  curiously  the  cross  has  not  succeeded,  and 
yet  the  dam  and  sisters  of  the  bull  are  some  of  the  best  cattle  at 
Capheaton.  The  Sixteenth,  a  very  stylish  cow,  is  one  of  the  oldest 
of  Duke  of  Oxford  48th's  daughters,  while  the  Eighteenth  has  hardly 
the  size  of  the  Twentieth,  and  the  Twenty  First,  another  very  promising 
young  cow,  has  not  long  had  her  first  born  to  Duke  of  Oxford  62nd. 
The  Twenty  Sixth,  a  grandly  ribbed  heifer,  owing  to  an  accident  to 
her  leg,  is  lower  in  condition  than  the  rest.  The  Twenty  Ninth, 
and  Thirtieth,  are  two  excellent  daughters  of  1884,  by  Duke  of 
Oxford  48th,  from  the  Ninth,  and  Fifth  ;  and  in  the  autumn  months 
of  the  same  year  five  more  Wild  Duchesses  of  Geneva  were  born, 
Thirty  One  to  Thirty  Five  inclusive,  occupying  one  shed,  we  have  thus 
the  opportunity  of  comparing  their  rival  merits,  and  after  careful 
inspection,  we  prefer  the  oldest,  a  lengthy,  deep  heifer,  very  good  in 
her  underline,  and  full  of  hair,  the  daughter  of  the  Eighteenth,  and 
Baron  Oxford  12th,  who  is  also  the  sire  of  a  pair  of  very  pretty  calves, 
out  of  the  Fifteenth,  and  Sixteenth,  as  well  as  a  capital  coated  one 
out  of  the  Twentieth. 


SHORTHORN    HERDS    OF    RNGLATCD.  59 

Scots  Crap  Junction,  in  addition  to  being  the  station  for 
Capheaton,  is  also  available  for  Kirkwhelpington,  where  Mr.  Robert 
Harrett  has  bred  shorthorns  for  a  considerable  time.  The  largest 
family  possessed  by  him  come  from  stock  originally  in  the  hands  of 
his  Father  from  1822  to  1846,  when  the  dam  of  the  first  registered 
cow  in  the  pedigree  came  into  his  possession,  and  was  put  to  Mr. 
Bro well's  Pilot  7333,  after  three  more  pure  bred  sires  had  been 
added,  Moss  Eose  was  the  result,  she  proved  the  mother  of  Talley- 
rand, 3rd  at  the  Newcastle  Royal  in  1864,  another  show  animal  of 
this  family  was  Lord  Henry,  exhibited  eleven  times,  and  winner  of 
nine  firsts,  and  after  he  left  Mr.  Harret's  possession  he  won  the  Cup 
at  Aberdeen.  In  addition  to  Talleyrand,  Moss  Rose  had  Queen  of 
Tetholme,  who  sent  to  Col.  Gunter's  2nd  Duke  of  Wetherby,  when 
on  hire  at  Wellington,  bred  Duchess  of  Kirkwhelpington,  a  name 
which  Mr.  Harrett  has  continued  for  this  branch  until  they  are 
eleven  in  number,  and  the  Duchess  Charlotte  Florentias,  from  Moss 
Rose's  daughter,  Duchess  Charlotte  Florentia,  by  Stanwick,  a  sire 
used  at  Kirkwhelpington  purchased  from  Sir  Walter  Trevelyan,  are 
now  an  even  half  dozen.  The  majority  of  the  animals  were  away  at. 
a  distant  farm,  and  we  had  to  be  content  with  seeing  a  few  only  of 
the  females.  Duchess  of  Kirkwhelpington  3rd,  from  the  2nd  Duke 
of  Wetherby  cow,  has  been  a  prize  winner  in  early  days,  and  now  in 
her  old  age  is  a  fine  specimen  of  a  shorthorn"  in  the  same  building  is 
a  sister,  by  Lord  Dunmore's  Duke  of  Airth,  a  son  of  2nd  Duke  of 
Collingham,  and  Kirklevington  12th. 

The  Lady  Wharf  dales,  Duchess  of  Wharf  dales,  Ruby  Roses, 
and  Gipsy  le  Grands,  all  trace  to  Lucy,  by  Pantaloon,  bought  of  Mr. 
Browell,  through  her  daughters,  Ruby  and  Gipsy ;  the  former  bred 
three  heifers,  Duchess  of  Wharfdale,  Ruby  Rose,  and  Duchess  of 
Oxford,  the  last  named  having  Lady  Wharfdale,  so  this  family  has 
now  four  distinct  branches.  Lady  Wharfdale,  fourteen  years  of 
age,  has  a  grand  udder,  and  a  very  nice  roan  cow  calf,  by  Prince  of 
the  Dale  ;  another  very  straight  calf,  is  a  red  from  Gipsy  le  Grand 
3rd,  also  a  daughter  of  the  Prince's.  Mr.  Harrett's  only  other  family 
are  the  Rosebuds,  bought  from  Mr.  Wilson,  of  Cumledge,  and  closely 


60  SHORTHORN    HERDS    OF    KNGLA.ND. 

related  to  the  Duke  of  Northumberland's  Rosebud  12th,  the  Royal 
winner  at  Preston.  Bates  bulls  have  been  in  recent  years  used  at 
Kirkwhelpington,  including  Duke  of  Lining,  a  purely  bred  Peach 
Blossom  from  Mr.  Hetherington's,  and  Prince  of  Waterloo  2nd,  and 
Prince  of  the  Dale,  both  bred  by  Mr.  Robt.  Lodge,  the  latter  a  son 
of  Duke  of  Gunterstone,  and  Princess  of  the  Valley,  of  Mr.  Col  ling's 
Princess  tribe,  is  the  sire  now  in  use,  a  red  with  but  little  white,  he 
has  a  good  masculine  head  and  horn,  with  a  straight  level  top,  but 
a  little  more  depth  in  his  brisket  would  be  better. 

About  equal  distance  with  Mr.  Harrett's  from  Scots  Gap 
Junction  is  Capheaton,  where  one  of  the  finest  Bates  herd  in  this 
country  is  kept,  and  so  prolific  has  it  been  of  late,  that  during  the 
present  year  two  drafts  of  females  have  been  considered  necessary, 
fourteen  going  to  Dringhouses  in  April,  and  ten  in  September  ;  in 
addition  to  these,  five  were  sold  privately  to  Mr.  John  Hope  for 
exportation.  Despite  these  heavy  sales  the  herd  numbers  sixty  six. 
without  the  males.  When  it  is  known  that  Sir  John  Swinburne's 
herd,  is  managed  on  the  strict  principle  of  selection,  the  best  of  the 
tribes  being  always  retained — which  no  doubt  accounts  for  the  large 
number  (thirteen)  the  herd  now  contains — some  idea  of  the  quality 
of  those  left  at  Capheaton  may  be  gathered  from  the  character  of 
the  animals  sent  to  Dringhouses.  In  fashion's  market  the  Oxfords 
rank  first  in  the  herd,  and  the  1450  guinea  calf  at  the  Holker  sale 
in  1878,  Grand  Duchess  of  Oxford  38th,  by  Mr.  Fox's  imported 
Duke  of  Airdrie  24th,  has  proved  a  most  fortunate  purchase,  having 
bred  nothing  but  cow  calves,  and  her  daughters  likewise  hitherto ; 
she  is  a  large  fine  cow,  very  wide  across  her  loins,  with  excellently 
laid  shoulders,  but  inclined  to  grow  patchy  about  the  tail.  Empress 
of  Oxford,  the  oldest  daughter,  has  had  the  Third,  to  Lord  Bective's 
Duke  of  Underley  7th,  a  son  of  his  Millbeckstock  purchase,  Duchess 
of  Hillhurst  5th ;  the  Second,  a  fine  goodlooking  cow,  has  Duke  of 
Oxford  48th,  for  sire.  Two  very  pretty  calves  are  Empresses  of 
Oxford  6th,  and  7th,  by  Baron  Oxford  12th,  who  has  left  a  lot  of 
remarkable  good  heifers  in  the  herd ;  they  are  from  the  two  oldest 
sisters,  and  are  in  the  park  with  three  others  out  for  exercise,  a 


SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND.  61 

beautiful  group  which  would  do  great  credit  to  any  herd,  and  to  any 
sire  ;  with  the  exception  of  a  Waterloo,  they  are  all  by  Baron  Oxford 
12th,  the  light,  roan  from  Empress  of  Oxford  2nd,  being  particularly 
grand  in  front,  but  the  Oxfords  are  both  very  straight  and  good 
throughout. 

The  Waterloos  are  largely  represented,  both  in  numbers  (19), 
and  merit,  the  Lady  Waterloos  came  into  Northumberland  first  to 
Sir  Walter  C.  Trevelyan's,  and  when  at  the  dispersion  of  the  herd 
after  his  death  in  1879,  six  of  the  tribe  were  purchased  of  three 
different  branches  for  Capheaton,  so  with  Lady  Waterloo  23rd,  a 
light  roan,  by  7th  Duke  of  York,  bought  at  Mr.  Wm.  Angerstein's 
sale  in  September  1876,  along  with  her  white  heifer  by  3rd  Duke 
of  Claro,  the  tribe  had  a  good  start  given  it  which  it  has  maintained. 
Lady  Waterloo  23rd,  still  reigns  the  matron  of  the  family,  and  at 
her  decease  the  last  daughter  of  the  ever  memorable  7th  Duke  of 
York  will  cease  to  exist.  Lady  Waterloo  37th,  out  of  a  9th  Duke 
of  Geneva  cow,  is  next  in  seniority  of  this  branch,  and  along  with 
her,  is  her  daughter,  Lady  Waterloo  39th,  by  Duke  of  Oxford  48th. 
Empress  of  Waterloo  10th,  one  of  the  pretty  group  of  calves  in  the 
Park,  is  also  from  her,  and  the  Sixth,  a  year  older,  own  sister,  is  an 
exceedingly  level  heifer.  Empress  of  Waterloo,  with  quite  the 
Givendale  colour,  by  Mr.  K.  Pavin  Davies's  Oxford's  Prince,  was  the 
first  calf  of  Lady  Waterloo  29th,  after  coming  from  Wallington,  and 
thus  half-sister  to  Lady  Waterloo  37th  ;  previous  to  the  dispersion 
of  Sir  Walter  Trevelyan's  herd,  both  Capheaton  and  Wallington,  had 
continued  the  numbers  from  the  Gaddesby  herd,  but  now  with  the 
new  year  of  1880  a  change  was  resorted  to,  and  Empress  of  Waterloo 
was  born  in  January.  The  Fourth,  a  rather  light  red,  full  of  style, 
is  by  Winsome  Duke,  and  has  a  double  cross  of  the  Cambridge  Rose 
blood  on  the  fine  old  Lady  Waterloo  23rd,  and  the  Eighth,  a  light 
roan,  by  Duke  of  Waterloo  7th,  a  very  level  well  ribbed  heifer,  is  the 
last  daughter  of  the  old  cow.  From  the  Lady  Waterloo  branch  we 
turn  to  Waterloo  32nd,  bought  at  Wallington  with  Waterloo  Maid,- 
and  Waterloo  Maid  2nd,  but  the  five  females  are  from  the  two 
former,  mother  and  daughter.  Waterloo  32nd,  a  good  cow  in 


62  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

herself,  has  bred  some  particularly  good  heifers,  and  Duke  of  Waterloo 
7th,  a  handsome  bull  thatj  made  115gs.  to  Rose,  Innes,  &  Co.,  for 
South  America,  in  April  1884,  at  Dringhouses;  the  youngest  daughter 
Waterloo  Maid  6th,  by  Winsome  Duke,  is  a  rare  thick  calf,  with 
grand  neck  and  chest,  not  unlike  her  older  sister,  the  Fifth,  a  light 
roan,  of  great  depth  and  substance.  There  are  also  two  more  sisters, 
the  3rd,  a  red  and  little  white,  by  48th  Duke  of  Oxford,  and  the  4th, 
own  sister  to  the  Fifth,  and  Sixth,  a  dark  roan,  thick  and  well  made. 
The  Grand  Waterloos  also  came  from  Wallington  in  the  shape  of 
Grand  Waterloo  4th,  a  four  months  old  calf,  by  Duke  of  Oxford  27th, 
the  dam  of  Grand  Waterloo  5ih,  by  Duke  of  B.irrington  8th,  a  very 
fine  lengthy  cow,  Grand  Earl  of  Waterloo  2nd,  a  handsome  youngster 
sold  at  the  recent  Dringhouses  sale,  as  well  as  an  own  brother,  but  a 
week  or  two  old,  and  Grand  Waterloo  6th,  unfortunately  a  white.  These 
Waterloos  were  formerly  at  Bi-ayton.  before  going  to  Nunwick,  where 
Sir  Walter  C.  Trevelyan  bought  Waterloo  22nd,  by  Kildonan. 

The  Wild  Eyes,  like  the  Waterloo  family,  have  three  branches 
at  Capheaton^  Winsome  Isis,  a  fine  specimen  of  a  shorthorn,  with  a 
rare  brisket,  close  to  the  ground,  and  full  of  quality,  was  bought  in 
the  neighbouring  County  of  Durham,  at  the  Shotley  Hall  sale,  her 
youngest  calf,  Winsome  Empress  4th,  is  a  little  beauty,  and  was  one 
of  the  group  we  so  much  admired  in  the  Park.  Winsome  Duke, 
her  son  by  Duke  of  Oxford  48th,  was  freely  used  in  the  herd,  and 
left  good  stock,  with  such  a  dam  and  sister  he  could  hardly  do 
otherwise.  Winsome  23rd,  bought  at  the  last  Holker  sale,  represents 
the  Bright  Eyes's  formerly  at  Sproatley  Rise,  no  complaint  can  be 
made  by  the  owner  of  idleness,  as  it  is  but  three  years  and  three 
months  since  her  purchase,  and  Winsome  Empresses  2nd,  3rd,  and 
oth,  have  all  been  added  to  the  herd  by  her.  The  oldest,  a  dark  roan,  is 
a  straight  level  heifer,  with  Baron  Oxford  12th  for  her  sire.  Wild 
Princess  5th,  a  large  framed  massive  cow,  comes  from  Wild  Oxford, 
the  same  as  the  numerous  Wild  Duchesses  of  Geneva  at  Cragside, 
and  is  the  dam  of  Wild  Princess  7th.  The  Princesses  have  been 
extraordinarily  prolific,  from  Princess  Sale,  a  three  months  old  calf 
at  the  Underley  sale  in  1874  purchased  by  Sir  John  Swinburne  for 


SHORTHOEN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND.  63 

370gs,  no  less  than  twelve  females  now  descend,  in  addition  to  one 
sold,  and  General  Sale  llth,  has  arrived  in  the  male  line,  so  a  record 
of  twenty  four  animals  bred  from  a  three  months  old  calf,  bought 
eleven  years  ago  last  September,  is  not  so  very  bad  for  highbred 
shorthorns.  The  original  purchase  was  by  2nd  Duke  of  Tregunter, 
from  Lord  Bective's  favourite  cow,  Lady  Sale  of  Putney,  she  is  still 
alive,  and  last  month  had  her  seventh  cow  calf,  Empress  Sale  7th,  to 
Duke  of  Oxford  69th.  Princess  Sale,  was  sent  for  service  to  Duke 
of  Underley,  and  Countess  Sale,  the  produce,  is  down  calving  with 
a  good  show  for  milk;  Countess  Sale  2nd,  another  daughter,  has  also 
every  appearance  for  milk,  but  with  somewhat  small  teats.  Princess 
Sale  3rd,  and  Countess  Sale  3rd,  mother  and  daughter,  are  a  pair  of 
useful  looking  cows,  while  Empress  Sales  5th,  and  6th,  by  Winsome 
Duke,  are  a  promising  pair  of  '85  calves,  the  latter  from  Countess 
Sale  2nd,  is  own  sister  to  the  steer  that  had  taken  a  first  in  the 
yearling  class  at  the  recent  exhibition  at  Bingley  Hall. 

Countess  of  Barrington  12th,  a  rather  small  but  pretty  cow, 
with  her  daughter,  the  Thirteenth,  spring  from  the  Lady  Barringtons 
formerly  in  Mr.  Kobarts's  herd  at  Lillingstone  Dayrell,  since  then, 
Havering  Park,  and  Holker,  have  each  been  their  birthplaces  before 
coming  into  Northumberland.  Lady  Foggathorpe  2nd,  a  light  roan 
of  1881,  is  out  of  Graffin  Foggathorpe  12th,  obtained  from  Mr.  Geo. 
Graham's  ;  this  cow  is  the  oldest  of  the  three  Foggathorpes,  her 
sister,  the  Fifth,  is  however  the  pick  of  the  family,  and  the  Fourth, 
a  good  fronted  heifer  with  a  lot  of  style,  is  wanting  in  her  thighs. 
The  Fantails  of  Bell-Bates  origin  have  Fantail's  Duchess,  by  9th 
Duke  of  Geneva,  from  the  Barleycorn  cow  at  their  head,  and  three 
very  nice  young  heifers  coming  forward,  all  by  Baron  Oxford  12th. 
The  Cleopatras,  beautifully  bred,  have  still  Caroline  5th,  one 
of  the  original  purchases  from  Mr.  Angerstein's  amongst  them. 
Carolines  6th,  and  8th,  are  her  daughters,  to  Duke  of  Barrington  8th, 
and  Winsome  Duke.  Since  Earl  of  Dublin,  the  sire  of  the  original 
Cleopatra,  there  have  been  added  Prince  of  Glos'ter,  bred  at  Holker, 
Lord  Oxford,  and  10th  Grand  Duke,  used  at  Holker,  and  Duke  Lally, 
a  strictly  pure  Lally  bull ;  such  blood  as  this  might  well  be  tried  by 


64  StfORTUOUX    KERDS    OF    EXGLA.ND. 

Bates  breeders  before  wandering  so  far  afield  for  fresh  material  to 
interweave  with  their  favourite  tribss.  Miss  Beverley  22nd,  bred  at 
Shotley  Hall,  has  a  very  wealthy  heifer  calf,  by  Winsome  Duke,  since 
Mr.  Hope  took  Miss  Beverley  23rd  to  Bow  Park  in  the  summer, 
these  are  all  that  are  left  of  the  family,  and  there  are  likewise  but  a 
brace  of  Mr.  Bowly's  Musicals.  Lady  Bird  19th,  a  white,  keeps  up 
the  tribal  name  begun  at  Havering  Park,  whence  they  oiiginated. 
The  Archduchesses  of  Oxford  originally  from  Mr.  J.  B.  Faviell,  of 
Stockfield  Park,  have  since  had  the  advantage  of  the  sires  used  at 
Capheaton.  Duke  of  Oxford  69th,  a  red  two  year  old  son  of  Baron 
Oxford  8th.  and  Grand  Duchess  of  Oxford  55th,  is  at  present  in  use, 
he  is  a  neat  bull,  but  a  little  bare  over  his  crops.  The  only  other 
young  male  is  General  Sale  10th,  a  red,  by  the  Winsome  bull,  from 
Princess  Sale  3rd,  he  is  a  very  promising  youngster,  but  not  a  year  old 
till  February.  In  conclusion  we  may  say  that  looking  at  the  general 
condition  and  breeding  state  of  the  herd,  Sir  John  Swinburne  is  to  be 
congratulated  on  having  hit  the  happy  medium  as  to  what  is  ''breeding 
condition,"  as  certainly  the  herd  were  looking  very  blooming  consider- 
ing the  month  of  December,  and  withal  were  breeding  regularly. 

After  a  pleasant  day  spent  amongst  the  herd  at  Capheaton,  we 
find  Bearl  is  not  to  be  reached  except  via  Newcastle,  or  Reedimiouth, 
so  as  it  is  only  a  dozen  miles  across  the  hills,  we  prefer  the  latter, 
and  are  ample  recompensed  by  a  lovely  view  of  the  surrounding 
country,  owing  to  the  effect  of  a  bi  illiant  sunset  on  the  mists  arising 
from  the  valleys.  The  Messrs.  Angus's  great  grandfather  lived  at 
Styford,  on  the  adjoining  farm  to  the  Messrs.  Jobling,  and  there  had 
the  use  of  the  bulls  hired  by  the  latter  breeders  from  the  brothers 
Colling,  and  in  1801,  when  the  stock  at  Styford  were  sold,  excepting 
the  heifer  calves,  these  went  to  Broomley.  The  Tithes  of  Styford 
belonged  to  the  Vicar  of  Bywell  St.  Andrews,  and  it  is  related  how 
Vicar  Johnson,  who  was  a  keen  fox  hunter,  on  one  occasion 
when  he  was  uniting  a  couple  "  for  better  or  for  worse,"  the  hounds 
passing  the  Church  in  full  cry,  could  not  resist  the  temptation  to 
dash  off  the  surplice,  leaving  the  half  wedded  couple  probably  some- 
what mystified,  and  more  disappointed  than  were  the  Messrs.  Jobling, 
v  hen  the  Vicar,  for  his  tithes,  selected  their  favourite  calf. 


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The  old  Styford  stock  being  thus  full  of  Colling  blood,  all  the 
five  families  now  at  Bearl,  trace  to  a  Son  of  Habback  319.  The  herd 
has  been  bred  on  the  same  lines  as  that  of  Broomley  was,  which  when 
sold  in  1869,  and  1878,  realized  an  average  of  =£44  on  both  occasions 
for  the  fifty  five  and  sixty  head  respectively,  no  bad  econium  of  the 
merits  of  what  is  now  familiarly  spoken  of  as  the  old  "  Angus  "  blood. 
Of  recent  years  King  Malcolm,  and  Master  of  Arts,  have  been  hired 
from  Warlaby,  Richmond,  bred  at  Aylesby,  and  Foreign  Viceroy, 
out  of  Mr.  Torr's  Foreign  Queen,  have  all  been  usad,  as  well  as  Ben 
Brace,  of  the  Killerby  Bracelet  trib3,  a  Royal  winner  both  in 
England  and  Ireland.  At  present,  Village  Chief,  a  three  year  old 
son  of  Mr.  Aylmer's  Sir  Brian,  and  Villager,  of  the  Village  Rose  tribe, 
is  in  service,  having  been  first  hired  from  his  breeder,  Mr.  Win.  Fox, 
and  then  purchased  at  the  sale  last  spring ;  he  is  a  dark  roan  of 
good  character,  with  excsllent  quality.  Cherry  Necklet.  Strawberry 
Blossom,  and  Princess  Mab,  are  the  first  sean,  the  last  naimd  a 
square  framed,  wide  ribbed  cow,  is  the  best  of  the  three,  while 
Cherry  Necklet,  has  bred  three  heifers  in  succession,  and  Strawberry 
Blossom,  a  neat  daughter  of  King  Malcolm's,  with  Strawberry 
Flower,  represent  the  "Smelt  House"  family,  so  named  on  account 
of  the  original  cow  having  come  from  Mr.  Atkinson,  of  Smelt  House, 
who  had  however  previously  obtained  them  either  late  in  the  last 
century,  or  early  in  the  present  one,  from  Mr.  Angus,  of  Styford, 
which  came  again  into  the  possession  of  the  family  about  1835.  Dairy 
Queen,  of  the  "  Premium"  tribe,  headed  by  King  Malcolm,  Hawthorn, 
and  Ben  Brace,  has  lengthy  even  quarters,  and  Princess  Mabel,  by 
Master  "of  Arts,  from  Princess  Mab,  is  very  level  on  her  top,  and 
good  in  her  underline.  Costly  Queen,  has  had  her  second  calf  at  two 
years  and  ten  months  old,  and  Gray  Flower,  although  bred  by  Mr. 
J.  B.  Lee,  is  out  of  a  sister  to  the  W3ll  known  Gaiety  3rd,  already 
noticed  in  the  Alnwick  herd.  Next  we  have  four  calves,  a  white 
from  Gay  Flower,  has  great  substance,  and  is  sired,  as  well  as  two 
others,  by  Young  Albion,  the  last  lot  at  the  Unicarville  sale,  when 
he  was  bought  for  Bearl,  where  aft^r  a  short  term  of  service  he  was 
sold  to  Mr.  Win.  Fox.  Perhaps  the  prettiest  of  the  quartette,  is  a 
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66  SHORTHORN  HKRDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

roan,  out  of  Cherry  Necklet,  by  Ben  Bolt,  a  son  of  Ben  Brace,  and 
Myrtle,  the  mother  of  Gay  Flower.  Daisy  of  Tyndale,  a  light  roan 
daughter  of  Ben  Brace,  anil  Daffodil,  has  been  a  local  prize  winner, 
and  is  a  very  handsome  cow,  with  great  substance,  and  a  capital  rib 
and  loin,  but  her  thighs  might  ba  somewhat  better  filled.  Then  two 
cows  of  Mr.  Aylraer's  Hawthorn's  get,  are  seen,  Cherry  Blossom 
3rd,  and  Dairy  Girl,  the  former  a  large  framed  light  roan,  and  the 
latter,  the  mother  of  a  good  red  bull ;  Cherry  Cheeks,  one  of  the  few 
by  Richmond,  is  a  heavy  fleshed  red  and  white.  Then  in  the  field 
we  have  five  pretty  heifers,  all  daughters  of  Foreign  Viceroy,  out  of 
Strawberry  Blossom,  Cherry  Necklet,  Princess  Mab,  Snowdrop's 
(rein,  and  Eosebud  1 4th. 

At  South  Acomb,  almost  adjoining  Bearl,  Mr.  W.  Trotter,  still 
has  a  few  shorthorns,  including  what  are  known  as  the  "Kate" 
family,  bred  from  a  cow  named  Peepy,  bought  by  Mr.  Trotter's 
father,  from  Messrs.  Atkinson  about  sixty  years  ago.  With  Messrs. 
Atkinson  ^Peepy)  on  one  side,  and  Mr.  Angus  (Broomley)  on  the 
other,  exceptional  advantages  in  the  use  of  sires  were  enjoyed  by 
Mr.  Trotter,  and  Mr.  Booth's  Knight  of  Windsor  was  hired  conjointly 
with  the  owners  of  the  former  herd.  In  1875.  Mr.  Trotter  began 
to  send  his  milk  to  Newca  tie,  and  in  1883,  to  keep  a  dairy  record ; 
the  shorthorns  had  to  stand  its  test,  and  those  that  failed  went  the 
way  of  the  ordinary  cattle,  it  may  be  mentioned  that  one  of  the 
"Kate"  tribe  gave  in  one  year  7959-4  Ibs  of  milk,  and  Necklace, 
descended  from  Violet,  by  Mr.  Booth's  Lord  George,  is  close  behind 
with  a  record  of  775(<r6  Ibs,  both  these  cows  are  sired  by  Mr.  Ackers' 
King  of  the  Georgians  31502,  of  his  prize  winning  Georgie  family. 
Mr.  Trotter's  son  goes  in  strongly  for  Clydesdales,  unfortunately  in 
his  absence  we  are  unable  to  see  either  the  horses  or  the  cattle,  but 
have  the  pleasure  of  an  hour's  interesting  conversation  on  olden 
shorthorns  with  Mr.  Trotter  senr.  who  is  confined  to  the  house. 

From  Stocksfield,  we  take  the  North  Eastern  to  Hexhara,  where 
at  The  Spital,  Mr.  Edward  Leadbitter  is  forming  a  nice  herd  of 
Booth  bred  cattle.  His  most  valuable  purchase  has  been  Bright 
Ruby,  a  highly  bred  specimen  of  the  Aylesby  Brights,  by  Royal 


SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND.  67 

Mowbray  ;  sold  at  Langtori  Hall  to  Canon  Wilkinson,  she  was 
re-sold  to  Mr.  Leadbitter.  Royal  Rosedale,  bred  by  Mr.  T.  Lambert, 
is  near  calving,  and  has  already  one  daughter,  Lady  Rosedale,  in  the 
herd.  Bride  Elect,  a  very  pretty  light  roan,  deep  before  with 
obliquely  laid  shoulders,  and  good  back,  came  from  the  Musgrave 
Hall  sale.  Lady  of  the  Maze,  a  daughter  of  the  Warlaby  King  Harry, 
with  seven  bsautiful  Booth  crosses  upon  a  Mason  foundation,  was 
bied  at  Barmoor,  and  after  presenting  her  new  owner  with  a 
white  bull,  by  King  Rudolf,  to  be  named  Lord  of  the  Meadow,  has 
been  sent  and  returned  home  safe  in  calf  to  King  Hal.  Sonsy  4th, 
bred  by  Mr.  Leadbitter,  descending  from  the  stock  of  Sir  W.  M. 
Ridley  Bart.,  is  companion  to  Orange  Girl,  a  fine  handsome  well 
ribbed  daughter  of  Mr.  J.  B.  Booth's  Prince  Regent,  and  Orange 
Blossom  2nd,  of  Messrs.  Arigus's  Premium  tribe.  Mr.  Leadbitter, 
it  may  be  added,  has  since  been  the  purchaser  of  four  lots  at  Canon 
Wilkinson's  sale. 

Mr.  W.  D.  Cruddas  has  also  a  small  herd  at  Wydon  Burn,  near 
Hexham,  with  Wild  Prince  of  Oxford  6th,  bred  at  Capheaton,  out 
of  Wild  Princess  5th,  as  the  sire  in  service.  The  most  numerous 
are  Mr.  Macintosh's  Lady  Birds,  descended  from  Lady  Beverley,  and 
Lady  Benson,  own  sisters,  by  Sir  John  Swinburne's  Earl  of  Beverley 
41471,  from  Lady  Mary,  purchased  at  Wallington  in  1879,  and 
which  laid  the  foundation  of  this  herd.  I)\om  Mr.  Toppin's  recent 
sale  came  Waterloo  36th,  a  daughter  of  Baron  Oxford  5th,  and 
Waterloo  33rd,  bred  by  Mr.  R.  B.  Hetherington  when  at  Park 
Head,  as  well  as  Alice  Gwynne,  of  Lord  Zetland's  branch  of  the 
Gwynnes,  and  Gay  Butterfly,  out  of  a  very  fine  cow,  Golden 
Butterfly,  of  the  once  famous  Barmpton  Rose  tribe. 

At  Newton,  near  Bellingham,  Mr.  Robsori  has  an  evenly  bied 
herd  composed  mainly  of  the  "J"  branch  of  the  Princess  tiibe, 
descended  from  Jessy,  a  daughter  of  Col.  Kingscote's  Oxford  Beau 
3rd,  and  Lady  Villiers,  bred  at  Thicket  Priory,  the  highest  priced  of 
the  family  at  Shot  ley  Hall,  in  September,  1876,  where  she  was 
purchased  by  Mr.  Robson,  and  he  has  now  eight  females  descended 
from  her.  In  1884,  G<and  Duke  of  Kiiklevington  4th,  a  grandson 


68  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

of  Sir  Curtis  Lampson's  Kirklevington  Duchess  5th,  was  bought 
from  Mrs.  Fawcett ;  at  the  same  time  came  two  of  his  progeny, 
Waterloo  Duchess  6th,  and  Grwynne  Duchess  6th,  the  latter  out  of 
an  8th  Duke  of  York  daughter  of  Amy  Grwynne,  sold  for  240gs.  at 
Nunwick  Hall  sale.  At  the  head  of  the  herd  is  Baron  York  Bates, 
a  rich  roan,  bred  at  Scaleby  Castle,  of  the  Lady  Bates  branch  of  the 
Barrington  tribe. 

Messrs.  W.  and  H.  Morley's  herd  at  Eastgate-in-Wea-dale,  is 
eighteen  miles  over  the  Border,  within  the  County  of  Durham,  and 
would  have  been  more  correctly  noticed  amongst  the  herds  of  that 
County,  especially  as  the  easiest  way  of  reaching  Eastgate  is  via 
Darlington,  or  Bishop  Auckland.  The  herd  was  founded  at  Sweet- 
wells,  about  half-a-mile  distant  from  its  present  home,  by  the  father 
of  the  Messrs.  Morley  in  1858,  when  Red  Rosette  was  purchased 
from  Mr.  Mitchell,  of  Cleasby,  who  had  obtained  her  from  the  elder 
Mr.  John  Booth.  Her  first  heifer,  Rose  of  the  Vale,  won  first  prize 
in  the  cow  class  at  the  Stanhope  and  Wokingham  Shows  in  1863, 
and  1861,  and  was  the  dam  of  Royal  Knight  25032,  sold  to  Mr. 
Chirnside,  in  Northumberland,  where  he  begot  Castanet  3rd,  and 
Casket,  whose  descendants  are  now  in  the  well  known  herds  of 
Messrs.  Aylmer  and  Maxwell-Grumbleton.  Another  daughter  was 
Bellb  Vue,  sold  to  Mr.  Vickers,  which  in  due  time  was  the  grand- 
dam  of  his  Duke  of  Howl  John,  and  likewise  the  family  in  Messrs. 
Morley's  hands  have  obtained  a  reputation  for  the  excellence  of  its 
bulls,  and  the  only  two  females  now  possessed  by  them,  descend  from 
the  older  sister,  Rose  of  the  Vale.  The  next  female  purchase,  was 
from  Messrs.  Atkinson  in  the  shape  of  a  roan  heifer  named  Sprightly 
3rd,  a  daughter  of  Col.  Townley's  prize  bull  Richard  Coeur-de-Lion 
13590,  and  Sprightly,  own  sister  to  Master  of  Annandale,  a  veiy 
successful  sire  in  Mr.  Lambert's  herd  at  Eli  ington  Hall :  all  her 
descendants  here,  spring  from  her  last  calf,  Sprightly  Maid,  by  Royal 
Arthur  29840,  a  son  of  Castanet,  of  the  Fame  tribe. 

For  many  years  cows  were  sent  over  to  Messrs.  Atkinson's  bulls 
at  Peepy,  and  sires  from  Broomley  were  also  used  in  the  earlier  days. 
Royal  Arthur,  and  his  grand-son  British  Baron  33213,  a  home  bred 


SHORTHOllN    HERDS    OF    ENGLAND.  69 

bull,  winner  of  ten  first  prizes,  and  descended  from  lied  Rosette, 
both  left  capital  stock  Mr.  Morley  informs  us.  Brier  47507,  an 
Irish  bred  Medora  bull,  from  Mr.  Reynell's  of  Co.  Westmeath,  has 
been  in  use  the  last  four  seasons  with  success  ;  and  Mr.  Morley  has 
again  been  to  the  Emerald  Isle  for  a  successor,  and  found  Earl  of 
Ulster,  of  the  same  tribe,  in  Mr.  James  Watt's  herd  at  Claragh,  Co. 
Donegal.  He  is  red  and  little  white,  with  great  length  and  depth, 
grand  thighs,  standing  well  in  short  legs,  and  has  the  appearance  of 
making  a  valuable  sire.  His  dam,  Isabella  Broughton,  the  highest 
priced  animal,  when  Messrs.  Christy  sold  off  their  old  establishad 
herd,  is  said  to  be  an  excellent  milker,  giving  28  quarts  per  day  after 
calving,  and  we  are  told  has  milksd  without  intermission  since 
producing  her  first  calf  in  1879,  it  having  been  found  impracticable 
to  dry  her 

At  Mr.  Angerstein's  sale  in  1871,  was  bought  Princess 
Patrick,  by  the  Bliss  bull  Prince  Patrick  16760,  a  cow  whose 
pedigree  was  full  of  good  old  blood ;  this  family  has  been  very 
prolific,  are  good  milkers,  with  great  length  and  scale,  of  a  thoroughly 
useful  type.  White  Rose,  came  from  the  sale  of  the  late  Mr.  Little, 
who  had  occupied  the  East-gate  Farm  for  forty  years,  and  for  many 
years  previously  had  a  herd  of  very  fine  cattle.  The  Lady  Floras, 
descend  from  a  good  heifer  bought  forty  years  ago,  which  have 
remained  in  the  family  ever  since,  and  Flossy,  sold  to  Lady  Pigot, 
produced  the  show  heifer  Flatterer.  The  most  recent  purchase  has 
been  Lady  Beaumont,  a  fine  cow  of  Messrs.  Angus'  blood,  from 
Preston  Hows,  further  noticed  in  the  account  of  that  herd 

At  Elrington  Hall,  the  last  herd  seen  in  the  County,  the 
Lambert  family  have  bred  shorthorns  for  many  years.  Mr.  T. 
Lambert  having  entries  as  early  as  volume  6,  one  of  the  first  sires 
of  note  used  was  Master  of  Annandale  14916,  bred  by  Messrs. 
Atkinson,  of  Peepy ;  this  bull  took  many  prizes  including  first  at 
the  Highland  Society's  Meeting  at  Dumfries  in  1860,  he  left  some 
excellent  stock,  one  of  which,  Queen  of  Beauty,  was  placed  second 
at  the  Newcastle  Royal,  being  the  same  year,  first  at  the  Highland 


70  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

Meeting ;  this  cow  had  Beauty's  Butterfly  23399,  used  in  the  herd 
who  got  White  Socks,  herself  a  winner,  and  the  dam  of  Prince 
Imperial  42184,  sold  to  Mr.  T.  Nelson,  who  won  first  in  the  two 
year  old  class  with  him,  when  the  Royal  was  at  Carlisle,  beating 
Mr.  Handley's  Master  Harbinger.  The  more  recant  sires  have  been 
of  Booth  blood.  Killerby  Star  40045,  was  out  of  Killerby  Queen, 
bred  by  Mr.  J.  B.  Booth,  and  he  was  succeeded  by  Bret  Harte  41 130, 
of  the  famous  Hecuba  tribe,  bought  from  Mr.  A.  H.  Browne,  of 
Callaly  Castle.  At  present  in  service  is  Sir  Mod  red,  bred  at 
Barmuor,  a  roan  son  of  Sir  Wilfrid,  and  Lady  of  the  Maze,  seen  at 
Mr.  Leadbitter's. 

When  Mr.  Lambert's  neighbour,  Mr.  Wm.  Langhorn,  sold  his 
herd  two  years  ago,  a  selection  was  sent  from  Elrington  Hall,  so  the 
herd  is  not  now  very  strong  in  numbers.  Regent's  Princsss,  a  red 
and  white  daughter  of  Mr.  J.  B.  Booth's  Prince  Regent,  is  a  good 
style  of  a  shorthorn,  one  of  the  best  in  the  herd,  and  has  bred  Lady 
Alberta,  a  heifer  that  has  been  exhibited  during  the  past  summer, 
and  not  long  gone  to  Denmark.  Young  Diana,  another  Prince 
Regent  cow,  was  one  of  Mr.  Langhorn's  animals  at  the  East  Mill 
Hills  sale,  and  has  been  wisely  secured  from  her  then  purchaser  by 
Mr.  Lambert.  Belle  of  Dei* went,  is  the  mother  of  the  prize  winning 
Princess  Alice,  now  the  property  of  Mr.  A.  Metcalfe-Gribson,  and  in 
her  13th  year  has  bred  Belle  of  the  Ball,  to  Bret  Harte.  Hespera, 
and  Bracelet,  are  of  pure  Booth  lineage,  the  former  bred  by  Lady 
Pigot,  has  only  the  orthodox  four  crosses,  but  sires  of  such  breeding 
as  Rex,  Opoponax,  Lord  Blithe,  and  Knight  of  Warlaby,  are  not 
to  be  despised.  The  heifers  are  by  Bret  Harte  ;  Ringlet,  from 
Regent's  Rosedale,  is  of  the  same  branch  of  the  Rosamonds  as  Mr. 
T.  H.  Miller's  prize  winning  family  of  Ringlets,  but  our  favourite  is 
Royal  Princess,  a  very  straight  good  heifer,  out  of  Regent's  Princess. 
Amongst  the  younger  generation  the  prettiest  and  best  looking  is 
Lucy,  by  Sir  Modred,  purchased  privately  from  Mr.  J.  JST.  Maughan, 
she  is  very  promising,  and  we  shall  be  surprised  if  she  is  not  heard 
of  another  day. 


SHOttTIIOKX    UKltDS    OF    KN(iLAXI).  71 


CHAPTER     IV. 

Cumberland  Herds.  —  The  Oak*.  —  -  Wamhde  Hall.  —  Blackhow.  —  St. 
Bees  Abbey.  —  Preston  Hows.  —  Crosby,  —  Me  reside.  —  The  Tarns.  — 
Brayton.  —  BJaithwaite.  —  Killhow.  —  Cummersdale.  —  Scale-by  Castle. 
The  Nook.  —  Armat-hwaite.  —  Cahhwaite  Hall.  —  CfUthwaite  House. 
e  Hall.  —  Carleton  Hill.  —  Imjlewood  Bank.  —  Eden  Hall. 


The  merry  season  of  Xmas  having  intervened,  and  rendered  a 
halt  necessary  in  our  wanderings,  it  is  thus  early  in  the  new  year 
before  we  approach  the  Cumbrian  herds,  by  crossing  the  River 
Duddon  from  North  Lancashire,  and  thus  catching  a  brief  glance  of 
the  lovely  valley,  so  called  from  the  River.  At  the  very  first  station 
in  the  County  we  alight,  and  The  Oaks,  Mr.  T.  Barlow- 
Massick's  pretty  residence,  is  only  a  mile  distant,  situate  almost  at 
the  foot  of  Black  Combe,  where  a  small  select  herd,  mainly  com- 
posed of  the  Cressida  tribe,  so  famous  in  the  locality,  when  in  the 
ownership  of  Dr.  Dickinson  is  located.  Mr.  Barlow-Massicks 
dispersed  his  first  collection  in  1880,  and  it  was  not  until  three  years 
later  when  at  the  Holker  sale,  that  he  renewed  acquaintance  with 
his  "  old  love,"  by  buying  three  cows  and  three  calves,  of  the  Cressida 
tribe,  and  a  white  Baron  Oxford  calf  to  mate  them  with. 

Lady  Cressida,  now  in  her  fourteenth  year,  a  handsome  large 
framed  cow,  is  still  the  head  of  the  family.  It  was  this  tribe  which 
in  Dr.  Dickinson's  hands  produced  Priam,  used  on  the  Oxfords  at 
Holker,  and  Andromache,  the  dam  of  Lady  Cressida,  was  sold  at  the 
dispersion  of  the  late  Doctor's  herd  to  Mr.  E.  J.  Schollick,  at  whose 
sale  she  fell  to  Mr.  J.  P.  Fostei's  bid,  and  put  to  Duke  of  Oxford 
17th,  who  was  a  son  of  the  Oxford  cow  by  Priam,  bred  Lady  Cressida, 
and  at  Killhow,  Mr.  Drewry  purchased  this  cow,  and  her  daughter, 
Lady  Chisholm  ;  and  when  the  entire  family  were  brought  into  the 
ring  at  Holker,  they  were  much  admired,  for  their  uniformity  of 


72  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

character,  and  great  robustness,  and  the  six  females,  including  the 
calves  sold  with  them,  realized  the  excellent  average  of  .£71  a  piece. 
Mr.  Barlow-Massieks  took  the  lion's  share  of  the  tribe  as  before 
stated,  and  Lady  Cressida  4th,  and  Lady  Cressida  5th,  own  sisters, 
by  Duke  of  Gloucester  7th,  out  of  old  Lady  Cressida,  are  a  pair  of 
good  looking  cows,  but  the  younger  is  preferred  for  trueness  of  form. 
The  Seventh,  and  Eighth,  sisters  in  blood,  being  by  Baron  Oxford  8th, 
out  of  the  two  last  mentioned  cows,  young  calves  when  purchased, 
have  now  grown  into  fine  good  looking  heifers.  Baron  Oxford  15th, 
bred  at  Holker,  a  white  two  year  old  son  of  Duke  of  Oxford  5 (5th, 
and  Baroness  Oxford  6th,  own  sister  to  Mr.  D.  Mclntosh's  Baroness 
Oxford  5th,  bought  by  him  for  2660gs.,  is  the  stud  bull ;  in  addition 
there  is  a  very  promising  dark  roan  yearling  son  of  Baron  Oxford 
10th,  from  Lady  Cressida  5th,  and  if  Mr.  Barlow-Massicks  will  only 
keep  his  Cressida  family  together,  and  cross  them  with  good  Bates 
bulls,  we  doubt  not  that  he  will  have  his  reward  in  due  season. 

When  at  Seascale,  a  rapidly  rising  seaside  resort,  locally  known 
as  the  "  Brighton,  of  the  North,"  we  are  within  easy  driving  distance 
of  Wast  water,  well  known  to  tourists  in  the  lake  district,  but  those 
of  them  interested  in  cattle  breeding,  will  hardly  expect  to  find  a 
herd  of  pedigree  shorthorns,  not  far  away  from  the  lake,  yet  Mr,  J. 
Musgrave,  of  Wasdale  Hall,  has  begun  a  small  herd  at  his  Stang 
Ends  Farm.  Mr.  Musgrave  was  an  extensive  purchaser  at  the  recent 
sale  of  Mr.  "Win.  Fox's,  eight  times  did  the  last  sand  of  the  glass  run 
out  to  his  bid,  his  purchases  included  Louisa  7th,  and  her  five 
daughters,  a  tribe  that  trace  to  the  best  family  of  Mr.  Charge's 
celebrated  herd,  through  his  Mary,  by  Western  Comet  689,  and  which 
in  recent  days  have  produced  that  well  known  winner  Telemachus 
27603.  Already  the  family  have  been  increased  by  three  births,  the 
old  matron  having  had  her  eleventh  calf,  a  roan  bull,  and  two  of  her 
daughters,  roan  heifers,  so  a  good  start  has  been  made. 

Of  the  three  sisters,  Columbine,  Kate,  and  Belinda,  the  youngest 
is  our  preference,  and  when  fully  matured  will  be  a  fine  cow ;  already 
she  has  bred  a  beautiful  roan  cow  calf  to  Flapdragon  46363,  while 


SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND.  73 

Kate,  by  British  Boy,  is  the  dam  of  a  deeply  made  light  roan  heifer 
calf,  ver}  full  of  hair,  but  the  oldest  sister  hardly  does  credit  to  Mr. 
John  Booth's  Banner  Beater.  Mr.  Musgrave  has  a  grand  heifer  in 
Necklace,  a  still  younger  daughter  of  Louisa  7th,  she  is  especially 
well  covered  on  her  crops,  has  a  capital  rib  and  loin,  is  deep  before, 
with  a  nice  feminine  head.  Moss  Rose,  a  red  and  white  of  the  old 
Rosamond  tribe,  winner  of  several  prizes,  was  one  of  the  few  animals 
sent  from  Preston  Hows  to  Mr.  Fox's  sale,  and  although  advancing 
in  years,  is  still  a  handsome  cow ;  another  good  cow  is  Eliza,  of  the 
Emma  family,  which  in  the  hands  of  Mr.  C.  R.  Saunders  is  associated 
with  the  name  of  the  Royal  winner  Edgar.  Simon  50444,  a  son 
of  Mr.  Handley's  Master  Ingrain,  and  a  very  useful  bull,  reigns 
supreme  at  Stang  Ends. 

On  our  way  to  St.  Bees  Abbey,  we  make  a  call  at  Blackhow, 
within  a  mile  of  the  "  Northern  Brighton,"  to  see  Mr.  John  Porter. 
His  cattle  originally  were  of  the  useful  Cumberland  class,  adapted 
for  dairying,  and  to  withstand  the  rigours  of  the  climate,  since  crossed 
with  good  pedigree  bulls,  beginning  with  a  son  of  Mr.  Jonathan 
Peel's  Morisco  18421,  which  left  such  good  stock  that  Mr.  Porter 
was  induced  to  buy  Fugleman  31207,  from  Mr.  Caddy,  of  Roughclm, 
by  Mr.  Tour's  Waterloo  Cherry  27763,  he  was  succeeded  by  Monarch 
37101,  also  from  Rougholm,  a  son  of  Mr.  T.  E.  Pawlett's  Sultan. 
Mr.  Geo.  J.  Bell's  herd,  of  The  Nook,  was  next  resoited  to,  and  St. 
Kentigen  40662,  a  Booth  upon  Mason,  was  purchased.  Master 
Ingram  45222,  bred  at  Greenhead,  by  the  noted  Sir  Arthur  Ingram, 
out  of  one  of  Mr.  "W.  S.  Cragg's  Lady  Cawoods,  was  used  betwixt 
St.  Kentigen,  and  General  Graham  51310,  another  of  Mr.  Bell's 
breeding,  this  is  considered  by  his  owner  to  be  the  best  animal  he 
has  ever  used,  certainly  he  is  a  well  made  level  bull  of  good  quality, 
from  having  for  his  sire  one  of  the  Laurestina  tribe,  favourably 
known  in  the  East  of  the  County,  and  for  his  dam,  Early  Rose,  the 
finest  cow  in  Mr.  Bell's  herd,  and  an  excellent  bull  breeder,  he 
should  certainly  do  good  service  for  any  owner.  Females  were 
bought  at  both  Mr.  John  Bowman's,  and  Messrs.  Gaitskell's  sales, 


,4  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

the  most  fortunate  of  the  purchases  being  Countess,  by  the  Barm pt on. 
Rose  bull,  Bismarck  28039,  from  Lady  Sarah,  a  grand-daughter  of 
Mr.  Mark  S.  Stewarts's  Countess  Anna,  from  this  cow  Mr.  Porter 
has  a  lot  of  good  females,  doing  those  two  important  things,  both 
breeding  and  milking  well,  and  in  the  eligible  and  non-eligible  cattle 
the  right  coursa  is  pursued  in  keeping  none  but  the  best  to  breed 
from. 

From  Seascale  to  St.  Bses,  the  railroad  enables  us  to  catch  a 
glimpse  of  the  Isle  of  Man  in  the  far  distance,  and  at  the  Abbey 
Farm,  near  to  the  Station,  Mr.  Wm.  Fox  has  been  a  breeder  for 
many  years.  The  herd  is  full  of  good  blood,  and  at  many  a  leading 
sale  of  Booth  shoi  thorns,  has  Mr.  Fox's  name  appeared  in  the  list  of 
buyers,  both  in  this  country,  and  in  Ireland,  especially  has  the  latter 
been  often  drawn  upon,  and  the  first  cow  seen,  Guiding  Star,  hails 
fiom  Co.  Coik,  bred  by  Mr.  John  Downing,  she  was  the  joint 
produce  in  1878,  with  a  red  and  white  bull,  named  Gauntlet,  of 
Robert  Stephenson,  and  Golden  Pin,  of  the  Aylesby  "G"  tribe. 
Thus,  here  is  one  of  the  rare  instances  of  a  heifer  *vhich  is  twin  to  a 
bull,  breeding;  Guiding  Star,  has  however  done  so,  and  two  heifers, 
by  Benbicula,  and  Flapdragon,  are  now  in  the  herd  from  her. 
Nora,  a  light  roan,  particularly  good  over  her  crops,  might  be  firmer 
in  the  loin.  Out  of  Venus,  Prudence,  and  Mabel,  all  by  home  bred 
sires,  we  incline  to  regard  the  last  named  with  most  favour,  Kathleen 
5th,  a  yellowish  roan,  is  of  the  same  foundation  as  the  Mistress 
Marys,  and  Princess  Louise  2nd,  a  good  dairy  like  cow,  has  half  a 
dozen  crosses  of  Booth  on  a  good  foundation.  Villager,  by  Mr. 
Hugh  Aylmer's  Royal  Fame,  is  now  at  the  head  of  the  Village  Rose 
family,  a  tribe  which  deserves  more  than  passing  mention,  for  not 
only  are  all  the  females  in  England  in  this  herd,  but  in  addition  to 
having,  of  recent  years,  passed  through  the  herds  of  Messrs.  Torr, 
and  Chaloner,  the  latter  having  bred  Sovereign,  winner  of  first  prize, 
and  the  Townley  cup  at  Dublin,  three  years  in  succession ;  the 
foundation  is  full  of  Mr.  Charge's  blood,  Western  Comet  occuring 
no  less  than  three  times  in  the  direct  line,  and  neither  at  Aylesby, 
nor  Kingsfort,  did  the  tribe  languish  for  want  of  good  sires,  as  we 


SHOKTHOItX    HERDS    OF    ENGLAND.  ,  O 

have  already  mentioned,  British  Boy,  bred  by  Mr.  Fox,  and  for  many 
years  used  by  him,  was  hired  by  Mr.  W.  C.  Booth  from  the?  Duke  of 
Northumberland,  for  use  at  \Varlaby.  Lady  Simeon,  and  Strawberry 
19th,  had  come  from  Mr.  Bjthune's  recent  sale  at  Blebo,  \vhil  3  Vestal 
is  a  large  handsome  cow,  certainly  the  best  in  the  herd,  with  a  good 
head,  and  beautiful  front,  having  her  shoulders  obliquely  laid,  with 
grand  rib,  magnificent  back,  and  lengthy  well  filled  quaiters,  she 
came  fiom  Mr.  Downing's,  and  is  a  daughter  of  Robert  Stephenson, 
and  Victrix,  tracing  to  Mr.  Booth's  Alexina.  Farewell  1  Oth,  a  strong 
robust  heifer,  is  another  of  the  old  Riby  bull's  get,  and  also  of  that 
excellent  branch  of  Farewell's,  which  made  an  average  of  over  20;)gs. 
each,  at  Mr.  Downing's  sale  in  1878.  Bright  Idea,  and  Bright  Dawn, 
own  sisters,  by  Mr  Jefferson's  Benbicula,  from  Bright  G-leam,  are  of 
the  fashionable  Bright  tribj,  unfortunately  thjir  selling  value  is 
marred  by  having  a  D'ike  bull  for  grandsire  ;  another  daughter  of 
Bjnbicula's — a  Vesper — is  of  hardly  a  less  famous  family  than  the 
Brights.  and  then  we  have  finished  our  inspection  of  the  wonderful 
lengthy  cow  shed,  one  of  the  sights  at  the  Abbey  farm,  which  has 
stalls  for  52  animals. 

Young  Albion,  a  light  roan  of  March  188  i,  is  the  principal  sire; 
recently  however  Warrior  Prince  52322,  a  son  of  King  Stephen,  and 
Wave  Spirit,  has  come  to  share  his  duties.  The  older  buU  is  a  son 
of  the  famous  Albion  36112,  sold  for  230gs.,  at  Mr.  W.  Bolton's 
sale,  of  The  Island,  when  five  years  old,  out  of  Scottish  Rose,  of  the 
Mantalini  tribe.  Then  to  the  heifers,  the  large  majority  of  which 
are  by  Flapdragon  463K3,  bred  at  St.  Bees  Abbey,  by  the  Warlaby 
Knight  of  St.  Patrick,  from  Bright  Gieam ;  he  was  sold  at  the  sale, 
and  has  since  then  found  a  second  purchaser,  who  has  taken  him  to 
South  America.  British  Gem,  of  the  Village  Rose  tribj,  is  the  first 
seen,  and  with  a  light  roan,  out  of  Villager,  half  sister  to  the  dam 
of  British  Gem,  the  female  portion  of  the  tribe  is  complete.  In 
company  with  the  older  Village  Rose,  are  a  roan  Roseberry,  a  good 
local  sort  originally  at  Rougholm,  and  the  heifer,  although  somewhat 
plain  in  her  horns,  has  plenty  of  robustness  and  constitution,  but  the 
best  of  the  group  is  Coleraine,  from  Comfrey,  of  the  Farewell  family. 


76  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

Comely,  a  daughter  of  Noble  Cressicla,  is  a  lengthy  fine  heifer,  and 
in  company  with  her,  is  a  roan  of  one  of  Mr.  Jefferson's  old  tribes ; 
another  roan  out  of  Nora,  has  a  beautiful  mossy  coat,  but  it  is  hardly 
fair  to  compare  the  majority  of  the  young  heifers  with  two  that  are 
seen,  which  have  been  under  cover  all  summer.  In  an  old  stable  we 
have  quite  a  "  find,"  as  in  addition  to  the  younger  Village  Hose,  is 
an  Aylesby  Flower,  bought  at  Edgehill. 

From  Mr.  Fox's  we  advance  nearer  to  St.  Bees  Head,  where 
within  a  few  hundred  yards  of  it  is  Preston  Hows,  a  farm  that  has 
been  in  the  occupation  of  Mr.  Robert  Jefferson  for  42  years,  a  name 
well  known  in  Cumberland,  as  a  breeder  of  both  shorthorn  cattle 
and  Leicester  sheep ;  naturally  from  the  exposed  situation  of  the  land 
good  constitutions  have  always  been  essential  both  in  herd  and  flock, 
and  when  the  former  were  seen  by  us,  in  February,  only  three  months 
before  the  contemplated  sale,  Mr.  Jefferson  having  determined  to 
give  up  the  farm,  they  were  in  nice  breeding  condition,  in  which  it 
was  intended  to  offer  them  in  May,  if  all  breaders  would  only  do  the 
sama,  how  much  less  would  b3  the  cost  of  a  sale,  and  ho\v  much  more 
beneficial  to  the  purchaser's  pockets  afterwards,  as  without  doubt,  it 
must  be  vastly  injurious  to  the  constitution  of  any  animal  to  be  for 
a  time  highly  forced,  and  then  so  suddenly  let  down  in  condition, 
when  transferred  to  a  new  owner.  The  herd  has  been  in  existence 
nearly  forty  years,  Mr.  Jefferson  having  commenced  shorthorn 
breeding  in  1847,  but  the  first  female,  Sweet  Lips,  was  actually 
bought  in  1844,  at  Lord  Lonsdale's  sale,  and  a  bull,  named  Troutbeck, 
from  Blencow,  in  the  same  year.  It  may  be  added  Mr.  Jefferson  is  also 
one  of  the  few  breeders  now  living,  who  was  a  purchaser  at  the  great 
Kirklevington  sale  in  1850,  Wild  Eyes  7th  having  then  fallen  to  his 
lot,  and  he  describes  her  "  as  the  best  Wild  Eyes  cow  he  had  ever 
seen,"  and  further  "  the  only  lean  cow  "  he  has  ever  seen  win  a  prize, 
she  being  placed  before  Mr.  Featherstonhaugh's  Red  Duchess,  at  the 
County  Show  at  Cockermouth. 

As  early  as  the  autumn  of  1858,  Mr.  Jefferson  paid  his  first 
visit  to  Warlaby,  and  hired  Sir  Colin  16953,  who  proving  unfruitful, 
was  exchanged  for  Welcome  Guest,  the  most  successful  sire  ever  used 


SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND.  7/ 

at  Preston  Hows,  his  daughter,  Holly  Bush,  won  for  Mr.  Jefferson 
at  Local  Shows,  prizes  and  cups,  to  the  value  of  £150,  and  we  are 
told  she  always  went  from  the  pasture  to  the  Show  Yard,  and  even 
in  that  condition,  was  enabled  to  lower  the  colours  of  so  celebrated  a 
Royal  winner  as  Edgar.  It  was  Holly  Bush,  that  bred  First  Fiddle, 
the  sire  of  Bolivar,  who  after  carrying  off  all  the  chief  prizes  in  the 
three  kingdoms,  retired  from  the  field  with  an  unbeaten  certificate. 
In  addition  to  the  two  Wailaby  sires  already  named,  they  were 
succeeded  by  Sir  Roger,  King  Charming,  Sir  James,  Lord  Blithe, 
(own  brother  to  Lady  Fragrant),  Vain  Hope,  Knight  of  the  Shire, 
and  King  Richard  2nd,  the  last  two  being  sons  of  Comrnander-in- 
Chief.  Benbicula,  a  very  handsome,  goodly  proportioned  roan  son 
of  Knight  of  St.  Patrick,  and  Oak  Bracelet,  has  been  in  use  five 
seasons,  and  a  lot  of  nice  heifers,  capital  colours,  and  full  of  quality, 
have  been  born  to  him  at  Preston  Hows.  Saxon,  a  dark  red  son  of 
Benbicula,  and  British  Beauty,  of  the  Village  Rose  tribe,  bought  from 
Mr.  Wm.  Fox,  shares  with  his  sire,  and  half  brother,  Ben  Lomond, 
from  Lady  Beaumont,  of  the  Angus  Premium  tribe,  the  honours  of 
the  herd. 

Of  the  females  more  than  a  dozen  different  families  are  represen- 
ted. Amongst  the  cows,  many  of  which  are  very  deep  milkers,  on 
Duchess  of  Wellington,  a  daughter  of  Lady  Pigot's  Red  Cross 
Knight,  age  is  beginning  to  tell,  although  Rupee,  a  large  fine  roan, 
has  a  27th  Duke  of  Oxford  for  sire,  he  is  not  the  fashionable  one  of 
that  name,  bred  at  Holker.  Comfrey,  a  well  fleshed,  upstanding 
white,  is  one  of  Sir  Windsor  Broughton's  daughters,  from  Cream, 
bred  at  Childwick  Hall.  Expected  Gruest,  carrying  her  years 
extremely  well,  although  of  an  old  Preston  Hows  sort,  tracing  to 
Cheerful,  by  Troutbeck  9755,  had  been  purchased  very  cheaply  at 
the  Edga  Hill  sale,  but  one  of  the  finest  cows  is  Lady  Beaumont,  by 
Knight  of  Knowlmere  2nd,  the  mother  of  Ben  Lomond,  both  this 
cow,  and  her  dam,  Lady  Bolivar,  have  taken  family  prizes  at  the 
West  Cumberland  Shows.  A  pair  of  twin  heifers,  Courtly,  and 

Courtlike,  have  the  same  grand-dam  as  Mr.  Jonathan  Peel's  Casquette, 
winner  of  first  and  cup  at  the  Preston  Guild  Show.  Lady  Lamina, 


78  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

bred  at  Holmscales,  with  seven  crosses  of  Booth  blood,  winding  up 
with  Vanguard,  and  Hamlet,  is  down  calving.  Lady  Bjtty,  a  very 
thick  yearling,  evidently  a  good  doer,  is  from  Lady  Beaumont. 
Crossing  the  line,  connecting  some  coal  pits  with  the  main  railway, 
are  some  further  buildings,  wherein  are  most  of  the  heifers.  Royal 
Hose,  and  Rosetree,  daughter,  and  grand-daughter,  of  the  prize  co\v, 
Moss  Rose,  are  very  neat ;  and  out  of  half  a  dozen  Mantalinis, 
descending  from  Maid  of  the  Mist,  Meta,  is  one  of  the  best,  and  of 
Moonlight,  and  Moonshine,  another  pair  of  twins,  accredited  to 
Benbicula,  we  prefer  the  darker  roan.  Naomi,  and  Ruth,  are  again 
a  pair  of  twins,  but  not  of  Mr.  Jefferson's  own  breeding,  being  by 
Prince  of  Edge  Hill,  out  of  a  very  fine  cow  Queen  Necklace,  of  the 
Katheiine  family.  Honri,  a  red  and  white  daughter  of  Mr.  Fox's 
British  Boy,  is  a  wealthy  young  Cressida  cow,  and  Zazel,  one  of  the 
Vespers,  with  a  pedigree  well  topped  by  Lord  Prinknash,  Sir  Windsor 
Bioughton,  and  Breastplate.  Dolly  Darling,  is  of  Mr.  Willis' 
Maid  of  Masham  tribe,  more  recently  through  Mr.  Burnyeat's  hands, 
and  Silk  Vevet,  out  of  Strawberry  17th,  is  one  of  the  few  calves  got  by 
Lady  Pigot's  Whiff,  after  he  came  lo  Preston  Hows,  from  whence  he 
did  not  depart  to  the  butcher  until  he  had  attained  his  13th  year. 
Reciossing  the  mstals  to  the  main  homestead,  we  have  yet  to  see 
one  of  the  most  fashionable  of  the  tribes  in  Mr.  Jefferson's  possession, 
a  squarely  built  GboL-gie  cow,  Valiant,  purchased  fiom  Mr.  Close. 

When  at  Bui gh -by- Sands,  Mr.  R.  B.  Buckbank  dispersed  his 
entire  heid,  comprising  55  head,  at  the  excellent  average  of  <£37  3s., 
two  members  of  the  Wild  Eyes  tiibe  making  1(50  and  120gs.  each. 
We  were  under  the  impression  that  Mr.  Biockbank  had  reliquished 
shoithoin  breeding,  and  it  was  not  until  sometime  after  our  visit  to 
the  Cumberland  herds  we  discovered  such  not  to  b^  the  case,  and 
that  at  Crosby,  near  to  Marypoit,  he  had  again  got  together  betwixt 
thirty  and  foity  females.  Several  purchases  were  made  at  the  dis- 
persion of  Capt.  Chamley's  he.-d,  which  consisted  entirely  of  one 
family,  bred  from  Mr.  S.  E.  Bolden's  celebrated  cow  Cz.tiina,  by 
Grand  Duke  2nd,  out  of  a  daughter  of  Eail  Spencer's  Vaudeville, 
descended  fioin  Mr.  Mason's  No.  25  at  the  Chilton  sale  182!).  In 


SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND.  79 

addition  to  these  Mr.  Brockbank  has  several  of  the  Benson  family, 
favourably  known  in  connection  with  the  herd  at  Brayton,  whilst 
other  local  sorts  bred  at  Scaleby,  and  Hall  Santon,  have  been 
introduced,  and  one  family  tracing  descent  from  cows  sent  into 
Cumberland,  by  Mr.  Wotherell,  kept  first  at  Kirkandrevvs,  by  Mr.  John 
Graham,  and  both  there,  and  at  Raby  Cote,  by  Mr.  J.  Baswick.  To 
these/have  been  used  Borderer  33183,  bred  by  Lord  Bective,  out  of 
Winsome  8th;  Dainty  Duke  5th  43018,  from  one  of  Mr.  Foster's 
Duchess  Nancy  cows  at  Killhow,  and  last  an  entire  change  of  blood 
has  been  resorted  in  Mr.  Willis'  Admiral  Fitz  Clarence  48987,  a  son 
of  his  famous  Vice  Admiral  39257,  and  Bashful  Bride,  one  of  the 
best  cows  at  Carpeiby. 

Along  the  Maryport  and  Carlisle  line,  running  from  Whitehaven 
into  Carlisle,  are  the  well  known  herds  of  Brayton,  and  Killhow,  but 
that  of  Mereside,  belonging  to  Mr.  John  Tudd,  equal  distance  from 
Aspatria,  and  Wigton,  was  the  first  to  take  our  attention  after  leaving 
Preston  Hows.  Mr.  Messenger,  bought  Dairy,  by  Magician  2nd,  at 
the  Rev.  J.  Benson's  sale  in  1837,  and  sold  her  to  Mr.  Todd  when 
13  years  old,  she  bred  Mr.  Todd  three  heifers,  which  are  duly 
recorded  in  Vol.  10,  baing  his  first  entry  in  that  valuable  record. 
Flora,  a  grand-daughter  of  Dairy,  was  sold  to  Mr.  D.  Dixon,  who 
bred  Daisy,  and  the  letter's  daughter,  Miss  Brown,  by  Capt. 
Spencer's  Skyrocket  18874,  was  purchased  by  Mi1.  Todd  at  the 
Scaleby  Castle  Sale  of  1868.  She  was  afterwards  sent  to  Royal 
Cambridge  25009,  and  the  produce,  Miss  Cambridge,  proved  a  local 
prize  winner.  Baroness  Benson,  by  Baron  Oxford  5th  27958,  a 

somewhat  gaudy  red  and  white  grand-daughter  of  Miss  Cambridge, 
is  now  the  oldest  of  the  tribe,  five  in  number,  all  the  younger 
members  are  named  after  their  founder,  being  distinguished  by  the 
several  prefixes  of  Milly,  Blossy,  and  Rose.  This  tribe  came  from 
the  sime  bieeder,  as  the  better  known  Benson  family,  connected  for 
some  time  past  with  the  Biayton  herd.  Of  another  branch  are  the 
sisters.  Princess  Alice,  and  Piincess  Helena,  the  latter  the  best  of 
four  heifers  seen  in  a  useful  shed  erected  by  Mr.  Todd  in  one  of  the 
fields.  The  Tulips,  and  Doias,  both  having  the  same  solid  found- 


80  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

ation  of  Meteor,  and  Butterfly,  bred  by  Messrs.  Robert  and  Charles 
Colling,  wers  obtained  at  Middle  Farm ;  the  legend  goes  that  they 
are  descendants  of  Mr.  Lowry  Calvert's  cow,  whose  great  production 
of  butter  is  mentioned  by  Touatt,  in  his  work,  at  any  rate,  Dora  2nd, 
was  worthy  of  such  a  descent  as  she  gave  30  quarts  a  day  for  several 
months  after  each  calving,  proved  by  measurement.  Tulip  3rd,  and 
Tulip  4th,  mother  and  daughter,  are  a  pair  of  shorthorn  like  cows, 
very  sweet  in  their  head  and  horn.  Dora  4th,  by  a  home  bred 
Waterloo  bull,  with  her  red  and  white  cow  calf,  are  the  sole  repre- 
sentatives of  the  Dora  branch. 

The  most  numerous  tribe  at  Mereside  are  the  Blossoms,  origin- 
ally from  Mr.  Hetherington's,  but  obtained  from  a  neighbour's  sale 
at  Aspati-ia,  and  also  may  be  said  of  them  that  in  addition  to  being 
excellent  milkers,  some  of  Mr.  Todd's  best  animals  are  of  this 
family.  Blossom  10th,  the  original  purchise,  was  a  great  heifer 
breeder  having  ten  calves,  and  with  the  exception  of  the  last,  all 
of  the  female  sex.  Blossom  15th,  a  red  roan,  by  Mr.  A. 

Brogden's  Grand  Duke  of  Lightburne  2nd  26291,  has  Blossom  28th, 
a  capital  heifer  now  in  the  herd,  and  her  son,  Baronet,  is  the  sire  of 
a  very  pretty  yearling,  out  of  Blossom  19th.  Blossoms  20th,  and 
24th,  are  half  sisters  to  the  15th,  the  latter  one  of  the  finest  cows 
in  the  herd,  and  the  27th,  out  of  the  19th,  is  half  sister  to  the 
yearling  before  alluded  to,  their  dam  a  winner  of  several  prizes,  had 
taken  the  fancy  of  Mr.  Mattinson,  and  been  shipped  to  Buenos 
Ayres  last  autumn.  The  31st,  and  32nd.  are  not  yet  a  month  old,  so 
there  will  be  no  lack  of  Blossoms  for  some  time  to  come.  A  herd 
can  hardly  be  called  of  any  note  in  this  County,  unless  the  owner 
possesses  a  Gwynne,  and  Mereside  is  quite  in  the  fashion,  having 
three  of  the  "Polly  "  branch,  considered  to  be  second  to  none,  with 
Polly  Gwynne  10th,  a  good  old  sort,  and  the  oldest  female  in  the 
herd,  at  their  head.  The  uniting  of  a  Polly  Gwynne  male  and  female 
cannot  be  said  to  have  succeeded  in  Malvina  Grwynne,  but  her  little 
half  sister,  Wild  Eyes  Gwynne,  appears  likely  to  grow  into  the  same 
good  stamp  of  a  cow  as  their  mother,  Polly  Gwynne  10th.  The  first 
Waterloo  was  obtained  from  Mr.  R.  B.  Hetherington's  sale,  at  Park 


SHOKTHOUN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND.  81 

Head,  and  Waterloo  37th,  a  neat  little  cow,  has  not  long  given  birth 
to  Wild  Eyes  Waterloo,  a  charming  roan  in  colour.  Waterloo  38th, 
by  the  Holker  Baron  Winsome  8th,  is  from  the  Thirty  Fifth,  also 
the  dam  of  Waterloo  37th,  and  which  when  taken  out  to  South 
America  by  Mr.  Mattinson  unfortunately  died  on  the  voyage.  The 
Cameos,  formerly  at  Townley,  descend  from  Cressida's  daughter 
Cameo,  by  Jeweller  10354,  and  Frederick,  Duke  of  Clarence,  and 
Baron  Oxford  5th,  are  included  in  the  sires  of  Cornelian's  pedigree, 
which  with  Cornelia,  and  Carcanet,  complete  the  family  at  Mereside. 
The  Eed  Duchesses,  and  Messrs.  Angus'  Lame  Cow  tribe,  have  two 
representatives  each,  both  are  full  of  good  old  Jobling  and  Colling 
blood,  a  red  and  white  heifer  calf  of  the  former  family  is  the  best 
out  of  eight  together,  all  of  Duke  of  Eamont's  get.  Euby  24th,  by 
the  Duke  of  Devonshire's  Baslow  30507,  a  son  of  the  noted  bull 
breeder,  Countess  of  Barrington  4th,  is  a  large  framed  useful  cow, 
the  dam  of  the  Twenty  Sixth,  considered  by  the  owner  the  best  of 
three  heifers  seen  together,  by  his  Oxford  Waterloo.  Mr.  Todd  has 
of  recent  years  used  bulls  of  fashionable  Bates  blood,  including  Grand 
Duke  of  Lio-htburne  2nd  26291,  and  Baron  Oxford  5th  27958. 
At  present  Duke  of  Eamont,  a  son  of  Duke  of  Underley  33745,  and 
Winsome  Colleen,  is  doing  service,  looking  healthy  and  vigorous ;  a 
Bates  bull  all  over,  he  has  been  briefly  described  "  as  handsome  as  he 
is  well  bred,"  with  a  dam  like  Winsome  Colleen,  and  those  celebrated 
bulls,  Duke  of  Underley,  and  Duke  of  Connaught,  for  sire,  and 
grandsire,  hardly  less  could  be  expected. 

Advancing  nearer  the  Solway  from  Mereside,  we  arrive  in  due 
course  at  The  Tarns,  where  Mr.  Holliday  has  collected  together 
a  herd  of  useful  shorthorns,  a  number  of  which  are  descended  from 
Eosy,  bought  about  1860,  from  Mr.  Little,  of  Fitz  Farm,  near 
Aspatria,  but  neither  cow,  nor  sire,  had  further  record  than  that  the 
latter  was  bred  by  Sir  Wilfrid  Lawson,  the  former  was  afterwards 
sent  to  Mr.  Beswick's  General  Havelock  16118,  and  produced 
Primrose,  which  name  is  found  in  all  the  branches  of  this  family. 
The  first  pedigree  sire  bought  by  Mr.  Holliday  was  Valentine  23107, 
which  came  from  Mr.  Unthank's  in  1865,  he  was  followed  by 


S2  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

Balmoral  39363,  in  1868,  from  the  same  breeder.  Since  then  Earl 
of  Stair  31083,  a  Waterloo,  ftom  Park  Head,  Baron  Benson  4th 
36157,  bred  at  Bray  ton,  Duke  Butterfly  39702,  of  the  Townley 
Brampton  Bose  tribe,  and  Lord  Darlington  19th  45077,  a  son  of  the 
4,500  guinea  Duke  of  Connaught,  have  all  been  used  in  turn. 
Princess  of  Lome,  a  daughter  of  Bride  of  Lome,  the  winner  of  the 
Family  honours  at  Shrewsbury,  was  purchased  from  Mr.  Greo. 
Ashburner,  along  with  Duke  Butterfly,  and  their  joint  produce, 
Princess  of  Lome  3rd,  a  rare  good  cow,  with  a  nice  soft  touch,  is 
the  first  animal  seen,  and  Dame  Warden  2nd,  by  the  Holker  Baron 
Tregunter  33088,  is  likewise  of  good  quality,  but  Silent  Duchess,  of 
the  Surmise  tribe,  and  a  daughter  of  Duke  of  Ormskirk,  is  certainly 
more  fashionable  in  her  breeding,  than  either  of  the  other  t\vo,  but 
as  much  cannot  be  said  for  her  good  looks,  whatever  her  capabilities 
in  the  dairy  may  be.  Eosebud  2nd,  a  capital  dairy  cow,  is  one  of 
Bosy's  descendants,  as  are  also  the  Rosy  Duchesses,  Red  Roses,  and 
Lady  Whimsicals.  Out  of  four  last  spring  calves,  by  Lord 
Darlington  19th,  a  very  pretty  good  coloured  calf,  from  Princess  of 
Lorn  2nd,  is  the  best  of  the  lot.  Then  Duke  of  Charmingland  35th, 
a  two  year  old  son  of  Duke  of  Barrington  10th,  is  led  out.  naturally 
as  his  name  and  sire  implies,  his  birthplace  was  Brailes,  and  with  the 
exception  of  being  not  quite  so  mellow  in  his  touch  as  we  should  like, 
he  may  be  pronounced  a  very  serviceable  sire.  In  another  building 
is  Princess  of  Lome  2nd,  not  the  equal  of  her  younger  sister, 
although  having  the  advantage  of  an  Holker  Oxford  sire;  two  roan 
cows,  mother,  and  daughter,  are  nice  sort  of  cattle,  with  much  the 
same  character.  Sincerity  3rd,  is  a  Sweetheart,  of  a  branch  formerly 
connected  with  Sholebroke,  and  Lathom,  and  in  Double  Butterfly 
2nd,  one  of  the  Butterfly  Princesses  from  Scaleby,  the  "  Princess," 
it  will  be  noticed  in  the  naming,  has  been  omitted.  The  two  year 
old  heifers  have  to  occupy  stalls  the  same  as  the  cows ;  Lord 
Darlington  19th,  is  the  sire  of  eight,  placed  together.  Lady 
Rosamond  2nd,  of  a  west  country  sort,  going  down  to  Mr.  Charge's 
Western  Comet  689,  is  a  very  good  looking  heifer ;  and  Polly  5th, 
a  daughter  of  Duke  Butterfly,  is  a  grand  one,  of  great  size,  very  level, 


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and  well  ribbed,  her  pedigree  is  but  short,  tracing  to  a  very  good  roan 
dairy  cow,  purchased  by  Mr.  Holliday  from  a  neighbour's  herd  at 
Abbey  Town,  in  1857.  The  calves  by  th  3  Ch arm  3r  bull  are  beginning  - 
to  arrive,  but  it  is  rather  early  to  judge  of  their  merits. 

Having  seen  the  herds  at  Mereside.  and  The  Tarns,  we  now 
turn  our  attention  to  those  on  Hie  light  of  the  •'  iron  road,"  and  Sir 
Wilfrid  Lawson's  Home  Farm  is  within  a  mile  of  the  station,  that 
bears  the  name  of  his  residence.  In  1828,  the  Benson  tribe  were 
purchased  by  the  late  Mr.  John  Norman,  for  Brayton,  and  this  family, 
amongst  others,  were  bred  until  1867,  when  after  the  death  of  the 
late  Sir  Wilfrid  Lawson  Bart,  the  entire  herd  was  dispersed,  except 
a  few  cows  retained  for  the  use  of  the  dairy.  Thus  the  present 
Brayton  herd  is  bred  from  the  same  blood  as  the  old  one,  additional 
purchases  have  however  been  made  at  Killhow,  Scaleby,  Gaddesby, 
Underley,  and  Holker,  and  for  many  years  the  sires  have  been  chiefly 
from  the  latter  place,  the  earliest  being  Dundee  19656,  and  Kildonan 
20051,  sons  of  Dukes  of  Oxford  8th.  and  9th,  from  Cleopatra,  and 
Gwynne  dams,  used  in  the  old  herd.  In  1868,  Eoyal  Cambridge,  a 
son  of  the  famous  Moss  .Rose,  was  purchased  at  Killhow,  for  240gs., 
his  son,  Cambridge  Duke,  and  Wellington,  a  Waterloo  bull,  came 
next,  to  be  followed  by  a  twelve  hundred  guinea  calf,  out  of  Lady 
Oxford  5th,  from  Holker,  who  left  a  lot  of  stock,  but  like  many 
another  much  valued  animal  his  tnd  came  too  soon  for  his  owner, 
and  the  latter,  it  is  said,  when  gazing  on  the  remains  of  his  favourite 
quietly  remarked : — 

"  Here  lies  Baron  Oxford  6th,  quiet  and  cool ; 

Bred  by  a  Duke, 
And  bought  by  a  fool." 

His  sons,  Waterloo  Lad,  and  Baron  Winsome,  the  latter  out  of 
Winsome  14th,  a  very  fine  cow,  bought  at  Holker,  were  both  used. 
Duke  of  Barrington  6th  39714,  by  Baron  Oxford  6th's  younger 
brother,  came  from  Holker ;  another  home  bred  Waterloo  has  since 
been  used,  until  we  come  to  Brayton  Winsome,  half  brother  to 
Baron  Winsome,  by  Duke  of  Ormskirk,  and  Duke  of  Oxford  63rd, 
bred  at  Holker,  a  son  of  Baron  Oxford  8th,  and  Grand  Duchess  of 


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Oxford  49th,  which  are  both  now  in  service.  The  herd,  one  of  the 
largest  in  the  County,  has  been  many  years  famous  for  its  dairy 
properties ;  as  the  pedigree  shorthorns  have  to  supply  the  Hall  with 
milk,  of  which  an  unusual  quantity  is  consumed  for  a  country  house, 
owing  to  the  domestics  having  to  substitute  it  for  the  usual  alcoholic 
drink,  would  that  in  more  large  households,  this  rule  was  adopted, 
and  then  what  an  impetus  would  be  given  to  the  at  present  over- 
stocked milk  trade  of  the  country. 

The  Bensons,  Strawberries,  and  Charities,  are  all  well  known 
local  names,  a  little  more  than  ordinary  interest  attaches  to  the  first 
tribe,  on  account  of  their  excellent  foundation,  and  also  in  referring 
to  the  catalogue  of  1867,  we  find  the  pedigree  only  extends  to  Old 
Benson,  by  Western  Comet  689,  but  with  the  help  of  the  Rev.  John 
Benson's  sale  catalogue,  and  Coates'  Herd  Book,  Vol.  I.,  page  510, 
and  Vol.  II-,  page  591,  a  further  geneological  tree  has  been  discovered, 
and  Old  Benson's  correct  name  is  found  to  be  Violet,  and  Yarborough, 
Duke,  Traveller,  and  Bolingbroke,  all  well  known  sires  in  early  days, 
are  added  to  the  previously  known  pedigree.  Benson  25th,  a  thick 
made  cow  of  medium  size,  standing  near  to  the  ground,  is  one  of  the 
earliest  seen,  and  not  far  away  is  her  daughter,  the  33rd,  of  somewhat 
larger  mould  than  the  dam.  Cherry  Bloom,  a  handsome  dark  roan 
daughter  of  Brayton  Winsome,  well  ribbed,  very  level,  and  not 
wanting  in  depth  of  bosom,  is  also  here,  as  well  as  Charity  33rd,  a 
capital  dark  red,  while  Mabel  Gwynne,  by  50th  Duke  of  Oxford,  out 
of  Royal  Gwynne  2nd,  is  a  very  straight  young  cow,  and  Lady 
Brayton,  one  of  Mr.  Maynard's  Floras,  well  topped  with  Bates 
blood.  In  a  very  comfortable  looking  byre,  well  fitted  up,  we  have 
first  of  all  two  of  the  Underley  purchases,  Daisy  Chain,  a  pretty 
white,  hardly  appears  to  have  the  milking  properties  of  the  Brayton 
bred  cattle,  while  Geneva's  Rose  of  Sharon,  a  wonderful  massive 
fine  cow,  one  of  the  best  at  the  sale,  has  brought  a  roan  cow  calf, 
Brayton  Rose  of  Sharon,  to  Grand  Duke  31st.  Waterloo  41st,  a 
Duke  of  Barrington  6th  cow,  with  her  sister,  and  daughter,  Waterloo 
42nd,  and  Waterloo  43rd,  are  the  full  complement  of  the  tribe  at 
Brayton.  Princess  Royal,  and  her  grand-daughter,  Princess  Royal 


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4th,  \vere  originally  from  the  Rev.  J.  Benson's  herd.  Benson  29th, 
somewhat  plain  in  her  quarters,  is  otherwise  evenly  fleshed,  but  the 
handsomest  of  this  family  is  Benson  31st,  by  Waterloo  Lad,  a  very 
massive  young  cow,  of  great  depth  in  front,  and  a  dark  red 
in  colour.  Another  good  daughter  of  Waterloo  Lad,  is  Graceful 
Duchess  2nd,  of  the  Charmer  tribe,  a  cow  of  good  frame,  with  a 
grand  rib.  The  dam,  Graceful  Duchess,  by  Baron  Oxford  4th,  was 
bought  at  the  dispersion  of  the  late  Mr.  Geo.  Moore's  herd,  and  is  of 
the  much  prized  Chorus  branch,  so  well  known  at  Wateringbury. 
Sweetbrier  6th,  is  of  the  Silence  family,  having  come  to  Bray  ton.  out 
of  Aberdeenshire,  where  they  received  an  infusion  of  fresh  blood. 
Passing  on  to  another  lot  of  stalls,  we  have  Christmas  Daisy,  a  short 
legged,  dairy  like  cow,  of  a  local  sort,  and  Benson  23rd,  of  good  style, 
and  general  appearance  considering  her  age.  The  heifers  and  cows 
not  in  milk,  are  kept  at  Baggrow  Farm,  on  the  outskirts  of  the  Park. 
Both  Matchless  18th,  and  Fille  de  Winsome,  a  pair  of  good  heifers 
are  of  Scaleby  origin,  the  latter  descended  from  Fleda,  brought  into 
Cumberland  from  Sir  Charles  Knightly's  sale,  in  1855,  at  a  cost  of 
155gs.,  by  Mr.  R.  W.  Saunders,  but  the  pick  of  the  first  byre  is 
undoubtedly  Daisy  7th,  a  wealthy,  growing,  heifer,  from  the  same 
dam  as  Christmas  Daisy.  Passing  into  the  next,  we  have  Daisy 
Tweed,  the  other  LTnderley  purchase,  by  Lord  Hindlip's  Lord  of  the 
Tweed,  here  Royal  Gwynne  2nd,  from  Killhow,  is  looking  very 
blooming,  but  not  breeding.  In  the  third  and  last  byre,  at  this  farm, 
Poppy,  and  Silence,  own  sisters,  by  Brayton  Winsome,  represent  the 
Primroses,  another  Cumberland  family,  formerly  in  Mr.  Bowstead's 
hands. 

From  Brayton,  proceeding  along  the  hill  side  with  The  Criffel 
always  prominent  across  the  Sol  way,  we  come  to  Blaith  waite ;  as  we 
had  a  second  view  of  the  herd  when  in  the  neighbourhood,  after  the 
autumn  sales,  and  the  latter  time  in  company  with  the  young  owner, 
Mr.  W.  Parkin,  whose  purchases  at  Killhow,  had  just  arrived,  and 
Silver  Surprise,  we  are  inclined  to  regard  as  the  best  of  the  four  for 
general  neatness  of  outline,  although  Wilful  Beauty,  is  very  attractive, 
and  Royal  Gwynne  3rd,  and  Lady  Rhona  Gwynne,  aie  fine  looking 


86  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

cows.  It  is  Mr.  Parkin's  intention  to  have  the  animal  as  well  as 
pedigree,  and  to  gradually  draft  the  large  herd  of  shorthorns,  over 
90  in  number,  which  have  now  become  his  property,  as  well  as  aid 
by  occasional  purchases,  until  it  becomes  a  high  class  Bates  herd,  no 
doubt  the  correct  principle  to  act  upon,  if  it  were  unfortunately  not  a 
question  of  pounds,  shillings,  and  pence,  with  too  many  of  the  landed 
community,  who  are  induced,  in  the  hope  of  profiting  by  the  fact  of 
animals  having  some  sott  of  a  pedigree,  to  gain  something  more 
than  common  market  price,  by  sending  them  to  a  combined  sale,  or 
having  a  draft  one  of  their  own,  usually  ending  in  disappointment.  The 
late  Mr.  Parkin  bred  shorthorns  previously  to  founding  the  present 
herd  about  1877,  and  Oxford  Beau  4th,  bred  at  Kingscote,  Baron 
Winsome  8th,  and  Baron  Oxford  12th,  at  Holker,  have  been  amongst 
the  sires  used  at  Blaithwaite  of  late  years. 

After  seeing  the  recent  purchases,  we  have  several  more  cows 
near  at  hand,  none  better  than  Rose  Cardigan,  a  fine,  lengthy,  cow, 
by  Mr.  Foster's  Wigton,  out  of  Louisa  Cardigan,  curiously  Mr. 
Parkin  has  two  families  named  Cardigans,  but  of  entirely  different 
origin,  this  one  having  a  long  descent  tracing  to  a  cow,  bred  by 
Messrs.  James,  of  Stamford,  and  which  some  years  ago  had  a  home 
at  Killhow,  and  the  other,  from  Gowan  Cardigan  3rd,  and  Gowan 
Cardigan  5th,  purchased  from  Mr.  G.  Dixon.  of  Mantle  Hill,  are  of 
much  shorter  lineage,  and  of  the  latter  branch,  the  descendants  of 
the  younger  are  considered  the  better  animals.  The  next  cow  is 
also  a  Cardigan,  with  the  prefix  of  Princess,  a  straight  neat  quartered 
animal,  one  of  the  daughters  of  Col.  Kingscote's  Oxford  Beau  4th. 
Lady  Friend,  a  massive  dark  roan,  is  from  a  Lady  Fortunate,  bought 
at  Wauldby.  Blaithwaite  Cowslip,  is  one  of  three  sisters,  from 
Cowslip  22nd,  bred  at  Shotley  Hall,  where  at  the  sale  in  1876,  they 
made  good  prices.  Knight  of  Worcester  6th,  a  stylish  dark  roan, 
bred  at  Hindlip,  has  improved  considerably  since  we  saw  him 
twelve  months  ago,  and  has  now  developed  into  a  lengthy  good  bull, 
he  is  the  only  sire  in  use  at  Blaithwaite,  but  his  owner  is  on  the 
look  out  for  a  colleague.  A  short  drive  brings  us  to  some  extra 
grass  land,  taken  by  Mr.  Parkin.  In  the  first  field  are  half  a  dozen 


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heifers,  out  of  which  we  select  for  notice,  Woodbine  2nd,  a  pretty 
red,  with  a  particularly  sweet  head,  the  daughter  of  Baron  Winsome 
8th,  and  Woodbine,  from  Wood  Nymph  3rd,  bought  at  Wallington  ; 
another  good  daughter  of  the  Winsome  bull  is  Modi-sty,  out  of  Rose 
Cardigan,  already  noticed,  then  Lady  Worcester  Wild  Eyes]  4th,  a 
wealthy  fleshed,  somewhat  gaudy  red  and  white,  of  the  right  sort, 
despite  the  colour,  and  we  may  safely  say  that  her  owner  will  not 
regret  being  the  winner  of  the  sharp  contest  at  Cummersdale,  when 
he  also  bought  her  own  sister,  and  their  dam,  Lady  Worcester 
Wild  Eyes  2nd.  Next  morning  we  drive  to  Leegate,  on  the  opposite 
side  of  the  Maryport  and  Carlisle,  and  here  again  we  have  some  very 
nice  heifers,  by  Baron  Winsome  8th  ;  Weston  Belle  2nd,  very  evenly 
covered  with  flesh,  is  perhaps  the  pick  of  the  bunch,  and  Weston 
Beauty  3rd,  although  pretty,  is  not  the  equal  of  the  red,  both  descend 
from  the  old  Booth  family  of  Alexina,  with  a  considerable  top 
dressing  of  Bates.  Blaithwaite  Cowslip  3rd,  and  Lowther  Cowslip 
3rd,  are  from  sisters,  and  the  family  is  fast  increasing  in  numbers, 
from  the  cow  bought  at  Lord  Lonsdale's  sale.  And  lastly  we  have 
eleven  in  a  field,  the  first  pointed  out  is  Princess  Royal  5th,  bought 
as  a  yearling  at  Bray  ton,  then  Lowther  Cowslip,  by  Lord  Bective's 
Prince  Saladin,  the  oldest  of  the  three  Cowslip  sisters  ;  and  in  Weston 
Beauty  2nd,  we  have  the  favourite  of  the  owner,  out  of  another  trio 
of  sisters.  Weston  Belle,  is  neat,  but  a  shade  under  sized,  like  what 
we  have  here  seen  of  the  Kingscote  Oxford  bull's  get,  while  Alice 
Blanche,  a  daughter  of  Mr.  Gr.  Moore's  Sweetheart  bull,  Lord 
Radstock,  is  very  short  on  the  leg,  and  as  a  final  termination  of  the 
herd,  we  have  Lady  Cardigan. 

En  route  for  Killhow,  we  pass  through  the  village  of  Bolton 
Gate,  where  the  ancient  Church,  appertaining  thereto,  is  said  to 
have  been  built  in  one  night,  by  the  imps  of  Michael  Scott,  the 
Cumberland  wizard,  the  ghostly  masons  in  their  huiry,  having  put 
the  steeple  at  the  wrong  end.  In  this  fertile  valley,  Mr.  S.  P. 
Foster  continues  the  breeding  of  the  herd  of  shorthorns,  started  by 
his  father,  the  late  Mr.  J.  P.  Foster,  at  the  Babraham  sale  in  1863, 
when  Young  Celia,  and  White  Lily,  were  bought,  Good  cattle, 


SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

irrespective  of  pedigree,  were  the  foundation  of  the  first  herd 
gathered  together  by  the  late  Mr.  Foster,  but  Bates  blood  quickly 
found  a  place  at  Killhow,  and  when  the  first  sale  was  held  in  1868, 
the  excellent  average  of  ,£67  7s.  9d.  was  realized  for  sixty  six  head, 
the  celebrated  Moss  Eose.  making  400gs.  to  Mr.  D.  E.  Davies,  of 
Mere  Old  Hall.  The  entire  herd  were  sold  by  Mr.  Strafford,  but 
not  many  minutes  elapsed  before  the  second  herd  was  begun,  by  the 
purchase  of  17th  Duke  of  Oxford,  one  of  the  four  bulls  sent  for  sale, 
after  the  Killhow  shorthorns,  by  His  Grace  the  Duke  of  Devonshire. 
Sales  were  held  in  both  1871,  and  1876,  on  the  latter  occasion, 
thirty  nine  head  averaged  =£175  14s.  6d.,  seven  Gwynnes  making 
over  <£300  a  piece,  this  tribe  always  sell  well  in  Cumberland,  and 
the  best,  both  in  breeding,  and  personal  merit,  are  generally  to  be 
found  around  Killhow.  22nd  Duke  of  Oxford,  had  succeeded  the 
Seventeenth,  and  was  in  service  when  the  1876  sale  took  place,  with 
Duke  of  Ormskirk,  bought  from  Lord  Lathom  for  2,000gs,  the  latter 
a  son  of  Baron  Oxford  4th,  and  First  Duchess  of  Oneida,  one 
of  the  purest  bred  Duchesses  in  existence.  Fiftieth  Duke  of  Oxford, 
from  Holker,  was  used  a  short  period,  then  came  quite  a  new 
departure,  when  Master  Inglewood  4th,  a  good  red  bull,  bred  by  Mr. 
Eobert  Thompson,  was  purchased,  as  Mr.  Foster  remarks,  he  is  full 
of  good  blood,  chiefly  of  the  Farnley  and  Townley  strains,  with  a 
slight  dash  of  Bates,  certainly  a  bold,  venture,  and  it  remains  to  be 
seen  whether  it  will  be  appreciated  by  the  British  public.  The 
Duchess  blood  has  again  been  resorted  to,  and  Duke  of  Leicester  6th, 
a  bull  of  great  natural  flesh,  and  strong  constitution,  bred  by  Mr.  T. 
Holford,  is  in  service. 

Mr.  S.  P.  Foster  has  bought  from  time  to  time,  many  high 
priced  and  good  females  of  the  leading  tribes,  his  most  recent  being 
Duchess  123rd,  this  beautiful  heifer,  second  at  the  E.  A.  S.  Meeting 
at  Shrewsbury,  was  out  of  a  grand-daughter  of  Duchess  97th,  which 
twice  recrossed  the  Atlantic.  Since  her  purchase  at  Hindlip,  she 
has  given  birth  to  a  sweetly  pietty  roan  cow  calf,  by  Mr.  Blezard's 
Lord  Eoseberry,  now  aboutt  three  months  old,  as  it  is  the  owner's 
intention  to  submit  her  to  the  public,  with  a  selection  from  his  herd, 


SITOTITHORN    HKRDS    OF    KXOLAND.  S{) 

during  the  coming  autumn,  there  can  be  no  question  that  bids  will 
come  freely  for  so  promising  a  specimen  of  this  famous  tribe.  In 
the  large  well  ventilated  byre  are  two  sisters  of  the  Surmise  family, 
both  extremely  good.  May  Surprise,  the  older,  by  Duke  of  Underley, 
is  a  healthy,  good  fleshed  cow,  deep  before,  but  Silver  Surpiise,  a 
roan,  is  the  more  fascinating  of  the  two,  wonderfully  straight  and 
even  throughout.  Princess  of  the  Valley,  purchased  at  the  dispersion 
of  Mr.  Lodge's  herd,  is  a  very  highly  bted  specimen  of  her  tribe, 
being  from  a  grand-daughter  of  Princess  2nd,  sold  at  the  Killhow 
sale,  in  1868,  to  Mr.  Brogden,for  300gs,  unfortunately  phe  has  bred  her 
owner  nothing  but  bulls.  Lady  Elinor  Waver,  is  the  oldest  of  three 
sisters,  from  Winsome  Beauty,  bought  at  Lathom,  of  Mr.  Barber's 
Bright  Eyes  branch  of  the  Wild  Eyes  tribe,  while  Winif  rid  Winsome, 
unfortunately  white, is  a  direct  descendant  of  Winsome,  and  possesses 
a  nice  feminine  head,  and  horn.  The  Gwynnes,  represented  by 
some  large  framed  fine  cows,  showing  size,  quality,  and  constitution, 
as'  well  as  milk,  are  headed  by  Eoss  Gwynne  2nd,  so  called  on 
account  of  her  breeder,  Mr.  Eoss,  who  bought  old  Polly  Gwynne,  for 
28gs,  at  the  1868  sale,  she  bred  him  two  heifers,  to  Eoyal  Cambridge, 
and  at  fifty  a  piece  they  found  their  way  to  Killhow,  where  they 
have  been  a  small  fortune,  paying  more  than  "  cent  per  cent,"  all  their 
descendants  have  the  prefix  of  "Eoyal"  and  the  Fifteenth,  is  the 
latest  born  out  of  Eoyal  Gwynne  5th,  a  lengthy  handsome  cow,  one 
of  the  finest  of  the  tribe,  if  not  of  the  herd.  Eoyal  Gwynnes  3rd, 
5th,  and  6th,  are  own  sisters,  by  Duke  of  Ormskirk,  out  of  Eoss 
Gwynne  2nd,  the  last  named  only  calved  a  week,  has  an  excellent 
show  for  milk.  The  Biddenham  branch  are  from  Orange  Gwynne, 
the  highest  priced  cow  at  the  sale  into  1870,  being  sold  to  Mr.  E. 
Gibson,  for  Messrs.  Walcott  and  Campbell,  Mr.  Foster  securing  her 
daughter,  from  which  Lady  Elinor  Gwynne,  and  Lady  Ehona  Gwynne, 
a  pair  of  good  looking  roans,  are  descended.  Hetty  Concord,  and 
Dainty  5th,  represent  the  Charmer,  and  Duchess  Nancy  tribes, 
the  latter's  pedigree  being  highly  impregnated  with  Duchess  blood. 

Oxford  Duchess  of  Killhow  3rd,  from  Grand  Duchess  of 
Oxford  31st,  the  calf  bought  by  Mr.  Drewry,  at  the  Whitehall  sale, 
out  of  the  "  2,000  guinea  cow,"  and  resold  to  Mr.  Foster,  is 


!">  MHORTllOKN  HKKDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

substantial  and  well  made,  with  a  nice  mellow  touch.  On  passing 
out  of  the  byre  we  are  attracted  by  a  very  handsome  red,  and  on 
enquiry,  she  is  found  to  be  by  Wetherby  Winsome,  but  unfortunately 
"  not  eligible."  In  one  of  a  double  row  of  boxes  is  Oxford  Duchess 
of  Killhow,  own  sister  to  the  Third,  a  really  tine  cow,  which  §had 
been  sent  to  Eoyal  Stuart,  at  Warlaby,  but  failed  to  breed,  previously 
she  had  a  red  bull,  to  Mr.  Aylmer's  Sir  Simeon,  sold  to  Mr.  A.  H. 
Longman ;  in  another  box  is  the  Ninth,  by  the  Leicester  sire,  out  of 
the  Fifth,  a  very  taking  calf,  so  also  is  her  companion.  Winning 
Beauty,  from  Winsome  Beauty.  Of  half  a  do/en  yearlings,  chiefly 
Master  Inglewood's  daughters,  our  choice  is  Altioia  Gwynne,  a 
wealthy,  good  heifer,  with  gr^at  substance;  Royal  Gwynnes  10th, 
and  llth,  are  two  more  of  the  right  sort,  the  latter  being  the  fourth 
own  sister,  we  have  seen  out  of  Ross  Gwynne  2nd,  and  the  old  lady 
herself  is  next  on  turn,  but  after  fifteen  years  old,  Mr.  Foster  can 
hardly  expect  another  calf,  and  considering  how  hard  she  has  worked 
for  him,  she  deserves  to  end  her  days  in  peace  and  quietude.  Lastly, 
we  have  a  pair  of  excellent  Oxford  heifers,  Oxford  Duchess  of  Killhow 
8th,  the  last  daughter  of  the  Whitehall  purchase,  and  Oxford  Duchess 
of  Killhow  7th,  by  Duke  of  Underley  3rd,  from  the  Oxford  cow  first 
seen,  in  age  they  vary  but  a  day,  as  they  are  intended  for  the  autumn 
sale,  the  public  will  have  the  giving  of  the  verdict,  which  is  the 
better,  we,  at  any  rate,  are  inclined  to  favour  the  older. 

The  foundation  of  a  herd  at  Cummersdale,  was  laid  by  the 
puchase  of  Jelly  Flower  4th,  bought  at  Mr.  J.  P.  Foster's  sale  in 
1868  ;  since  then,  Mr.  Joseph  Dalton,  who  had  the  management  of 
the  herd  from  time  to  time,  was  a  buyer  of  many  a  "  bit  of  Bates," 
as  yet  a  sale  had  never  taken  place,  and  we  are  sure  if  he  had  lived 
to  complete  his  work,  that  the  herd  at  Cummersdale,  was  destined  to 
take  a  high  position  in  the  County,  but  unfortunately  catching  cold 
at  the  late  Brampton  Show,  he  never  recovered  from  the  effects  of 
it,  and  those  who  knew  his  love  for  shorthorns,  will  miss  his  familiar 
face  amongst  the  frequenters  of  Bates  sale  rings.  The  Messrs, 
Dalton  supplying  their  workpeople  at  the  adjacent  Mills,  with  milk, 
their  shorthorns  had  to  do  their  duty  at  the  pail.  Duke  of  Siddington 


SHORTHORN  HERBS  OF  ENGLAND.  91 

28182,  bred  by  Mr.  W.  W.  Slye,  and  Marquis  llth  45210,  by  the 
Earl  of  Bective,  both  of  the  famous  Kirklevington  tribe,  have  been 
used,  and  Cherry  Duke  of  Holker  42921,  a  fine  looking  Bates  bull, 
is  at  the  head  of  the  herd,  which  position  he  has  occupied  for  some- 
time, he  is  a  grandson  of  that  beautiful  heifer,  Cherry  Queen, 
pui chased  by  Mr.  J.  W.  Larking,  for  l,200gs,  at  the  Underley  sale 
in  1874.  A  colleague  has  lately  been  found  for  him  in  Grand  Earl 
of  Waterloo  2nd  51357,  a  very  handsome,  level  young  bull,  in 
walking,  he  steps  out  well,  and  has  a  gay  dashing  carriage,  bred  at 
Capheaton,  he  is  a  son  of  Baron  Oxford  12th,  and  Grand 
Waterloo  4th. 

Quite  a  strong  contingent  of  the  Jelly  Flower  tribe,  are  the  first 
to  hand,  among  the  females.  Jelly  Flower  17th,  is  the  last  calf  of 
the  Killhow  purchase,  and  there  is  a  particularly  wealthy  heifer  of 
which  we  appear  not  to  have  ascertained  the  number,  the  b^st  of  the 
family.  Butterfly  Queen,  is  a  strong  fine  looking  cow  of  the 
Butterfly  Princesses.  The  Wild  Eyes  have  three  branches,  the 
fashionable  Lady  Worcesters,  the  descendants,  numbering  seven,  of 
Wild  Eyes  33rd,  and  35th,  exclusive  of  the  latter,  a  fine  dairy  like 
cow,  with  a  capital  udder,  still  breeding  regularly,  the  youngest  born, 
a  roan  cow  calf,  of  October,  being  the  45th,  in  addition  she  is  the 
dam  of  the  38th,  and  40th,  both  somewhat  plain  in  their  quarters. 
Lady  Worcester  Wild  Eyes  2nd,  bred  by  Mr.  R.  Lodge,  a  good 
medium  sized  cow,  with  nice  skin,  and  touch,  has  two  heifers  by  the 
Cherry  Duke  bull,  the  younger  is  very  promising,  and  has  already 
been  mentioned  as  seen  at  Blaithwaite,  after  Mr.  Pattinson  Dal  ton 
had  dispersed  the  herd  under  the  hammer.  The  third  branch  is 
Lady  Wild  Eyes  10th,  a  daughter  of  Lord  Braybrooke's  Duke  of 
Rosedale  6th,  is  one  of  the  few  pure  specimens  of  the  tribe,  and  was 
cheaply  purchased  at  the  Lathom  sale.  The  Peach  Blossoms,  of  the 
Bell  Bates,  Place,  or  Poppy  family,  have  two  lengthy,  good  looking 
representatives  in  Peach  Blossoms  14th,  and  17th.  Another  Bell 
Bates  tribe,  the  Fletchers,  are  well  to  the  fore  in  Duchess  Fantail 
3rd.  No  cow  stands  nearer  to  the  ground  than  Royal  Butterfly 
Princess  2nd,  a  somewhat  gaudy  daughter  of  Duke  of  Siddington, 


92  SHORTHOBN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

but  her  colour  is  overlooked,  when  that  grand  depth  of  frame  is 
considered.  Gazelle  Gray,  although  by  Grand  Duke  31st,  is  not  by  any 
means  the  same  beautiful  style  of  cow  that  we  remember  her  darn, 
Gazelle  3rd.  Mr.  Dalton  has  some  promising  yearling  heifers,  in  one 
yard,  out  of  a  Butterfly  Princess,  Jelly  Flower,  and  Wild  Eyes  (two 
branches),  the  Lady  Worcester  calf  already  noticed  is  our  favourite ; 
and  of  a  second  quartette  in  the  ad  joining  yard,  Christmas  Gwynne,  the 
youngest,  is  probably  the  best  animal,  while  a  Butterfly  Princess,  out 
of  Butterfly  Queen,  has  great  abundance  of  hair ;  Princess  of  York 
6th,  and  Peach  Blossom  18th,  were  calved  on  successive  days,  in 
November,  twelve  months  ago,  the  former  is  a  Fawsley  Furbelow, 
through  Chemisette,  by  Earl  of  Dublin,  sold  at  Sir  Chas.  Knightley's 
sale  for  105gs,  to  Sir  W.  Stirling-Maxwell. 

Seven  miles  to  the  North  East  of  Carlisle,  is  Scaleby  Castle, 
where  the  herd  of  that  name  was  founded  by  Mr.  Rowland  Fawcett, 
the  father  of  the  late  Mr.  James  Fawcett,  towards  the  close  of  the 
last,  and  in  the  early  part  of  the  present  century,  by  the  purchase  of 
good  and  useful  North  of  England  shorthorns,  whose  entries  are 
found  in  the  earliest  volumes  of  the  Herd  Book,  and  the  earliest  sires 
included  Emperor  1010,  Champion  3310,  and  Pizarro  1329,  all  sons 
of  Favourite  256,  and  Elvira,  a  daughter  of  Mr.  Robert  Ceiling's 
celebrated  cow  Princess,  whose  blood  was  further  introduced  through 
Snowball  1465,  and  Don  Quixote  987,  sons  of  her  grand-daughter 
Elverina.  The  late  Mr.  Fawcett,  was  from  early  youth  intimately 
acquainted  with  Mr.  Bates,  by  whose  counsel  he  was  guided  in  the 
management  of  the  herd  left  him  by  his  father,  and  through  his 
advice  purchased  Butterfly,  by  the  Princess  bull  Bellerophon  3117, 
since  a  favourite  deep  milking  sort  at  Scaleby,  known  as  the 
Butterfly  Princesses.  Disraeli  10125,  found  in  several  of  the 
pedigrees,  wras  obtained  amongst  other  sires  from  Mr.  Bates.  Duke 
of  Oxford  14th  21605,  bred  at  Holker,  and  Royal  Cumberland  27358, 
a  son  of  Grand  Duke  4th,  and  the  celebrated  Moss  Rose,  were  both 
extensively  and  successfully  used.  At  Mr.  Thomas  Bell's  sale,  in 
Sept.  1871,  8th  Duke  of  York,  was  purchased  for  l,065gs,  being  the 
first  animal  at  public  auction  in  England,  which  eclipsed  the  l.OOOgs 


SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND.  UJ 

paid  for  Comet  155,  at  Ketton,  in  1810,  and  after  four  years  service 
at  Scaleby  Castle,  he  was  offered  at  the  sale  in  Sept.  1875,  with  a 
reserve  of  l,000gs.  upon  him,  and  at  that  figure  claimed  by  Mr.  T. 
Holford.  Mr.  Fawcett  added  various  fresh  families  to  the  original 
Scaleby  stock,  at  different  periods.  Southwick,  Brawith,  and 
Didmarton,  furnishing  some  of  the  earlier  innovations,  but  the  most 
fashionable  female  additions  were  Kirklevington  Duchess  5th,  bought 
from  Mr.  E.  Pavm  Davies,  and  three  heifers,  a  daughter,  and  two 
grand-daughters  of  Mr.  Slye's  Lady  Bates  3rd,  bred  at  Havering 
Pai-k.  Sales  were  held  in  1868-70-73,  and  after  the  death  of  Mr. 
Fawcett,  the  portion  of  the  herd  sold  in  1875,  realized  an  average  of 
just  over  one  hundred  guineas,  for  fifty  six  head. 

Since  then,  the  herd  has  been  bred  solely  from  the  tribes  then  at 
Scaleby  Castle,  by  the  present  owners,  Mrs.  and  Capt.  M.  Fawcett, 
to  which  have  been  used  two  sons,  and  a  grandson  of  Kirklevington 
Duchess  5th,  sold  privately  to  Sir  Curtis  Lampson  for  l,100gs,  being 
the  highest  priced  Kirklevington  ever  sold  in  England,  and  at  present 
in  service,  is  Thorndale  Duke  48821,  bred  by  Mr.  A.  H.  Lloyd,  out 
of  that  fine  cow  Thorndale  Rose  14th,  he  being  assisted  by  a  home 
bred  Lady  Bates  bull.  Without  doubt,  the  finest  cow  now  at  Scaleby, 
is  Lady  York  and  Thorndale  Bates  2nd,  a  magnificent  white  daughter 
of  8th  Duke  of  York,  and  Lady  Tregunter  Bates.  All  the  produce 
from  this  cow  have  been  sold,  three  daughters  leaving  their  parental 
home  during  the  past  year,  one  for  the  States,  and  two  for  Mr.  T. 
A.  Titley's  rising  herd  in  Lincolnshire.  There  is  also  an  excellent 
red  heifer  from  Lady  Clarence  Bates,  half-sister  to  Lady  Tregunter 
Bates.  Another  branch  of  the  Barrington  family,  are  the  Lallys, 
originally  from  Winterfold,  which  include  Duchess  Lally  2nd,  a 
lengthy,  good  backed  daughter  of  the  original  purchase.  Kirklevington 
Duchess  30th,  is  the  solitary  specimen  of  the  Kirklevingtons,  and 
being  the  produce  of  Kirklevington  Duchess  llth,  by  her  own  son, 
is  naturally  too  neat,  and  fine  of  bone.  The  Peach  Blossoms, 
purchased  at  Mr.  Bell's,  along  with  the  Duke  bull,  have  two  useful 
cows  in  the  Fifteenth,  and  Sixteenth,  mother,  and  daughter.  The 
Gwynnes  have  descendants  of  Polly  Gwynne  2nd,  and  Amy  Gwynne, 


94  SHORTHORN  HEHDS  OF  ENOLAXD. 

to  represent  them,  the  latter  being  known  as  York's  Gwynne  Duchesses: 
while  Waterloo  Duchess  2nd,  a  neat  m.ids,  medium  sized  cow,  with 
her  two  heifers,  represent  the  Waterloos,  originally  at  Nunwick,  like 
Amy  Gwynne.  The  Butterflys,  and  Channels,  had  been  sold  out, 
but  a  calf  of  each  family  was  obtained  at  the  Underley  and  Castle 
Hill  sales,  the  latter  now  a  two  year  old,  is  by  Lord  Fitzhardinge'a 
Duke  of  Leicester  3rd,  and  the  former  by  the  famous  Duke  of 
Underley,  has  a  daughter  already  aspired  to  matronhood,  and  each 
has  a  bull  calf  of  the  past  season  Princess  Louisa  Alexandra,  is  a 
very  handsome  cow  of  the  Knightly  Furbelow  tribe,  and  in  addition 
we  saw,  both  a  highly  bred,  and  well  shaped,  dark  roan  Ursula. 

Passing  onwards,  midway  between  Scaleby,  and  Brampton,  the 
village  of  Irthington  is  reached,  and  at  The  Nook,  Mr.  G.  J.  Bell 
has  a  herd  of  ovor  forty  in  number,  originating  with  three  cows,  Area 
Belle,  Lady,  and  Lucy,  from  the  herd  of  the  late  Mr.  Thos.  Bland, 
of  Knock.  Additional  purchases  were  made  from  time  to  time, 
and  such  high  class  sires  as  Baron  Winsome  39449,  Duke  of 
Thorndale  33739,  Duke  of  Oxford  36th  38170,  and  Baron 
Turncroft  Bates  3rd  39443.  have  preceded  the  present  one, 
Grand  Duke  Worcester,  a  son  of  Grand  Duke  of  Geneva  2nd, 
and  Lady  Worcester  10th.  He  is  a  rich  roan  lengthy  bull, 
with  a  good  rib,  and  wide  loin.  Dairying  is  here  the  main 
object,  and  to  ensure  a  good  market  for  the  butter,  it  is  sent  as  far 
as  Bradford,  and  the  calves  are  reared  on  skim  milk,  supplemented 
after  a  time  by  calf  meal.  Eveiy  cow's  milk  is  weighed  once  a  week, 
and  the  amount  given,  multiplied  by  the  number  of  days,  is  recorded, 
thus  the  quantity  given  by  each  cow  is  obtained  with  little  trouble, 
surely  more  farmers  might  follow  Mr.  Bell's  example,  both  for  their 
own  information,  and  for  the  benefit  of  their  pockets. 

One  of  the  best  byres  on  a  farm,  in  the  hands  of  a  tenant 
farmer  in  the  County,  we  had  the  pleasure  of  seeing  at  The  Nook,  it 
having  stalls  for  26  cows  to  tie  up,  with  a  good  space  behind.  Lady 
Mary,  is  by  Mr.  John  Downing's  Noiman  Fame,  from  Lady  Julia, 
a  Booth  on  Mason  heifer,  bought  at  the  dispersion  of  Mr.  Askew's 


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small  herd,  when  sold  at  the  George  Hotel,  Penrith,  this  the  only 
daughter  she  bred,  has  heifers  of  1880,  and  1882,  in  the  same  byre, 
and  one  of  1884.  among-t  the  younger  cattle.  Lady  Rosalind,  the 
oldest,  is  by  Baron  Turncroft  Bates  3rd,  but  her  sister,  Lady  Eliza- 
beth, is  considered  the  better  animal.  Then  we  have  Early  Rose, 
one  of  Mr.  Mark  Stewart's  Brilliants,  a  fine  handsome  cow,  very 
lengthy  and  straight,  the  best  in  the  herd,  further  she  exemplifies 
the  old  saying  of  "  handsome  is  that  handsome  does,"  as  she  has  bred 
a  lot  of  capital  bulls,  and  a  good  daughter.  Captain  Boycott,  her 
son,  was  third  at  the  Royal  at  York,  General  Graham,  was  sold  to 
Mr.  Porter,  and  has  been  already  noticed  at  Blackhow,  while  New 
Year's  Gift,  passed  into  Mr.  C.  W.  Brierley's  hands,  at  the  October 
sale,  at  Bingley  Hall.  Lucy's  Darling,  and  Lucy's  Pet,  are  sisters  of 
1880,  and  1881,  of  the  original  Knock  sort,  the  former  a  neat  straight 
cow,  but  the  latter  the  better  at  the  pail,  giving  54|  quarts  per  week 
for  46  weeks.  Butterfly's  Mememto  5th,  one  of  the  few  cows  now 
living,  bred  at  Townley,  of  the  once  celebrated  Barmpton  Rose  tribe, 
having  bred  regularly  at  Inglewood,  changed  owners  about  two  years 
ago,  and  has  continued  to  do  so  here,  Butterfly's  Surprise,  being  just 
over  the  twelve  months,  and  Butterfly's  Christmas  Mememto,  not 
yet  a  week.  Cherry  Gwynne  5th,  a  pretty  little  cow,  not  one  of  Xell 
Gwynne's  descendants,  as  many  might  suppose,  traces  through  Mr. 
Robert  Jefferson's,  and  Dr.  Dickinson's  hands,  to  Lady,  by  Young 
Western  Comet  1575.  Evelina,  by  an  Holker  Oxford  sire,  from  a 
dam  of  the  Emma  family,  which  produced  the  famous  Edgar,  has  the 
best  record  of  Mr.  Bell's  cows,  having  been  in  milk  48  weeks,  and 
given  60 \  quarts  per  week.  Prudence,  by  the  same  sire,  a  large 
framed  useful  like  animal,  is  one  of  the  few  that  Mr.  Bell  has  a  com- 
plete account  of  the  second  years  produce,  and  the  slight  difference 
is  in  favour  of  the  first  year.  Marion  Lee,  and  her  two  daughters, 
are  the  representatives  of  a  family  with  but  five  crosses,  ending 
with  Myrtle,  by  Mr.  T.  Bates'  Disraeli  10125.  Brilliant  Rose,  the 
good  daughter  of  Early  Rose,  before  mentioned,  has  hardly  the 
size  of  the  dam,  and  in  the  last  stall,  are  a  couple  of 
Alderneys.  Fawsley  Gwynne,  bred  at  Inglewood,  and  the 


5W  SHORTHORN    NERDS    OF 

companion  purchase  of  the  Butterfly  cow,  having  calved  twins, 
unfortunately  one  of  each  sex,  is  allowed  to  suckle  them.  In  'the  calf 
pens,  are  a  red,  from  Cherry  Gwynne  5th,  and  a  roan,  from  Prudence, 
in  company  with  the  young  Butterfly.  The  half  dozen  older  heifers 
are  all  Grand  Duke  Worcester's  get,  and  with  the  exception  of 
Strawberry  Bloom,  from  the  cows  already  noticed.  Mr.  Bell  has 
since  resorted  to  the  Oxford  tribe,  for  a  successor  to  his  good  looking 
Worcester  bull,  and  purchased  Wat-ton  Grrand  Duke  of  Oxford,  a  son 
of  Earl  Bective's  Grrand  Duke  31st,  and  that  very  fine  cow,  Grand 
Duchess  of  Oxford  33rd. 

Armathwaite  is  our  first  stopping  place,  after  leaving  Carlisle 
for  the  East  of  the  County  ;  at  Low  House,  two  miles  distant,  Mr. 
E.  Ecroyd  began  a  herd  by  purchasing  four  females  at  the  Bray  ton 
sale  of  1881,  afterwards  ten  were  bought  privately  from  Mr.  Robert 
Thompson,  no  less  than  seven  being  of  the  once  famous  Barmpton 
Rose  tribe,  and  from  these  the  herd  has  been  bred,  with  the  exception  of 
another  branch  of  the  Barmpton  Eose  family,  which  came  from  the 
Edgehill  sale,  three  heifers  from  Edenhall,  and  Deepdale  4th,  -from 
Underley.  At  the  farm  where  Mr.  Ecroyd  has  his  shorthorns, 
considerable  improvements  have  been  made  by  him  in  the  buildings, 
and  Grrand  Earl  of  Waterloo  2nd,  Baron  Eden,  and  Baron  Sedgwick 
3rd,  look  very  comfortable  in  their  new  boxes,  arranged  side  by  side. 
The  handsome  young  Waterloo  bull  has  already  been  favourably 
noticed  in  connection  with  the  Cummersdale  herd;  Baron  Eden,  is 
the  produce  of  Bray  ton  Winsome,  and  Rhoda  6th,  one  of  the  cows 
which  came  from  Sir  Wilfrid  Lawson's,  while  Baron  Sedgwick  3rd, 
was  one  of  the  young  bulls,  sent  by  Mr.  W.  H.  Wakefield,  to 
Underley,  twelve  months  ago,  and  is  a  son  of  Gusta  3rd,  the  dam  of 
Gusta  4th,  Champion  at  the  Highland  Centeniary  Meeting  at 
Edinburgh. 

The  Barmpton  Rose  tribe  number  eighteen  females,  and  of  the 
Inglewood  branch,  Pair  Butterfly,  a  grand  old  white,  is  a  worthy 
matron  of  any  family,  she  has  here  two  daughters,  Belle  of  the 
Butterflies,  and  Armathwaite  Butterfly,  the  latter  bred  by  Mr.  Ecroyd, 


SHORTHORN  HEKDS  OF  ENGLAND.  97 

a  daughter  of  Mr.  Thompson's  Eoyal  Baron,  is  a  very  pietty  calf. 
The  older  sister,  bred  twin  heifers  after  coining  to  Arrnathwaite,  to 
that  excellent  sire  Beau  Benedict,  named  Belles  of  the  Butterflies 
2nd,  and  3rd,  the  one  named  the  Third,  and  we  presume  by  that  the 
last  born,  is  a  very  deep  massive  heifer,  but  hardly  so  much  can  be 
said  of  her  sister.  Blanche  Butterfly,  is  from  Fair  Butterfly's 
daughter,  Brunette  Butterfly,  and  has  a  calf  of  1885  by  Baron  Eden. 
Of  a  slightly  different  branch  is  Eose  Butterfly,  a  grand-daughter  of 
Butterfly's  Memento  2nd,  bred  at  Townley,  half-sister  to  the  dam  of 
Fair  Butterfly,  with  the  advantage  of  a  fashionable  Oxford  cross, 
supplemented  by  the  pure  Earl  of  Thorndale,  before  arriving  at 
Brilliant  Butterfly,  a  Barmpton  Hose,  bred  at  Inglewood,  the  sire  of 
Eose  Butterfly.  At  the  great  sale  at  Townley  in  1864,  twenty  two 
females  of  this  family  averaged  86gs.  a  piece,  the  highest  priced  lot 
in  the  sale  being  a  Barmpton  Eose  heifer.  Eoyal  Butterfly's  Pageanb, 
sold  to  Mr.  Eastwood  for  590gs,  again  when  a  second  Townley  herd 
was  dispersed  in  1873,  the  average  of  the  tribe,  nineteen  in  number, 
was  only  six  guineas  less  than  the  previous  sale.  The  animals 
purchased  at  Edgehill,  descend  from  Frederick's  Pride,  a  daughter 
of  that  famous  getter  Frederick,  more  recently  Booth  blood  has  been 
added  by  both  Mr.  Staniforth,  and  Mr.  Eobinson.  Barmpton  Eose 
6th,  a  capital  dairy  cow,  by  a  Village  Eose  bull  of  Mr.  Jefferson's, 
came  accompanied  by  her  three  heifers,  Barmpton  Eoses  8th,  9th,  and 
10th,  all  with  further  crosses  of  Booth  blood.  TheFarnley  *'•  Moss  Eose" 
tribe  are  well  represented  by  Inglewood  Eose  2nd,  Inglewood  Eose 
4th,  and  Eare  Eose,  the  last  named,  a  very  grand  heifer,  as  being 
the  youngest,  is  naturally  seen  under  the  most  favoured  circumstances, 
and  thegrand-dam  it  may  be  added  is  good  atthe  pail.  Charming  Cicely, 
a  daughter  of  Beau  Benedict,  and  Braw  Cicely,  of  a  family  formerly 
in  Mr.  E.  B.  Brockbank's  possession,  also  came  from  Inglewood,  and 
since  her  arrival,  has  added  one  more  to  the  list  of  females  in  Mr. 
Ecroyd's  possession.  Ehoda  6t  h,  looking  wonderfully  well,  has  a  good 
daughter  in  Eden  Ehoda,  own  sister  to  Baron  Eden.  Of  the  more 
recent  purchases.  Oxford  Eose  4th,  with  the  same  foundation  as  the 
Inglewood  Eoses,  is  the  best  of  the  Edenhall  heifers,  and  Deepdale 
4th,  having  only  had  her  first  calf,  is  seen  at  the  worst  possible  age. 


J)8  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

Calthwaite  Hall  is  pleasantly  situate  about  midway  betwixt 
Carlisle  and  Pemith,  and  here  Mr.  J.  Harris  has  got  together  a  very 
promising  collection  of  Holker  Oxfords,  which  will  in  due  time  give 
fame  to  the  name  of  Calthwaite,  as  the  Oxford  Dukes,  and  Duchesses 
of  Calthwaite,  become  mote  numerous.  Mr  Harris  first  purchases 
were  at  Killhow,  and  BL  ayton,  in  18al ;  since  then,  Oxfords  have  been 
introduced  from  Holker,  Turncroft,  and  Underley,  and  a  much 
admired  calf  at  Holker  was  secured  after  a  keen  contest  with  the 
owner  of  the  Elmhurst  herd,  this  calf  has  now  grown  into  a  massive 
Bates  like  bull,  wonderfully  good  in  his  thighs,  and  the  using  of  him 
so  freely  on  the  Oxfords,  as  Mr.  Harris  has  done,  is  without  doubt 
a  wise  coursa  to  adopt,  and  one  which  might  have  been  tried  with 
success  in  past  years,  instead  of  nothing  but  Oxford,  and  Duke  sires, 
and  vice  versa,  as  what  is  more  pleasurable  to  read  than  Duke  of 
Holker  Tth's  pedigree ;  Baron  Oxford  8th,  Duke  of  Geneva  8th, 
Duke  of  York  7th,  and  Duke  of  Oxford  4th,  are  the  four  last  male 
crosses,  and  the  female  line  are  the  Lally  branch  of  the  Lady 
Barringtons  of  illustrious  descent,  formerly  in  the  hands  of  Mr.  Bates. 
Fides  Gwy  nne,  a  daughter  of  Baron  Oxford  4th,  had  come  from  Lathom, 
and  is  certainly  a  pretty  cow,  with  an  exquisite  velvet  like  touch. 
Fanny  Gwynne,  was  bred  in  Ireland,  and  naturally  could  hardly 
escape  without  a  dash  of  alien  blood  in  that  Booth  loving  country, 
then  a  third  Gwynne  cow  is  one  of  the  local  Troutbeck  sort,  obtained 
from  the  late  sale  at  Musgrave  Hall.  Jenny  Deans,  a  grand- daughter 
of  Edgar,  is  of  the  Old  Daisy  tribe,  of  a  branch  which  passed  through 
Mr.  Stewart  Majoribanks'  herd,  and  later  on  that  of  Mr.  C.  R. 
Saunders.'  She  has  a  grandly  sprung  rib,  rare  back  and  loin, 
but  not  so  neat  in  her  quarters  as  it  is  desirable.  Empress 
6th,  bred  at  Scaleby  Castle,  has  taken  several  prizes,  and  is  a  fine 
shorthorn  like  cow,  with  a  sweet  head,  and  finely  moulded  bosom ; 
then  Sonsie  28th,  bred  at  Brayton,  the  last  of  the  animals  in  the 
building,  had  been  shown  at  Preston,  where  she  was  one  of  the  three 
dairy  cows  that  were  awarded  second  honours.  Kinglet  7th,  one  of 
Mr.  Miller's  prize  winning  group,  after  coming  to  Calthwaite  had 
bred  King  Dove,  to  the  Warlaby  Sir  Andrew,  and  both  mother, 


SIIORTHO11N    HERDS    OF    ENGLAND.  90 

and  daughter,  put  to  Duke  of  Holker  7th,  have  brought  heifer  calves, 
Duchess  Eing  Rose,  and  Ethel  Eing  Dove,  but  neither  the  Bates, 
nor  the  Warlaby  sire,  have  produced  anything  like  the  original,  a 
fine  show  cow  of  the  regular  Booth  type,  and  many  will  remember 
the  family  when  exhibited  at  Liverpool  in  1877,  where  they  won  the 
family  prize  in  a  class  of  seven  entries  with  Einglet  7th  as  the 
youngest  of  the  group.  Turncroft  Duchess  of  Oxford,  bought  as  a 
calf  at  Ashton  Hall,  has  already  added  another  Oxford  to  the  fast 
increasing  family  at  Calthwaite,  and  is  the  first  seen  of  the  seven 
females  Mr.  Harris  now  possesses.  A  very  pretty  pair  are  Oxford 
Duchesses  of  Calthwaite  1st,  and  2nd,  out  of  the  two  Holker 
purchases,  the  younger  is  the  neater,  and  prettier,  and  has  a  lovely 
younger  sister  by  Mr.  Harris'  bull.  .From  the  Home  Farm,  we 
proceed  to  another  homestead,  also  situate  in  the  village  of  Calthwaite, 
and  Underley  Oxford,  here  seen,  bred  as  the  name  implies,  by  the 
Earl  of  Bective,  is  hardly  considered  the  equal  of  the  home  bred 
Oxford  heifers.  Last  but  not  least,  is  Grand  Duchess  of  Oxford 
39th,  bought  at  Holker,  with  a  box  to  herself,  well  worthy  is  she  of 
it,  she  was  one  of  the  finest  cows  at  the  sale,  and  maintains  that 
position  since  changing  her  home,  with  two  heifers  to  her  credit,  she 
is  heavy  in-calf  again.  We  must  not  omit  a  good  looking  young 
bull,  by  Grand  Duke  31st,  out  of  Grand  Duchess  of  Oxford  49th. 
The  older  heifers  include  daughters  of  Jenny  Deans,  and  Annie 
Deans,  by  Mr.  Foster's  Great  Orme  44903,  a  Wild  Eyes  bull,  bought 
at  Killhow  in  1881,  the  younger  is  an  epecially  nice  heifer,  full  of 
character.  Canterbury  Belle,  another  of  Great  Onne's  daughters, 
is  of  the  Benson  tribe,  and  has  been  exhibited  several  times,  she  has 
a  grand  front,  and  middle,  being  especially  good  in  her  girth,  and 
mellow  in  her  tomh.  Mr.  Harris  has  had  wonderful  luck  with  his 
Oxford  tribe,  rarely  is  it  that  out  of  so  highly  prized  a  family,  four 
heifer  calve*  are  the  breeders  good  fortune  to  receive,  out  of  the  first 
five  born  in  the  herd,  and  we  look  forward  to  the  day  when  Calthwaite 
will  take  rank  as  one  of  the  first  in  the  Country. 

Adjoining  Mr.  Harris'  estate,  is  Calthwaite  House,  where 
Messrs.  J.  &  D.  D.  Lazonby  have  been  in  the  habit  of  keeping  a 
record  of  the  pedigrees  of  their  cattle  for  the  last  twenty  years,  and 


10U  SHORTHORN    IIKKJJS    OF    ENGLAND. 

the  sires  used  by  them  have  included  Lord  Raglan  43567,  bred  at 
Nunwick,  Prince  Leopold  27157,  of  ths  Familiar  tribe,  Wild  Indian 
32867,  a  son  of  Pearl  Necklace,  Bright  Duke  37893,  bred  at  Panton, 
and  Royal  Fantail  32383,  a  Bell  Bites  from  Whitehall.  For  about 
a  period  of  four  years,  animals  were  exhibited  at  local  shows,  and 
upwards  of  100  prizes  won,  but  the  Messrs.  Lazonby,  considering 
that  too  much  foicing  was  required  for  a  breeding  stock  to  compete 
successfully,  prob.ibly  wisely  abandoned  it.  Alexandra  Windsor,  of 
Mason  blood  bought  at  Mr.  J.  M.  Richardson's  sale  for  62gs.  in  1870, 
proved  the  grand-dam  of  Royal  Windsor  43993,  fourth  in  the 
yearling  class  at  the  Carlisle  Royal  in  1880,  and  the  following  year 
winning  Mr.  Foster's  Cup  at  Wigton  for  the  best  bull  bred  in  the 
County  ;  the  old  lady  has  been  sold  to  the  butcher  only  a  few  weeks 
ago,  after  breeding  13  live  calves  for  her  late  owners,  and  we  have 
the  pleasure  of  seeing  several  good  looking  descendants. 

Lakewards  from  Calthwaite  lies  the  village  of  Skelton,  in  which 
is  situate  Mr.  J.  C.  Toppin's  comfortable  looking  residence,  Musgrave 
Hall,  but  eight  miles  distant  from  Ulleswater,  and  at  a  height  of 
nearly  800  feet  above  the  level  of  the  sea.  For  successful  breeding 
of  any  kind  of  cattle  in  this  high  lying  district,  animals  with 
abundance  of  hair,  and  strong  constitutions,  are  essential  conditions, 
and  Mr.  Toppin's  cattle  are  not  wanting  in  these  characteristics. 
The  herd  was  founded  in  1822,  by  the  present  owner's  father,  who 
for  a  long  period  bred  chiefly  from  a  heifer  by  Mr.  Gibson's 
Harlequin  289,  a  son  of  Mr.  Charles  Colling's  Alexander,  arid  Liberty, 
purchased  at  Mr.  Machell's  sale  in  that  year.  Mr.  J.  C.  Toppin 
cams  into  possession  of  the  herd  in  1858,  and  at  that  date  the  whole 
herd  was  comprised  of  animals  descended  from  the  heifer  bought  at 
Mr.  Machell's  sale,  but  unfortunately  in  the  following  year,  pleuro- 
monia  swept  off  all  but  a  single  animal  of  this  tribe,  and  curiously 
we  find  only  a  solitary  specimen,  the  sales  of  1876-85  having  thinned 
the  ranks,  as  they  increased  from  the  survivor  of  1858.  Females  of 
various  fashionable  tribes  have  been  brought  info  the  herd,  while 
the  males  have  of  late  years  been  of  high  class  Booth  families,  and 
it  is  to  be  noted  that  it  was  Mr.  Toppin  who  first  purchased  British 


roUX     HERDS    OJf     KNULANJ).  Inl 

Knight  33220,  afterwards  the  sire  of  Lady  Pamela,,  and  when  a 
reserved  of  250gs.  was  announced  in  the  sale  catalogue  of  1876,  it  had 
no  deterrent  effect  on  buyers,  as  a  purchaser  was  found  at  SOOgs  ; 
evidently  well  satisfied  with  the  Village  Kose  tribe,  Cunobelin 
41310,  a  son  of  King  James  28971,  and  British  Queen,  sister  to  the 
dam  of  British  Knight,  has  been  purchased,  a  white  in  colour,  he  is 
considered  by  his  owner  to  resemble  in  head  and  horn,  the  well 
known  Windsor,  and  is  a  good  all  round  Booth  bull. 

After  the  last  sale,  but  few  females  were  retained  along  with 
Cunobelin  for  the  future  herd,  advantage  has  since  been  taken  of 
the  sales  at  Broughton,  and  Knowlsmere,  to  add  two  fresh  soits  to 
the  herd    for  trial  on  the   high   lying  pastures   in    Mr.   Toppin's 
possession.     Cornelia,  bred  by  Mr.  J.  How.  of  the  Farewell  tribe,  is 
a  fine  level  cow,  with  a  capital  rib  and  loin,  evenly  covered  with 
good  flesh.     The  handsomest  beast  in  the  herd  is  Golden  Butterfly, 
a  very  grand  animal,  in  the  very  height  of  her  beauty,  and  a  great 
favourite  of  the  owner,  it  would  be  difficult  to  find  fault  with  her,  a 
young  cow  of  great  scale,  and  substance,  she  is  very  compact,  and 
having  recently  calved  has  a  good  show  for  milk.         Mr.  Toppin  at 
his  last  sale  parted  with  her  as  a  doubtful  breeder,  but  being  bought 
by  a  neighbour  he  had  the  advantage  of  repurchasing  her,  and  if 
there  is  any  truth  in  "  like  producing  like  "  he  will  have  no  cause  to 
regret  it.      Pearl  Locket,  and  Comely  Cressida,  are  of  two  good 
north  country  sorts,  the  former  familiar  with  Nun  wick,  and  the  latter 
more  southwards,  in  the  hands  of  Dr.  Dickinson,    while   Golden 
Plume,  and  Golden  Bracelet,  two  of  the  Aylesby  G's,  are  grand- 
daughters of  Golden  Queen  (sold  as  Lot  1.  at  the  dispersion  of  the 
late  Mr.  Unthank's  herd  for  120gs),  through  two  half-sisters.         A 
very  promising  roan  heifer,  by  the  Warlaby  Royal  Studley,  from 
Cornelia,  is  in   company  with  the  newly  dropped  calf,  from   the 
Butterfly  cow.         Marmalade,  from  Knowlmere,  is  a  well  ribbed 
heifer,  but  of  no  great  size,  while  Water  Nymph  llth,  traces  to  the 
same   foundation  through    Mr.   Brace  well's   herd,  a  not  far  away 
neighbour  of  the  owner  of  Knowlmere.         Amongst  the  few  young 
things.  Calceolaria,  by  Royal  Baldersby,  came  along  with  Cornelia, 


102  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

from  Mr.  How's,  and  is  well  grown,  with  both  capital  hair,  and  a 
good  constitution  ;  a  roan  from  Golden  Bracelet,  is  superior  to  a  red 
and  white,  from  Golden  Plume.  Of  two  steers  in  preparation  for 
local  honours,  we  prefer  a  very  pretty  ten  months  old  Blue  Grey,  of 
excellent  quality,  to  a  cross  bred,  out  of  a  Galloway,  by  a  shorthorn 
bull.  Since  our  visit,  Mr.  Toppin  has  bought  Victoria  Cioss, 
the  very  handsome  Mantalini  young  bull,  already  noticed  at 
Barmoor,  and  it  may  be  added  he  is  also  a  breeder  arid  successful 
exhibitor  of  Clydesdales. 

A  seven  miles  drive  brings  us  to  Penrith,  an  important  market 
town  in  the  district,  and  about  a  mile  to  the  North-East  is  Carleton 
Hill,  the  residence  of  Mr.  W.  Parker,  a  friend  of  Messrs.  John  and 
Richard  Booth,  and  Mr.  Thomas  Bates.  In  1841,  at  Tanwath 
Hall,  Mr.  Parker,  commenced  his  first  herd,  by  using  the  best  bulls 
in  the  neighbourhood,  including  sons  of  the  celebrated  Gainford 
2044,  to  females  purchased  from  Mr.  Parkinson,  of  Leyfields,  and 
the  Messrs.  Jobson,  in  Northumberland.  From  the  owner  of  Kirk- 
levington,  was  hired  3rd  Duke  of  Cambridge  5941,  who  proved 
unfruitful,  only  one  calf  being  the  result;  on  his  return,  Euclid, 
9097,  a  son  of  Foggathorpe,  was  sent  unseen  to  Mr.  Parker,  as  a 
substitute,  although  an  immensely  massive  animal,  yet  he  was  so 
harsh  in  his  touch,  that  he  was  objected  to,  and  returned,  in  his  place 
came  Lord  Hardinge  10449,  a  highly  promising  son  of  2nd  Duke  of 
Oxford,  and  lastly  Mr.  Ed.  Booth  supplied  Benedict  7828,  on  hire, 
eventually  terminating  in  a  sale  to  Mr.  Parker,  whose  herd  proved  a 
most  unfortunate  venture,  through  having  abortion  amongst  his  cows, 
no  less  than  seventeen  in  one  season  slipping  their  calves,  and  it  was  a 
few  years  afterwards  brought  under  the  hammer  by  Mr.  Wetherell.  In 
1880  another  herd  was  began  at  Carleton  Hill,  not  exactly  on  the  lines 
of  fashion,  but  on  those  of  past  experience,  and  advantage  has  been 
taken  of  the  sires  at  Inglewood,  and  Musgrave  Hall,  and  Greenhead 
in  the  neighbouring  county.  The  largest  family  numerically  are 
those  tracing  to  Mr.  S.  E.  Bolden's  Czarina,  by  2nd  Grand  Duke 
12961,  and  the  oldest  of  the  tribe,  Czarina  3rd,  was  purchased  by 
the  owner  on  account  of  her  marvellous  similarity  in  character  to  her 


KURDS  OF  ENGLVXD.  103 

ancestress.  Earl  Spencer's  N"o.  25  daughter  of  Richard  1376,  having 
the  same  commanding  head,  with  excellent  quality,  a  robust 
constitution,  and  great  milking  properties.  Bates  blood  had  been 
added  for  several  generations,  by  Messrs.  Bolden  and  Slye,  a  change 
has  now  been  tried  by  putting  her  to  B^au  Benedict,  but  her  daughter, 
Czarina  14th,  is  unseen,  hiving  gane  to  Golden  Treasure,  after 
breeding  an  excellent  red  and  white  bull  calf  to  Royal  Ingram,  but 
one  of  the  best  heifers  in  the  herd  is  Czirina  loth,  own  sister  to 
Czarina  14th.  A  slightly  different  branch  are  the  Golden  Duchesses, 
which  comprise  Golden  Duchess  6th,  a  daughter  of  th^  first  prize 
calf  at  R.  A.  S.  E.  Birmingham  in  1876.  Rosebuds  2nd,  and  3rd, 
of  local  origin,  are  from  a  well  known  prize  cow,  Rosebud,  the  latter 
an  extremely  nice  animal,  is  considered  b}  her  owner  to  combine 
every  essential  belonging  to  a  shorthorn,  the  former  has  bred  a  couple 
of  heifers  to  Mr.  Thompson's  well  known  bull,  and  the  latter  an 
exceedingly  promising  one  to  Sir  R.  C  Musgrave's  Wild  Maid's 
Duke  44257,  as  Mr.  Parker  remarks,  "  at  no  period  have  1  been  led 
into  the  unfortunate  '  war  to  the  knife'  prejudice  of  some  breeders 
to  follow  a  particular  line  of  consanguinity"  The  Roses  of  Oxford 
purchased  from  a  neighbour,  are  of  the  same  family,  as  the  Millicent 
family  at  Inglewood,  de  cending  f  roin  Mr.  Slye's  very  fine  cow  Moss 
Rose,  a  daughter  of  Mr.  F.  H.  Riwkes'  Lidy  Millicent,  whose  portrait 
is  given  in  Vol.  10  of  the  Herd  Book  ;  Rose  of  Oxford  3rd,  the  older 
of  the  two  purchases  has  bred  three  heifers  at  Carleton  Hill. 
Barbara  Booth,  bred  by  Mr.  Toppin,  of  Messrs.  Angus'  Premium 
tribe,  well  topped  with  Booth  sires,  is  the  dam  cf  a  roan  bull  calf,  by 
Cunobelin  41310,  and  two  heifers  seen  at  thb  buildings  away  from 
the  house,  are  daughters  of  Baron  Aylesby,  and  two  Windsor's 
Duchess  cows,  bought  at  the  Homescales  sale,  ending  a  somewhat 
short  pedigree,  almost  entirely  of  Booth  blood,  with  Benedict  7828, 
used  by  Mr.  Parker,  at  Tanwath  Hall,  many  years  ago,  as  the 
termination  to  their  pedigree. 

It  is  to  Inglewood,  that  the  county  is  mainly  indebted  for  the 
many  excellent  animals  sent  forth  to  the  Royal,  and  the  leading 
shows  during  the  last  few  years.  The  herd,  founded  in  1870,  and 


104  SHORTHOKN    HERDS    OF    KSGLAND. 

three  following  years,  by  the  purchase  of  females  of  the  Brawith  Moss 
Eose.  Townley  Barmpton  Eoee,  and  Nunwick  Pearl  tribes,  has 
been  bred  chiefly  from  these  families.  Mr.  Thompson's  first  purchase 
in  the  male  line  was  Grand  Duke  of  Fawsley  3rd  31286,  of  Sir  C. 
Knightley's  Ruby  tribe,  at  Beaumont  Grange,  in  1872,  he  was 
followed  by  Brilliant  Butterfly  36270,  bred  at  Inglewood,  a  com- 
bination of  Madaline  and  Birmpton  Eose  blood,  both  proved 
successful  sires,  but  his  great  purchase  was  Beau  Benedict  42709,  a 
son  of  Paul  Potter,  and  Home  Beauty,  at  Sheriff  Hutton,  since 
pronounced  one  of  the  most  impressive  sires  of  modern  days,  as 
witness  the  beautiful  lot  of  heifers  by  him  at  Inglewood,  and  the 
victory  gained  at  the  Shrewsbury  Eoyal  of  the  =£50  prize  given  by 
the  Shorthorn  Society  for  the  best  bull  of  any  age,  with  not  less  than 
two  of  his  offspring  belonging  to  the  same  owner,  and  a  week  later 
by  winning  at  the  Highland  Centeniary  Meeting  at  Edinburgh, 
another  handsome  prize,  for  the  best  collection  of  animals  comprising 
a  male  over  a  year,  and  three  females  in  their  various  stages  past 
calfhood,  the  latter  were  Inglewood  Pet,  and  her  two  handsome 
daughters,  by  Beau  Banedict,  which  were  second  in  the  family  class 
at  Eipon  the  month  after. 

Milk  is  not  neglected  at  Inglewood,  as  witness  the  udders 
belonging  to  the  fine  row  of  cows  in  the  byre.  Fair  Millicent,  is 
the  oldest  of  the  Moss  Eose  family,  here  known  as  the  Millicents, 
she  is  a  beautiful  cow,  with  the  sweetest  head  and  horn  imaginable, 
her  daughter,  Fair  Millicent  2nd,  another  good  animal,  is  the  dam  of 
the  show  heifer,  Molly  Millicent,  but  the  best  of  the  four  Millicent 
cows  here  together,  is  Belle  Millicent,  a  younger  daughter  of  Fair 
Millicent,  she  was  exhibited  on  20  occasions  as  a  yearling,  and  two 
year  old,  and  won  18  prizes,  never  being  beaten  in  the  counties  of 
Cumberland  or  Westmorland,  as  a  heifer,  and  the  fourth  of  the 
family  is  Mildred  Millicent,  another  of  Brilliant  Butterfly's 
daughters,  with  an  excellent  udder.  Pearl  Necklace  2nd,  and 
Precious  Pearl,  are  mother,  and  daughter,  of  a  family  well  known 
at  Nunwick  in  former  days,  the  older  is  a  cow  of  large  scale,  not  so 
neat  as  could  be  desired,  but  put  to  Beau  Benedict,  the  younger  is 


STIOKT1IORX    IIEKPS    OF    ENGLAND.  105 

all  that  we  could  wish.  In.  the  next  byre  is  one  of  the  few  females 
not  bred  at  Inglewood,  Bridal  Ring,  an  evenly  fleshed  young  cow, 
by  Royal  Stuart,  bought  from  Messrs.  Russell,  of  Northallerton, 
and  owning  two  more  Warlaby  sires  on  a  Maynard  foundation. 
Between  Shapely,  and  Shapely  2nd,  own  sisters,  of  an  old  Cumber- 
land soit,  originally  bred  by  Mr.  Symes,  at  Redkirk,  a  strong  family 
resemblance  exists,  they  are  again  the  daughters  of  the  Butterfly 
bull,  and  of  the  two,  we  prefer  the  older,  a  thick,  short  legged 
animal.  Inglewood  Daisy,  and  Lily  Millieant,  are  a  pair  of  whites, 
the  latter  of  great  substance  is  particularly  good  in  her  thighs,  and 
on  her  crops.  Then  we  arrive  at  the  leading  feature  of  Mr. 
Thompson's  herd,  that  magnificent  group  of  shorthorns  Inglewood 
Pet,  and  her  progeny  Inglewood  Belle,  Inglewood  Pride,  and 
Inglewood  Beau,  which  have  been  so  much  admired  when  before 
the  public  gaze,  and  are  undoubtedly  the  best  family  of  the  past 
season,  it  is  impossible  for  judges  to  pass  over  that  strong  family 
character  so  discernable  between  the  dam  and  her  produce,  even  to 
colour  it  is  faithfully  carried  out,  the  same  light  faded  roan.  It  is 
unnecessary  to  particularly  describe  this  group,  as  the  agricultural 
papers  have  fully  done  so  in  the  past,  and  we  doubt  not  but  they 
will  again  be  called  upon  for  like  duty,  when  future  victories  are 
credited  to  them,  as  they  are  looking  all  that  can  be  desired  for 
their  owner  to  have  every  hope  of  being  well  to  the  front  during 
the  coming  season,  after  their  second  honours  awarded  them  at 
Ripon,  in  1884,  they  at  the  Yorkshire  Meeting  last  year  rose  to  the 
first  place  at  SeJby,  which  they  appear  likely  to  retain  in  the 
coming  season.  Molly  Millicent,  a  very  handsome  yearling,  has 
beaten  Lady  Grolightly  at  Selby,  and  is  certainly  one  of  her  owner's 
most  promising  animals,  being  so  thick  through  the  heart,  and  short 
in  the  leg,  she  could  be  a  still  more  formidable  compel  itor,  if  she 
had  been  a  little  better  covered  on  her  loins,  but  this  is  almost  over- 
looked in  the  grand  depth  and  the  excellence  of  her  fore  quarters. 
Butterinere  Butterfly,  and  Home  Beauty  3rd,  are  only  a  year  old 
last  month,  the  former  is  out  of  Empress  of  Butterfly,  a  daughter 
of  Duchess  of  Lancaster  7th,  a  most  fortunate  purchase  for  Mr. 


106  SHORTHORX    HERDS    OF    ENOIAVD. 

Thompson,  at  the  Townley  sale,  having  bred  16  calves,  and  was  not 
killed  until  19  years  of  age,  the  last  calf  being  named  Butterfly  16th, 
on  account  of  the  extensive  sales  of  this  family  to  Mr,  Ecroyd,  and 
foreign  buyers,  whose  p.itronage  Mr.  Thompson  has  secured  some- 
what largely  of  late  years,  the  family  are  much  reduced  in  numbers. 
Lastly  we  have  the  trio  of  stock  sires  brought  out,  B?au  Benedict, 
as  is  natural  appears  first  on  the  scene,  excepting  at  Shrewsbury 
with  his  progeny  he  was  never  honoured  with  a  Roval  first,  although 
at  Derby  second  to  Lord  Zetland,  in  an  entry  of  fourteen,  he  is  still 
the  same  stylish,  lengthy,  bull  as  in  earlier  diys,  and  it  would  be 
unbecoming  to  speak  ill  of  him,  even  if.  we  so  desired,  in  the 
presence  of  his  beautiful  array  of  daughters.  Eoyal  B.iron,  next 
on  turn,  is  his  son  from  Lady  Red  Stockings,  a  large,  well  shaped, 
heavy  fleshed  roan,  now  retired  from  the  show  ring  for  more 
serviceable  work  in  the  herd,  his  last  victory  of  note  being  at  the 
Preston  Royal  last  year,  when  he  was  awarded  first  honours. 
Mountain  Chief  2nd,  a  very  symmetrical  lengthy  white  son  of  King 
Malcolm,  was  bred  at  Barmoor  Castle,  and  is  intended  to  appear  in 
future  in  Royal  Baron's  place  to  compete  for  the  honours  of  the 
show  yard,  of  which  by  the  general  character  of  the  stock  seen  at 
Inglewood,  if  we  mistake  not,  many  more  are  in  store  for  its  owner. 

"A  herd  of  -shorthorns,  famous  for  their  large  frames, 
and  heavy  milking  properties,  has  been,  like  '  The  Luck,'  one  of  the 
great  features  of  Edenhall  for  generations,"  wrote  Mr.  Thornton  in 
the  preface  to  the  last  sale  catalogue ;  but,  until  about  twenty  five 
years  ago,  the  importance  of  keeping  a  record  of  the  breeding  of  the 
animals  had  not  been  recognised,  although  the  celebrated  bull  Eden 
3689,  a  son  of  G-ainford,  had  been  amongst  the  sires  used.  Marmion 
22290,  bred  by  Mr.  Bowstead,  of  Beck  Bank,  and  got  by  Mr. 
Unthank's  Inglewood  20006,  is  the  first  registered  cross  in  the  "  Red 
Rose"  pedigree,  the  second,  Earl  of  Chester  23827,  a  son  of  9th 
Grand  Duke  19879,  out  of  Young  Emma,  consequently  half-brother 
to  Mr.  Saunders'  celebrated  prize  winning  Edgar,  and  the  third 
Wallace  G-wynne  30251,  was  also  bred  at  Nunwick,  by  Edgar's  son, 
Lord  of  Nunwick.  More  recently  Duke  of  Kirklevington  33683, 


SHORTHORN    1IKRDS    OF    ENGLAND.  107 

Eoyal  Cambridge  4th  40624,  a  home-bred  Wild  Eyes  bull,  from 
Wild  Maid,  bought  at  Mr.  Geo.  Moore's  sale  for  450gs,  Baron 
Underley  37824,  by  20th  Duke  of  Oxford  28432,  out  of  Baroness 
Barbon,  of  Lord  Fevet sham's  Ballad  Singer  ttibe,  and  Wild  Prince 
15th  45807,  a  very  fine  Bright  Eyes  bull,  had  been  purchased  at 
Lathom,  and  sold  at  the  sale  held  a  little  over  12  months  ago  to  Mr. 
Preston-Holt.  Previous  to  Wild  Prince's  purchase,  Sir  Brian  45596, 
of  the  Castanet  tribe,  bred  at  West  Dereham  Abbey,  had  been  used, 
and  conjointly  with  Lord  Lathom's  bull,  Sir  George  48724,  by  the 
Warlaby  Eastern  Emperor,  from  Vain  Desire,  of  the  Georgie  tribe 
was  in  service ;  and  only  a  short  time  before  our  visit,  Hans 
Andersen  46470,  had  been  hired  from  Lord  Polwarth. 

We  are  shown  over  the  herd  by  Mr.  Geo.  Bowstead,  who  since 
the  late  Bailiff's  somewhat  sudden  death  has  temporally  taken  the 
management  of  the  Home  farm  of  668  acres,  and  as  arranged  the 
night  previous,  we  are  out  with  him  at  an  early  hour  in  the  morning, 
when  we  proceed  direct  to  the  Town-Head  buildings,  where  two  or 
three  young  cows  are  suckling  their  calves,  including  Diamond  9th, 
a  grand-daughter  of  Diamond  5th,  by  Mr.  John  Lamb's  well  known 
Ignoramus  28887,  bought  from  Mr.  J.  M.  Eichardson,  she  is  a  grand 
massive  shorthorn,  and  the  dam  of  Diamond  13th,  by  Oxonian  48409, 
an  exceedingly  pretty  heifer,  already  known  in  the  Show  yard,  and 
intended  for  exhibition  purposes  during  the  coming  season.  Eed 
Eose  23rd,  one  of  Sir  Brian's  heifers,  has  a  roan  bull  suckling  her, 
by  Sir  George,  and  the  second  cross  of  Booth  is  an  improvement  on 
the  first.  We  return  through  the  grounds  of  the  Hall,  in  which  is 
the  well,  connected  with  the  traditionary  legend  of  "  The  Luck," 
which  is  to  the  effect  that  one  of  the  domestics,  in  bygone  days,  on 
going  to  draw  water  at  the  well,  came  suddenly  upon  a  group  of 
fairies,  disporting  themselves  on  the  green  sward.  In  their  hurried 
departure,  they  left  behind  a  glass  goblet,  one  of  them  on  returning 
found  it  appropriated  by  the  unexpected  visitor,  and  seeing  its 
recovery  hopeless,  she  flew  away  crying : — 

"  If  that  glass  should  break  or  fall, 

Farewell  the  luck  of  Eden  Hall." 


108  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  EXGLAXD. 

First  amongst  the  buildings  near  the  Hall,  \ve  enter  a  large  roomy, 
well  ventilated  byre,  capable  of  holding  30  animals,  fitted  up  with 
M.usgrave's  patent  iron  fastenings.  The  Red  Rose  family  are 
numerous,  and  prominent,  the  Eighth,  by  Duke  of  Kirklevington,  has 
her  offspring,  the  Seventeenth,  Twentieth,  and  Twenty  Ninth,  by  her 
side,  all  the  sisters  are  roans,  with  the  oldest  as  the  best  shaped, 
although  without  the  size  of  the  younger  ones.  Red  Rose  15th,  a 
large  framed,  fine  looking  cow,  is  from  Red  Rose  5th,  the  dam  of 
nine  heifers  in  succession,  and  when  in  full  milk  gave  over  25  quarts 
per  day.  Rose  of  Oxford  3rd,  a  daughter  of  Sir  Brian,  represents 
the  Blawith  Moss  Rose  family,  and  Grace  Peony  3rd,  a  red,  by 
Valentine'  Duke  44175  (a  son  of  Duke  of  Underley),  does  like  duty 
for  Mr.  John  Davidson's  prize  winning  Peonys.  Strawberry  10th, 
a  Royal  Cambridge  4th  cow,  is  also  present  with  a  shapely  udder ; 
she  is  the  dam  of  a  good  roan  heifer,  seen  amongst  the  younger 
stock.  Our  choice  of  four  calves,  is  a  white,  from  Red  Rose  20th, 
and  in  another  box,  a  red,  fiom  Red  Rose  26th,  is  considered  very 
neat.  We  then  pass  to  the  older  heifers,  first  however  seeing  Louisa 
29th,  a  large  fine  cow,  by  the  Hon.  M.  H.  Cochrane's  Breakspear 
33197,  out  of  Louisa  19th,  of  the  Mason  Louisa  family.  When 
purchased  in  Northumberland  by  Mr.  Bowstead,  she  was  in-calf  to 
King  Malcolm  43419,  and  the  produce  is  at  present  suckling  a  very 
pretty  roan  cow  calf,  while  the  dam  is  doing  like  duty.  Gaiety  came 
with  Louisa  29th,  to  Eden  Hall,  and  when  sold  proved  the  highest 
priced  animal  at  last  year's  sale  besides  leaving  Gaiety  2nd,  by  Beau 
Benedict,  to  represent  her,  so  we  may  congratulate  Mr.  Bowstead  on 
making  a  profitable  day's  work  when  attending  the  East  Mill  Hills 
sale,  in  the  Northern  County.  A  red  and  white,  by  the  home-bred 
Oxonian  48409,  from  Lady  Butterfly,  of  the  Vestris  tribe,  is  a  thick 
level  heifer,  one  of  the  best  in  the  herd,  and  in  the  same  building  is 
Red  Rose  34th,  the  seventh  of  the  nine  heifers,  out  of  Red  Rose  5th. 
We  may  well  conclude  by  saying  that  bulls  from  the  Eden  Hall  herd, 
have  long  been  in  high  favour  with  Cumberland  and" Westmoreland 
farmers,  seeking  for  large  framed  deep  milking  shorthorns,  and  some 
of  them  have  come  no  less  than  three  and  four  times  in  direct 
succession  for  their  sires. 


SHORTHORN    HERDS    OF    ENGLAND.  109 


CHAPTER     V. 

Yorkshire  Herd*  (concluded). — Old  Bramhope. — Farnley  Hall. — 
Bainton. — Stourton  Cattle. — Spellow  Hill. — Beadlam  Granye. — - 
Xawton  Granye. — Duncombe  Park. — Hiyhjield  House. — Hovinyham. 
B irdsall. — Th ickct  Priory . — Osyodly  Ha II. — Bank  House. — Warlaby. 
The  Granye. — Mtwhani. — Sion  Hill. — Sand  Hutton. — Givendale. — 
Kfld  Head. — Knapton  Hall. — Knapton. — Ainu-ark  Manor. — Any  ram 
Hall. — North  Ferriby. —  Waulby. — The  Kims. — Sproatley  Bise. — 
Guniston  Park. — Scawsby  Hall. — East  Thorpe. — Ballijield  Hall. 

Wharf  dale,  long  noted  for  its  historic  connections  with  the 
shorthorn  race,  and  especially  with  the  name  of  Mr.  Whitaker,  has 
the  oldest  agricultural  society  in  the  kingdom,  held  at  its  little 
market  town  of  Otley,  where  also  the  first  volume  of  Coates'  herd 
book  was  first  printed  by  Mr.  W.  Walker,  of  which  a  manuscript 
copy  is  still  in  existence  written  out  by  Mr.  Whitaker,  so  in  our 
concluding  chapter  on  the  heids  of  this  County,  no  district  is  better 
entitled  to  first  notice  than  the  Valley  of  the  Wharfe.  Situate  on 
the  lofty  ridge,  separating  the  Valleys,  of  the  Aire,  and  Wharfe,  is 
Old  Bramhope,  where  a  few  hardy  shorthorns  of  the  Booth  blood, 
are  bred  by  Mr.  H.  Fawcett.  From  its  elevated  situation,  an 
extensive  and  beautiful  view  is  obtained  extending  from  Bearnsley 
Beacon,  to  the  high  lands  on  the  east  coast,  embracing  a  glimpse  of 
Greenholme,  lately  the  home  of  the  great  and  noble-minded  Mr. 
W.  E.  Foster,  and  formerly  the  abode  of  Mr.  Jonas  Whitaker,  who 
did  so  much  towards  establishing  the  reputation  of  shorthorns  ; 
Weston  Hall,  with  its  Fairfax  associations ;  Harewood  Castle, 
ruinous  and  grey,  with  its  modern  mansion  contiguous  thereto  ; 
Farnley  Hall,  yet  to  be  visited,  are  all  within  range  of  the  view, 
while  lying  behind  a  spur  of  the  hill  is  Wetherby,  with  its  herd  of 
world  wide  fame,  and  standing  out  in  clear  relief  against  the 
horizon  is  that  noble  monument  of  religious  fervour,  and  architec- 
tural skill,  York  Minster. 


110  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

The  herd  at  Old  Bramhope  was  begun  seventeen  years  ago,  by 
the  purchase  of  a  cow,  and  yearling  heifer,  one  of  which  named 
Fashion,  was  the  best  milking  shorthorn  ever  in  Mr.  Fawcett's 
possession,  giving  5|  to  6  gallons  per  diem  for  a  long  period  after 
calving.  The  earlier  purchases  of  Mr.  Fawcett  were  mostly  of 
Bates  blood,  and  in  September,  1876,  Mr.  Thornton  dispersed  this 
portion  of  the  herd  in  unpropitious  weather  at  an  average  of 
.£39  9s.  9d.  for  43  head.  One  or  two  of  the  old  favourites  were 
repurchased  for  Bramhope,  including  Bramhope  Darling,  a  beautiful 
old  cow  still  in  the  herd,  and  winner  of  the  family  honours,  when 
the  Yorkshire  was  at  Barnsley,  she  is  a  daughter  of  Telemachu* 
27603,  and  Royal  Dora,  full  sister  to  Lord  Bective's  Underley 
Darling.  Bramhope  Anna,  out  of  Butterbowl,  of  the  Buttercup 
branch  of  the  Annas,  now  suckling  a  white  cow  calf,  by  the 
Warlaby  Lord  Protector,  is  exceedingly  like  her  own  sister, 
Bramhope  Anna  2nd,  a  very  good  heifer.  The  combination  of  a 
son  of  Bramhope  Darling,  and  Lady  Eglingtoun,  a  Celia  cow,  bought 
from  Mr.  E.  A.  Fawcett,  has  produced  a  very  wealthy  heifer  in 
Bramhope  Celia  2nd,  and  a  nice  style  of  cow  in  Bramhope  Celia.  an 
older  sister.  Lady  Bright  Eyes'  4th,  and  6th,  are  mother,  and 
daughter,  of  Mr.  Booth's  Medora  tribe,  which  are  of  good  repute 
in  the  herd  for  their  dairy  properties.  The  Kirkees,  originally  from 
Childwick  Hall,  are  represented  by  Kirkee  5th,  and  her  two  heifers, 
by  Royal  Fame,  47029,  and  British  Hope  47158,  the  latter  one  of 
the  neatest  of  this  bull's  get.  Miss  Chesterfield,  and  her  daughter, 
Red  Rose,  purchased  at  Mr.  Bradburn's  sale  were  of  a  g.-eat  prize 
winning  family,  the  former  being  the  sixth  successive  generation  of 
winners,  while  her  daughter,  and  grand-daughter,  have  likewise 
taken  honours,  thus  disposing  of  the  general  belief  that  show 
animals  cease  to  propagate  their  kind  as  good  as  themselves.  Red 
Rose's  daughter,  Satin  Rose,  the  highest  priced  lot  at  the  sale  in 
1876,  was  repurchased  from  Mr.  Jessop;  she  is  still  in  the  herd,  at 
present  near  calving.  Another  good  cow  is  her  daughter  Merry 
Rose,  while  sojourning  at  Farnley,  she  was  put  to  Baron  Winsome 
3th,  breeding  on  her  return,  White  Rose,  which  is  certainly  not  the 


SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND.  Ill 

equal  of  either  dam  or  grandam.  The  Mildred  family  were 
obtained  at  Panton  by  securing  Maggie  Mildred,  a  daughter  of  that 
fine  old  sire,  Robert  Stephenson,  she  and  her  companion,  Bramhope 
Darling,  brought  many  a  prize  home,  and  at  a  meeting  of  the 
Ripon  and  Claro  Society,  the  judges  (one  of  which  was  Mr.  T.  C. 
Booth),  placed  her  in  front  of  Mr.  Hutchinson's  Gainful,  Champion 
at  the  Kilburn  International,  although  the  decision  was  afterwards 
reversed.  Her  daughter,  Mary  Mildred,  with  the  exception  of  her 
horns,  is  a  nice  sort  of  cow,  and  has  a  capital  well  ribbed  heifer  in 
Minnie  Mildred.  Last  but  not  least  of  the  females  is  an  excellent 
Farewell  calf,  bought  at  Knowlm3re,  and  of  the  branch  so  popular 
in  the  Sister  Isle.  The  chief  Booth  sires  used  have  been 
Merry  Lord  34843,  hired  from  Killerby,  and  recently  Lord 
Protector,  from  Warlaby.  Prince  Imperial  32142,  and  Rufus 
37413,  were  of  the  famous  Bliss,  and  Mantalini  tribes,  and  Peter 
the  Great  28863,  of  the  Pauline  tribe,  came  from  Mertoun. 
General  41595,  was  a  highly  bred  Aylesby  "  G,"  from  Barmoor ; 
Royal  Fame  47029,  bred  in  Ireland,  by  Mrs.  Pery,  was  out  of  her 
fine  cow,  Farewell  7th,  and  British  Hope  47518,  a  home  bred  son 
of  Butterbowl,  is  the  sire  of  most  of  the  heifers,  but  Lord  Zetland 
43596,  named  after  his  breeder,  after  a  most  successful  career  in 
the  late  Mr.  Outhwaite's  hands  terminating  with  winning  the 
Champion  in  the  male  class  both  at  the  Centenary,  and  Yorkshire 
Meetings  in  1884,  and  has  been  purchased  at  the  final  dispersion  of 
the  Bainesse  herd,  and  there  is  no  need  to  detail  the  merits  of  so  well 
known  a  winner. 

After  seeing  the  herd  at  Old  Bramhope  in  tta  morning,  our 
afternoon  is  spent  at  Farnley,  with  the  owner  of  the  historic  Hall 
of  that  name,  famous  in  the  days  of  the  Commonwealth,  and  for 
its  splendid  collection  of  Turners,  while  shorthorns  have  been 
associated  with  the  place  for  over  50  years.  It  was  at  Mr. 
Whitaker's,  at  Burley,  on  September  24,  1833,  that  the  present 
owner's  uncle.  Mr.  F.  H.  Fawkes  made  his  first  start  by  purchasing 
Norfolk  2377,  a  roan  yearling,  for  124  gs.  To  this  bull  Mr.  Bates 
sent  six  heifers,  including  Duchess  33rd,  the  great  grand-dam  of 


112  SHORTHORN  HKRDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

Grand  Duke.  In  the  following  year  afc  Studley,  Primrose,  Medora, 
and  Verbena,  were  purchased,  the  first  named  died  the  next  year, 
but  the  two  latter  have  descendants  in  the  herd  to  the  presant  day. 
In  1836,  Mr.  Fawkes  in  id  3  a  contract  for  three  yeai-s,  with  Mr. 
Whitaker.  to  send  twenty  of  his  cows,  to  be  selected  by  Mr.  Fawkes, 
to  Norfolk,  and  he  to  take  the  calves  at  10  gs.  each,  bulls,  or 
heifers,  at  the  expiration  of  a  week.  The  very  first  calf,  Sir 
Thomas  Fairfax  5196,  proved  a  winner  both  at  the  Royal,  and 
Yorkshire  Meeting  and  eventually  was  sold  for  500  gs.  Sales  took 
place  in  1849-53-64,  on  the  last  occasion,  thirty  animals  brought 
.£58  15s.  3d., — while  in  1853,  eleven  bulls  made  over  ,£78  per 
head.  One  or  two  sales  have  since  been  held,  but  neither  of  these 
averages  have  been  equalled,  and  the  herd  has  been  quietly  bred 
from  four  or  five  families  for  many  years,  and  Lord  Cobbam  20164, 
of  the  Gr wynne  tribe,  bred  at  Upleathain,  was  used  from  1862  to 
1868,  when  Lord  Darlington  26633,  came  from  Gaddesby  ;  in  more 
recent  years,  Richmond  37340,  a  Riby  bull,  cost  700  gs.  at  the 
great  Aylesby  sale,  and  Baron  Winsome  6th  33111,  came  from 
Holker  the  year  previous.  Sir  Andrew  42387,  has  been  hired  from 
Warlaby,  and  Sir  Anthony  50449,  half  brother  to  Sir  Simeon,  and 
Lord  Clarence,  out  of  Mr.  Torr's  Foreign  Beauty,  purchased  from 
West  Dereham.  St.  Swithin  43986,  a  son  of  Mr.  Ackers'  Lord 
Prinknash  34655,  purchased  at  the  East  Mill  Hills  sale,  has  left  a 
nice  lot  of  heifers,  and  Lord  Rector  51639,  a  massive  red  bull,  bred 
by  Mr.  W.  Duthie,  in  Aberdeenshire,  descended  from  the  famous 
old  Lenton  blood,  has  been  used,  and  is  the  sire  of  a  number  of 
good  coloured,  promising  calves.  Royal  Duchess,  is  within  a  month 
of  her  eleventh  year,  and  has  bred  regularly  with  the  exception  of 
1882,  the  year  foot  and  mouth  visited  the  herd.  Lady  Ida,  and 
Lady  Winifrid,  are  daughters  of  the  Baron  Winsome,  which  was 
used  to  obtain  more  size  in  the  herd,  the  latter  being  our  favourite, 
and  a  good  sort  is  Lady  Ramsay.  Mademoiselle  Bernhardt,  a  cow 
of  great  size,  and  substance,  is  the  dam  of  Barmaid,  by  Sir  Andrew, 
at  present  down  calving.  The  oldest  cow  in  the  herd  is  Lady 
Verena,  a  light  roan  of  1873,  descended  from  Mr.  Booth's  Verbena, 


SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND.  113 

neither  she  nor  Lady  Vivian,  of  the  same  family,  have  ever  entirely 
recovered  from  the  after  effects  of  foot  and  mouth ;  the  latter  is  the 
mother  of  Vestris,  presented  to  H.R.H.  Duke  of  Albany.  One  of 
the  best  heifers  is  Violet,  a  light  roan,  by  Sir  Andrew,  almost  too  fat 
for  breeding  purposes,  but  with  a  rare  back  and  loin,  and  of  the  other 
daughters  of  the  Warlaby  sire  may  be  mentioned  Ina,  and  Rizpah, 
out  of  Isis,  and  Lady  Rachel,  while  among  the  heifers  of  St. 
Swithin's  get,  the  most  noticeable  are  a  white,  from  Lady  Imogene, 
a  very  lengthy  heifer,  and  a  dark  roan,  out  of  Lady  Victorine,  of 
great  substance. 

A  large  and  extensive  arable  farm  at  Rainton,  Thirsk,  has  been 
in  the  hands  of  the  Stevenson  family  for  several  generations,  but  a 
move  southwards  is  contemplated  by  the  present  occupier,  Mr.  P. 
Stevenson,  if  an  adjustment  of  rent  sufficient  to  compensate  for  the 
depreciation  of  the  value  of  corn  cannot  be  arranged  with  the  agent 
of  the  noble  owner.  Without  doubt  this  will  be  advantageous  to 
the  Lily  Bells,  and  Cowslips,  which  have  been  associated  with  Rainton 
since  their  purchase  at  Mosboro'  Hall,  and  Hollybank,  in  1858,  as 
the  land  is  scarcely  adapted  for  breeding  pedigree  cattle.  The  herd 
has  been  bred  almost  solely  from  the  purchases  of  1858,  the  Wild 
Eyes  family  have  however  been  bought  on  four  occasions,  first  at 
Mr.  Maynard's  sale  in  1863,  when  White  Star  fell  to  the  late  Mr. 
Stevenson's  bid ;  she  bred  three  heifers,  twice  however  going  15  days 
past  her  proper  time,  and  the  calves  being  unfortunately  born  dead, 
then  Wild  Eyes  22nd,  a  "  pure  "  one,  was  purchased  privately  from 
Walton-on-the-Hill.  Some  years  later  this  tribe  represented  by 
Wild  Eyes  A,  and  her  daughter,  were  disposed  of  at  a  good  price  to 
Mr.  Lodge,  and  when  that  gentleman  disposed  of  his  herd  at 
Dringhouses,  advantage  was  taken  by  Mr.  Stevenson  to  secure  Wild 
Eyes  Gr.,  from  the  younger  of  the  pair  sold  by  him,  and  she  is  at 
present  suckling  a  most  promising  red  heifer  calf,  as  well  as  having 
a  light  roan  yearling,  Wild  Eyes  J,  also  in  the  pastures.  At  Mr. 
Scoby's  sale,  Winsome  Winnie  4th,  of  Col.  Counter's  Mild  Eyes 
branch  was  obtained,  and  Mr.  Stevenson  has  been  fortunate  enough 
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114  SHORTHORN  HKHDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

to  obtain  a  cow  calf  from  her,  by  his  Duke  of  Raby,  so  the  prospects 
of  the  family  appear  more  hopeful  than  they  have  clone  since  they 
first  came  to  Rainton.  Bates  sires  have  always  been  used,  one  of 
the  earliest  beipg  Lord  Lally  3rd  24408,  bred  by  Mr.  C.  "W.  Harvey, 
who  had  a  considerable  reign,  and  was  succeeded  by  his  son  Diamond 
Eyes  28318,  from  Wild  Eyes  22nd,  and  the  Wild  Eyes  blood  was 
further  introduced  by  the  use  of  Oxford's  Duke  2nd  34994,  a  son  of 
Mr.  Maynard's  Bright  Star.  Duke  of  Edlingham  3rd  36489,  bred 
at  Capheaton,  of  the  fashionable  Waterloo  tribe,  is  the  sire  of  a 
number  of  very  good  cows,  and  the  majority  of  the  heifers  are  by 
Barrister  44395,  of  the  Barrington  familv.  Prince  of  Thorndale 
32187,  was  of  Bell  Bates  origin,  like  the  present  male  animal,  Duke 
of  Baby  51146,  the  latter  is  a  son  of  Duke  of  Airdrie  27th,  and  Oxford 
E-ose  10th,  bred  at  Holker ;  originally  bought  for  Ireland,  at  The 
Hare  woods  sale,  owing  to  the  restrictions,  he  was  unable  to  cross  the 
water, and  so  passed  from  Mr.  Cope's  ownership  to  Mr.  Stevenson's; 
without  being  a  perfect  animal,  he  is  possessed  of  a  number  of 
excellent  points,  and  his  owner  need  fear  no  bad  results  from  using 
him. 

The  Lily  Bells,  forty  nine  in  number,  the  owner's  favourite 
family,  have  been  very  prolific  at  Rainton,  all  descend  through  Lily 
Bell's  daughters,  Loo,  by  Mr.  Thos.  Bell's  Cromwell  17640,  and 
Lawless,  by  Mr.  Maynard's  Oxford  2nd  18507,  the  descendants  of 
the  former,  which  are  in  a  minority  of  nine,  have  names  beginning 
with  the  letters  "Lo,"  or  "Loo."  to  distinguish  them  from  the  latter, 
which  commence  with  "  La,"  or  "  Lu  "  ;  a  third  daughter,  Levity,  is 
the  only  female  ever  sold  to  a  breeder  in  this  country,  and  from  her 
descend  all  the  English  branch  of  the  tribe,  excepting  those  now  in  Mr. 
Stevenson's  possession.  It  is  not  often  a  breeder  can  show  to  his 
friends  so  many  of  one  family  as  Mr.  Stevenson,  they  are  kept  in 
nice  breeding  condition,  the  worst  of  the  bull  calves  being  steered, 
and  as  a  continual  drafting  of  the  females  goes  on,  we  naturally 
expect  to  find  a  symmetrical  lot  of  cows,  in  which  we  are  not  dis- 
appointed, the  daughters  of  Duke  of  Edlingham  3rd,  forming  a 


SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND.  115 

handsome  group,  of  which  Lucida,  a  fine,  short  legged  cow,  of  rare 
depth  in  front,  carries  herself  in  queenly  style,  as  does  Loo  Gruion, 
the  possessor  of  a  wonderfully  attractive  head  ;  Loo  Olive,  is  straight, 
and  truly  formed,  Lucinda,  certainly  good,  and  Loo  Edlingham, 
perhaps  as  fine  a  cow  as  any  in  th3  herd.  Of  the  rest,  Lone  Bell, 
own  sister  to  Lobisa,  a  nice  old  lady,  and  the  matron  of  the  tribe,  is 
very  level ;  her  daughter,  Loquacity,  is  one  of  the  best  of  the 
Barrister  heifers,  which  have  calved,  and  of  the  yearlings  by  him, 
Lucidity,  a  beautiful  roan,  is  full  of  style,  and  the  most  admired. 
When  Cowslip  3rd.  was  purchased  at  Mr.  Robert  Bell's  sale,  she 
was  the  highest  priced  lot,  excepting  Phoebe,  and  there  are  now  a 
dozen  descendants  from  her  here,  including  Cousin  C.,  one  of  the 
most  evenly  made,  and  shorthorn  like  animals,  Mr.  Stevenson 
possesses,  while  Copper  Lady,  a  short  legged,  good  sort,  and 
Consequence,  a  square  framed  cow,  are  daughters  of  Duke  of 
EdHngham  3rd,  the  latter  being  the  dam  of  the  prettiest  of  eight  cow 
calves  running  with  their  mothers  in  the  pastures.  Three  other 
tribes  have  their  home  at  Raiuton,  namely  Mr.  Maynard's  Ros.imonds, 
of  which  family  is  seen  an  excellent  heifer  ;  the  Rougholm  Grwynnes, 
great  favourites  in  their  district,  and  the  Frolic  branch  of  the  Fidgets, 
only  number  a  brace  each.  Frolic's  Duchess,  by  Duke  of  Glo'ster 
5th,  a  grand-daughter  of  Frolic  4th,  imported  into  this  country 
by  Mr.  Rd.  Gribson,  is  considered  one  of  the  owner's  best  dairy 
cows,  and  her  son,  Frank  Baxby,  was  used  occasionally  by  him  in 
the  herd. 

On  reaching  Allerton  Station,  on  the  North  Eastern  between 
Harrogate  and  Knaresboro,'  we  proceed  to  Lord  Mowbray  and 
Stourton's  Home  farm,  where  the  breeding  of  young  bulls  has  been 
the  special  feature  of  the  herd,  and  certainly  the  healthy  useful  lot 
of  dairy  cows  here  seen,  give  us  the  impression  that  their  sons 
would  do  credit  to  the  shorthorn  race,  almost  wherever  they  might 
go.  Unfortunately  Mr.  Ellison  has  been  unavoidably  called  away 
on  business,  and  we  are  compelled  to  rest  content  with  merely  the 
tribes  to  which  the  cows  belong,  without  their  exact  names,  the 


116  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

herdsman  being  unable  to  supply  these  particulars,  as  it  has  been  the 
custom  to  follow  on  with  numbers  since,  Juno  3rd,  a  grand-daughter, 
and  Eosarnond  3rd,  a  great  grand-daughter,  of  Rose,  by  Chancellor 
1809,  were  purchased  at  Mr.  Ellison's  sale  at  Sizergh  Castle,  in  the 
County  of  Westmoreland,  and  Duke  of  Eichmond  10151),  the  foun- 
dation cross  of  a  family  known  as  the  *'  Bessies  "  was  purchased  from 
the  same  breeder.  Sting  15345,  and  Abbot  14054,  were  of  better 
breeding  than  their  names  imply,  being  of  tho  Barmpton  Eose,  and 
Old  Daisy  tribes.  Mr.  C.  L.  Ellison's  Western  Wonder  17225,  and 
Mr.  J.  Grundy's  Hesperus  18062,  are  both  of  the  Mason  Victoria 
family,  of  which  there  are  also  female  representatives  in  the  herd 
descended  from  Mr.  Carr's  Victorine ;  then  from  the  fine  old  homes 
of  shorthorns  at  Marton-le-Moor,  and  Townley,  came  Eose  Duke 
22760,  and  The  Drum  20040.  Booth  blood  was  introduced  through 
the  Hon.  Gr.  Lascelles'  Golden  Horn  31267,  as  it  has  been  again  by 
the  recent  purchasa  from  Carperby,  of  Prince  Edgar  51882,  a  son  of 
Major  Windsor  34739,  and  Princess  Alice,  of  Mr.  Willis'  Lily  tribe, 
a  young  bull,  wonderfully  deep  in  his  flank  and  good  on  his  loin, 
with  an  excellent  touch.  The  predecessor  was  one  of  Mr.  J.  H. 
Cassweli'j  Kirklevington  bulls  known  as  the  Laughton  Dukes. 

Not  far  away  from  Borough  bridge  is  Spellow  Hill,  the  residence 
of  Mr.  W.  C.  Stobart,  who  has  recantly  been  a  buyer  at  several  of 
the  sales  ;  from  Mr.  Blun dell's  came  Oxford  Lactea,  a  handsome  roan, 
with  quite  the  true  shorthorn  character,  of  Sir  Charles  Knightley's 
Eosy  tribe,  as  well  as  Lady  Nancy,  a  highly  bred  Surmise  heifer. 
The  newest  arrival  is  Bushbury  Countess  Barrington,  a  daughter  of 
Grand  Duke  37th,  and  Lady  Emily  Barrington,  of  the  famous  "  Laurel" 
branch  of  the  Barrington  tribe,  bought  at  the  dispersion  of  the  Low 
Hill  herd.  Double  Glo'ster  51085,  Mr.  Stobart's  stock  sire,  bred  by 
Mr.  J.  Gr.  At t water,  who  generally  exhibits  a  lot  of  very  useful 
young  bulls  at  Bingley  Hall,  is  a  deap  chested  masculine  like  animal, 
if  any  thing  a  little  short  in  his  hind  quarters,  but  Kirklevington 
Count  2nd,  a  very  promising  young  sire,  has  since  been  purchased 
at  the  Osgodby  sale  to  succeed  him. 


SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND.  117 

Arrived  at  Nawton,  a  quiet  little  country  station  on  the  Gilling 
and  Pickering  branch  of  the  North  Eastern  Railway,  we  are  in  the 
midst  of  seveial  herds,  but  being  eventide, operations  are  suspended 
till  the  morrow,  and  a  pleasant  evening  is  spent  with  our  host  at 
Beadlam  Grange,  who  had  Mr.  Thornton  down  twelve  months  ago, 
and  cleared  out  the  herd  begun  in  1876,  with  the  exception  of  one 
each  of  tho  Empress  of  Yetholm,  and  Ellen,  families,  but  he  was  in 
the  fray  again  three  weeks  later  at  Hindlip,  and  Red  Eose  of  Hindlip 
10th,  a  daughter  of  Duke  of  Gloucester  7th,  a  good  framed  young 
animal,  was  obtained  along  with  two  more  of  the  family ;  the  next 
month  at  Lord  Braybrooke's,a  rare  bargain  was  obtained  in  Thorndale 
Rose  20th,  a  very  shapely  cow,  with  all  the  characteristics  of  tho 
breed,  no  doubt  her  insignificant  prico  was  caused  by  the  fact  of  her 
three  calves  all  having  been  lost  in  the  calving,  and  her  new  owner 
has  had  tho  misfortune  to  lose  her  calf  since  coming  to  Beadlam 
Grange,  but  ha  is  not  discouraged,  and  let  us  hope  that  he  will  have 
better  luck  next  tinia.  Ellen  3rd,  is  a  daughter  of  Ellen,  bred  at 
Upleatham,  while  Empress  of  Tetholme  9th,  is  from  one  of  the  prize 
family  group  second  at  R.  A.  S.  Meeting  at  York  in  1883.  In  a  few 
years  time  we  doubt  not  but  a  second  herd  will  be  got  together  more 
than  the  equal  of  tho  first,  although  Cleveland  Bays,  Border 
Leicesters,  and  Berkshiies  havo  their  share  of  attention,  as  well  as 
the  cattle  at  Beadlam  Grange. 

Previous  to  proceeding  onwards  to  Dun  combe  Park,  we  return 
to  Nawton  Grange,  on  the  outskirts  of  the  village,  where  the  Hon. 
Cecil  Duncombe,  has  a  small  but  choice  herd  composed  of  Waterloos, 
and  Gazelles,  the  latter  so  well  known  for  the  high  prices  they  brought 
when  in  Mr.  Bowly's  possession.  At  the  dispersion  of  Mr.  Sartoris' 
herd,  Duchess  of  Waterloo,  a  beautifully  bred  specimen  of  her  tribe, 
was  purchased  for  190gs,  and  bred  her  new  owner  two  heifers,  to 
5th  Duke  of  Tregunter,  named  Nawton  Duchesses  of  Waterloo,  the 
younger,  a  fine  Bates  like  cow  full  of  character,  is  a  deep  milker,  and 
the  dam  of  a  lovely  roan  heifer,  Nawton  Duchess  of  Waterloo  4th, 
by  Lord  Feversham's  Prince  of  Kirklevington  2nd  50234,  to  whose 


11>>  SHORTHORN     IfKltDS    <>K     KX(iLVM). 

sires  the  females  are  sent  for  service  ;  after  hearing  so  much  about 
purity  of  breeding,  and  perfection  in  shape,  being  so  difficult  to  obtain 
in  a  single  animal,  it  is  quite  a  treat  to  gaze  upon  so  charming  a 
heifer,  her  ribs,  back,  loin,  and  quarters,  are  all  good,  and  in  depth 
of  bosom,  she  is  not  found  wanting,  may  she  live  long,  and  breed 
many  more  the  equal  of  herself.  Her  young  brother  is  full  of 
promise,  and  another  calf  of  the  tribe  from  Lady  Waterford,  bred  at 
Thicket  Priory,  hardly  promises  to  be  the  equal  of  her  older  sister, 
Belle  Alliance ;  their  dam  a  wealthy  fleshed  cow,  is  a  daughter 
of  one  of  the  Holker  Dukes  of  Oxford.  Gazelle  of  Xawton, 
from  another  Thicket  Priory  purchase,  is  very  mellow  in  her 
touch,  and  with  Nawton  Duchess  of  Waterloo  3rd,  from  the 
older  daughter  of  Duchess  of  Waterloo,  we  come  to  the  last  of  the 
i-hoiVe  little  herd  at  Nawtou  Grange. 

Returning  to  Beadlam  Grange,  a  pleasant  drive  brings  us  to 
Helmsley,  where  Mr.  Marshal  Stephenson,  the  genial  secretary  of 
the  County  Agricultural  Society,  who  has  also  the  chaige  of  the 
estate  and  herd  belonging  to  the  Earl  of  Feversham,  is  seen  in  the 
distance  making  for  the  station,  but  on  overtaking  him,  it  requires 
little  persuasion  to  induce  him  to  share  our  vehicle,  and  have  an 
afternoon  amongst  the  shorthorns.  The  Griff  farm  lies  about  a 
quaiter  of  a  mile  bayond  the  paik,  where  the  majority  of  the  short- 
horns are  kept;  before  proceeding  further,  \,e  must  not  omit  to 
mention  that  the  foundation  of  this  old  established  herd  was  laid  as 
far  back  as  Mr.  Robert  Colling's  sale  in  1818,  and  purchases  were 
also  made  from.  Major  Bower,  and  Mr.  Parrington,  to  these  Mr. 
Bates'  Cleveland  Lads,  2nd  Earl  of  Beverley,  and  5th  Duke  of  Oxford, 
the  Royal  winner  at  Chester  in  1858,  were  used,  followed  by 
Gloucester  12950,  bred  by  Earl  Ducie,  and  Skyrocket  15306,  a  son 
of  5th  Duke  of  Oxford,  and  a  Royal  winner  in  1861.  After  the  death 
of  the  late  Earl  of  Feversham,  in  1867,  a  sale  was  held,  and  38  head 
averaged  <£33  19s.  2d,  two  females  of  each  tribe  being  retained  by 
the  present  Earl,  and  at  Holker  in  1871,  Twentieth  Duke  of  Oxford 
28432,  was  secured  at  the  then  high  price  of  l,000gs,  since  that 


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date,  females  of  the  most  fashionable  Bates  tribes  have  been  purchased, 
and  5th  Duke  of  Tregunter  33743,  bred  at  Wetherby,  and  Baron 
Oxford  9th  42738,  at  Holker,  mated  with  them. 

Almost  all  the  full  grown  animals  are  out  for  exercise,  Thorndale 
Rose  28th,  hails  from  Audley  End,  like  the  one  seen  at  Beadlam 
Grange,  and  in  this  instance  the  advantage  on  the  score  of  merit  is 
considered  to  be  with  the  tenant.  Marchioness  of  Oxford  3rd,  bred 
at  Dun  more,  and  one  of  the  last  of  2nd  Duke  of  Collingham's 
daughters,  is  a  beautiful  old  co\v,  with  a  nice  pair  of  obliquely  laid 
shoulders,  and  a  fine  head,  and  horn,  alongside  is  her  daughter, 
Oxford  Hermoine,  by  Lord  Bective's  Grand  Duke  31st,  a  heifer  of 
large  scale,  and  great  substance,  another  good  cow  is  Kirkleviugton 
Princess  3rd,  from  Mr.  J.  W.  Larking's  well  known  herd  in  Sussex, 
she  too  has  a  daughter  close  at  hand,  in  the  roan  Pride  of  Kirk- 
levingron.  To  represent  the  fashionable  Winsomes  we  have  Wild 
Winsome  10th,  with  the  four  excellent  crosses  of  5th  Duke  of 
Tregunter,  Baron  Oxford  4th,  Grrand  Dnke  10th,  and  Lord  Oxford, 
upon  Mr.  Maynard's  Winsome.  The  Chaff  tribe,  obtained  at  Lord 
Ducie's  in  1853,  since  supplemented  by  purchases  at  Underley,  and 
Lockings  Park,  h  ive  Cannes  Eden,  a  square  deep  framed  animal  with 
as  good  an  udder  as  any  one  need  wish  to  see,  and  if  Duncomb^, 
and  Tortworth  can  breed  their  Chaffs  of  the  same  useful  character, 
they  will  ere  long  take  a  more  prominent  place  amongst  the  old  tribes. 
In  Duchess  of  York,  and  Duchess  of  York  2nd,  we  have  two  daughters 
of  Duchess  of  Underley  3rd,  the  "two  thousand"  heifer  at  Lord 
Bective's  1 880  sale,  she  grew  into  a  magnificent  cow,  and  has  left 
three  daughters,  and  a  son,  at  Duncombe,  the  three  youngest  all  by 
Duke  of  Connaught,  and  wisely  has  the  son,  named  the  9th  Duke  of 
York,  being  retained  for  home  use.  Duchess  of  York,  after  breeding 
a  very  pretty  calf  to  Baron  Oxford  9th,  has  returned  home  from 
Holker  in  calf  to  Grand  Duke  46th,  the  younger  sister  a  grand  heifer, 
deep  chested,  and  with  a  rare  back  and  loin,  will  one  day  take  rank 
as  one  of  the  finest  cows  in  Lord  Feversham's  herd  ;  the  youngest 
members  of  the  family,  seen  at  the  buildings,  each  with  a  box  to 


120  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

herself,  may  fairly  be  entitled  to  the  rank  of  Boyal  Princesses  in  the 
shorthorn  world,  and  right  well  do  they  faithfully  carry  out  their 
role,  though  the  calf  from  Duchess  of  York,  is  perhaps  more  beautiful 
to  the  eye,  yet  in  future  years  will  not  have  that  large  deep  frame, 
possessed  by  the  two  daughters  of  Duke  of  Connaught;  their  own 
brother,  9th  Duke  of  York,  comes  marching  gaily  along  on  the  green 
turf  for  inspection,  as  if  cognizant  of  the  fact  that  he  is  considered 
by  many  breeders  one  of  the  handsomest  Bates  young  bulls  of  the 
present  day,  it  would  indeed  be  difficult  to  find  a  more  promising 
male  of  the  famous  tribe,  and  it  is  to  be  hoped  he  will  reign  long, 
and  successfully  at  Duncornbe  Park.  On  returning  to  the  pasture, 
we  are  shown  on  a  visit  to  him,  a  couple  of  Grand  Duchesses,  and 
an  TJnderley  Darling,  from  Underley  ;  a  Duchess  of  Ormskirk,  from 
Lathoin  ;  and  a  Winsome,  and  an  Oxford  from  liolker  ;  so  with  this 
bevy  of  visitors,  great  things  are  evidently  expected  of  the  young 
Duke,  and  in  the  same  field  four  home-bred  cows  are  also 
seen,  Belle  of  Eyedale  7th,  a  nice  cow  of  the  Ballad  Singer  family, 
Lady  Cleveland  6th,  of  another  old  Duncoinbe  tribe  tracing  to 
Sunbeam,  by  "Old  Anna's"  favourite,  Young  Grazier  3928,  and 
Wild  Winsome  llth,  a  somewhat  gaudy,  but  wealthy  daughter  of 
Grand  Duke  31st.  In  the  boxes,  is  a  very  lengthy  red  and  white 
heifer  out  of  the  last  mentioned  AVmsome,  the  "  Wild  Winsome  " 
having  been  changed  to  Winifrid,  but  the  number  is  gone  on  with 
in  the  calf  of  old  Wild  Winsome,  one  of  Duke  of  Oxford  20th 
daughters,  and  the  last  animal  seen  of  the  Duncombe  Park  herd. 
Corniche,  Carnille  Amelie,  and  an  own  sister  to  the  latter,  the  last 
of  Baron  Oxford  9th's  calves,  are  all  of  the  Chaff  tribe,  and  Pride  of 
Kirklevington  2nd,  with  an  exquisite  soft  and  pliant  touch,  is  also 
under  the  twelve  months. 

Prom  Duncombe  we  drive  across  to  Highfield  House,  where  Mr. 
T.  Stamper,  more  noted  for  his  Leicesters  than  his  shorthorns,  has 
bred  a  few  of  the  latter  since  the  purchase  of  Cygnet,  at  Mr.  Godfrey 
Wentworth's  sale  at  Wooley  Park,  Wakefield,  about  1859 ;  her  first 
calf,  Chance,  born  when  the  dam  was  not  twenty  months  old,  proved 


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very  prolific  at  Highfield.  Two  other  purchases,  named  Faith,  and 
Jollity,  carne  from  Mr.  J.  R.  Singleton's  of  Givendale,  and  from  these 
sorts  the  herd  has  been  bred.  The  sires  more  recently  have  inclined 
to  the  Bates  side  of  the  house,  two  of  the  earliest  were  The  Friar 
15383,  bought  from  Mr.  Samuel  Wiley  nearly  thirty  years  ago,  and 
Snowstorm  35616,  bred  by  Sir  Tat  ton  Sykes  :  Duke  of  Rubies  33724, 
a  son  of  Mr.  Brogden's  Grand  Duke  of  Lighthorne  3rd,  and  Ruby 
Rose  5th,  of  a  branch  of  the  famous  Princess  tribe  ;  Duke  of  Hazlecote 
23rd  30970,  of  the  Honey  family,  and  Oxford  Duke  46823,  a  son  of 
Baron  Oxford  9th  42738,  have  been  included  in  the  most  recent  sires, 
and  King  of  Yetholme  3rd,  of  Mr.  G.  Scoby's  prize  winning  family, 
was  purchased  at  that  breeder's  late  sale.  Two  of  Mr.  Stamper's 
finest  cows  are  March  Rose,  and  Winter  Rose,  daughters  of  tho 
Kingscote  Honey  bull,  the  first  named  traces  to  Mr.  Singleton's 
Faith,  and  the  latter  to  Snowdrop,  by  Mr.  Bates'  Duke  of  York  4th 
10167. 

Over  the  hill  from  Mr.  Stamper's  we  walk  down  into  the  Vale 
through  which  runs  the  line  from  Pilmoor  Junction  to  Malton,  and 
the  station  and  village  of  late  years  have  been  rendered  famous  by 
the  victories  of  Hovingham  43363,  named  by  his  breeder,  Sir  W. 
C.  Worsley,  Bart.,  and  so  successfully  exhibited  by  Mr.  W.  Handley, 
he  was  a  son  of  Irwin's  Star,  bought  at  the  dispersion  of  the  Sheriff 
Hutton  herd,  in  calf  to  Sir  Arthur  Ingram  32490,  he  left  a  number 
of  calves  before  leaving  his  county,  including  Self  Esteem  2nd  48675, 
another  famous  show  bull  of  the  past  two  or  three  seasons,  and  the 
second  animal  seen,  is  his  own  sister,  Self  Conceit,  a  lengthy  young 
cow,  three  weeks  from  calving  her  second  calf,  and  there  is  also  a 
younger  sister,  by  Lord  Hamilton  48194,  a  grand  lengthy  son  of 
Sir  Arthur  Ingram  32490,  bred  at  Greenhead,  and  doing  service  at 
Hovingham,  in  his  younger  days  he  was  exhibited  at  the  Bath  and 
West  Meeting  at  Bridgewater,  where  he  was  placed  second  to  Mr 
Stratton's  Acropolis.  Trusty  Lass,  the  dam  of  Self  Esteem  2nd,  and 
the  two  daughters  before  alluded  to,  is  a  light  roan  daughter  of  the 
home  bred  Sir  Robin  40720,  who  was  in  turn  a  son  of  the  Killerby 
Pluto,  she  is  still  breeding,  as  is  also  Irwin's  Star,  a  fine  old  white, 


122  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

that  has  bred  eight  calves  in  six  years,  including  Hovingham.  Lady 
Fitz- Windsor,  of  the  Familiar  tribe,  had  come  from  the  first 
Prinknash  sale,  and  Prinkney  Roan,  by  Lord  Prinknash  2nd  3805:3, 
is  the  oldest  of  her  three  daughters.  A  fashionably  bred  young  bull 
came  from  Broughton  last  spring  in  the  shape  of  Fitz  Paul  49592, 
a  son  of  the  Warlaby  Royal  Craftsman  45516,  and  Pauline  21st ;  one 
of  the  most  promising  young  cows  is  Roan  Ada,  a  daughter  of 
Hovingham,  but  the  train  did  not  permit  a  visit  to  some  distant 
pastures  to  see  a  few  of  the  heifers. 

Arrived  at  Malton,  passing  the  training  grounds  on  our  left, 
five  miles  brings  us  to  Birdsall,  being  the  home  of  a  good  pack  of 
hounds,  and  now  also  of  a  rising  herd  of  shorthorns.  The  recent 
purchases  at  the  dispersion  of  Mr.  H.  Lovatt's  select  herd,  not  long 
home,  come  in  for  first  notice,  the  Kirklevington,  a  very  grand 
lengthy  heifer  is  our  favourite,  but  Lady  Oxfo;d  Bates  3rd,  is  very 
pretty,  with  a  great  amount  of  style  :  next  is  seen  Knight  of  Oxford 
12th,  the  two  hundred  guinea  calf  at  Hindlip,  who  has  fulfilled 
expectation,  and  is  a  handsome  young  bull,  of  good  masculine 
appearance,  suitable  for  the  head  of  any  Bates  herd,  and  already 
several  heifers,  including  a  Duchess,  have  been  on  a  visit  to  him. 
In  the  byre,  the  great  attraction  is  Waterloo  Belle  2nd.  one  of  the 
few  shorthorns  bred  by  the  Earl  of  Lonsdale,  very  handsome  and 
shapely  she  is,  and  her  son,  Tregunter  Waterloo,  has  been  used  by  the 
owner  :  of  this  family  is  Lady  Beadlam  Waterloo  3rd.  a  good  young 
animal  of  the  Givendale  branch,  and  one  or  two  other  good  specimens 
of  this  tribe  have  since  been  bought  for  Birdsall.  Another  fine 
squarely  built  cow,  with  a  grand  rib,  and  great  depth  in  front,  is 
Sunflower,  bred  by  Earl  Beauchamp,  and  Sunflower  2nd,  by  Mr. 
Game's  Roan  Seal  43905,  is  her  only  daughter.  Lady  Florence  10th, 
considered  the  choice  of  the  last  Capheaton  contingent  sent  to 
Dringhouses,  has  given  birth  to  a  roan  heifer  calf,  since  her  change 
of  ownership,  and  Dulcimer,  the  companion  purchase  of  Knight  of 
Oxford  12th,  at  Hindlip,  is  the  dam  of  a  very  pretty  yearling,  and 
not  many  days  will  elapse  before  another  Duchess  Nancy  will  ba 


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added  to  Lord  Middleton's  herd.  Several  of  the  cows  are  in  the 
pasture,  and  it  is  there  we  find  the  Bell  Bates  Lady  Hilda  6th,  a 
large  handsome  white,  possessing  the  two  great  essentials  of  both 
milk  and  flesh,  in  no  mean  degree.  Gwynne  Alyn,  out  of  a  Gwynne 
Princess,  of  Mr.  BotterilPs  breeding,  has  an  attractive  roan  cow  calf, 
by  the  Waterloo  bull,  and  The  Red  Fern,  although  not  of  fashionable 
descent,  is  a  level  stylish  looking  young  cow.  Red  Rose  of  Amat, 
a  wealthy  growing  heifer,  came  from  Whittlebury,  and  another  of 
the  same  good  stamp  is  Miss  Bagnall,  bought  at  Mr.  W.  T.  Carrington's 
sale,  unfortunately  the  requisite  number  of  sires  cannot  be  traced,  to 
make  her  recognized  as  a  pure  bred  shorthorn  according  to  the 
official  standard. 

The  herd  at  Thicket  Priory  has  been  in  existence  for  nearly  forty 
years,  having  been  established  by  the  Rev.  J.  D.  Jefferson,  the  father 
of  the  p.esiMit  owner,  from  the  well  known  herds  of  Messrs.  Bolden 
and  Maynaid  :  fiom  the  former  breeder  came  Waterloo  13th,  bred  at 
Kiiklevington,  and  during  the  past  dozen  years  many  fashionably 
bred  animals  have  been  added.  One  of  the  earliest  sires  used  was 
Veteran  13941,  a  son  of  the  one  thousand  guinea  Grand  Duke, 
followed  by  Duke  of  Waterloo  21616,  a  grand-son  of  Waterloo  13th, 
and  Waterloo  Earl  32816,  and  Waterloo  Duke  32813,  of  different 
branches  of  the  tribe  followed  from  Rose  Hill,  and  Gaddesby. 
Twenty-eighth  Duke  of  Oxford  3371'3,  was  purchased  at  Lord 
Chesham's  sale  ten  years  ago :  2nd  Lord  of  the  Forth  38639,  succeeded 
him  from  Dunmore,  followed  by  Rowfant  Duke  of  Oxford  43926, 
bred  by  Sir  Curtis  Lampson,  and  with  Duke  of  Elmhurst  2nd  43091, 
out  of  the  own  sister  to  the  Twenty-fourth  Duke  of  Airdrie,  came 
the  first  introduction  of  a  Duchess  sire. 

Our  first  view  is  of  the  cows  in  milk,  and  Waterloo  Oxford  2nd, 
the  only  one  tracing  to  Waterloo  13th,  is  no  unworthy  representative 
of  the  fashionable  tribe ;  Blanche  17th,  is  a  gay  looking  grand- 
daughter of  Blanche  12th,  bred  at  Holker ;  and  Baroness  Kirklevington 
2nd,  a  deep  made  young*  cow,  hails  from  Elmhurst,  Red  Rose  of 
Wye,  and  Red  Rose  of  Thicket,  represent  the  once  famous  Rose  of 


124  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

Sharons,  but  the  best  are  not  reached  until  Wild  Eyes  14th,  a  fine 
old  cow,  the  mother  of  three  good  daughters,  and  Cherry  Duchess 
of  Elmhurst  4th,  a  lovely  dark  red,  quite  the  handsomest  animal  in 
the  herd.  At  the  far  side  of  the  Park,  Charming  Sweetheart,  and 
Charm  of  Thicket,  are  half-sisters  from  Sweetheart  4th  ;  Beaming 
Eyes  7th,  a  well  bred  Lady  Worcester,  was  purchased  very  cheaply 
at  the  dispersion  of  Mr.  J.  Wood's  small  herd  in  the  East  of  the 
County,  and  of  the  same  family  are  Wild  Elma,  and  Wild  Elma  2nd, 
own  sisters,  from  Wild  Eyes  14th,  the  younger  being  the  more 
promising ;  then  three  grouped  together  have  all  the  character  of  true 
bred  shorthorns  with  Princess  of  the  Priory,  own  sister  to  Prince 
Airdrie,  now  in  service  at  Wetherby,  as  the  best  of  the  trio,  which 
include  one  of  the  Selbys,  founded  from  a  cow  bought  at  the  town 
of  that  name,  and  two  more  good  red  heifers  of  this  family  are 
shortly  before  us.  Waterloo  Duchess  of  Thicket,  a  red  and  white,  is 
unfortunate  in  her  markings,  while  Wave  of  Derwent  2nd,  is  a  very 
pretty  heifer,  and  Wave  of  Derwent,  hjr  dam,  an  exceedingly 
attractive,  short  legged  cow,  is  gazjd  upon  admiringly  in  an  enclosure 
near  the  buildings,  at  the  Homo  Farm,  in  company  with  Waterloo 
Grand  Duchess,  bred  by  Capt,  G-andy,  and  Gwynne  Princess  10th, 
from  Waulby.  We  must  not  omit  from  notice,  of  the  animals  seen 
in  the  Park,  Airdrie's  Princess  of  Oxford  2nd,  a  large  massive  cow, 
the  dam  of  Princass  of  tho  Priory,  nor  the  white  daughter  of  Cowslip 
48th,  second  at  Sniithfield,  last  December.  On  reaching  the  Home 
Farm,  we  have  Kirklevington  Duchess  26th,  suckling  a  roan  cow 
calf  by  the  old  Duke,  a  smart  heifer  from  Blanche  17th,  Duke 
of  Elmhurst  2nd,  and  Cainbridg3  Duke  16th,  the  former  a  lengthy 
squarely  built  deep  red,  apparently  still  very  active,  and  the  latter  a 
roan  son  of  Grand  Duke  33rd  39946,  and  Bed  Eose  9th,  is  a  stylish 
even  fleshed  bull. 

During  the  last  two  or  three  sale  seasons,  no  name  has  been 
more  familiar  to  the  bystanders  than  Mr.  Eiley  Briggs,  and  the  herd 
at  Osgodby  Hall,  3  miles  from  Selby,  may  be  justly  described  as  the 
largest  line  bred  Bates  herd,  not  only  in  the  county,  so  well  known 


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for  its  herds,  but  in  the  United  Kingdom,  and  considerable  expense 
has  been  incurred  by  Mr.  Briggs  in  making  his  estate,  and  buildings, 
capable  of  carrying,  and  accomodating  a  herd  of  high  class  shorthorns. 
A  note  is  inserted  in  the  preface  to  the  private  catalogue  issued  in 
1884-,  to  (he  effect  that  "  it  is  the  intention  to  rnako  this  a  first  class 
herd  of  Bates  cattle,  without  being  too  artificially  kept,  and  not  to 
sacrifice  the  animal  for  fashion,  but  to  combine  the  blood  of  such 
animals  as  the  catalogue  contains,  with  additional  ones,  as  it  may 
seem  prudent  to  add  in  order  to  make  the  herd  robust  and  prolific." 
With  such  a  laudable  object  in  view,  a  judicious  blending  of  the  blood 
of  the  various  tribes,  taking  in  account  their  merits  and  imperfections, 
when  uniting  them,  and  in  a  do/en  years  hence  such  a  herd  will  be 
to  be  seen  at  Osgodby  Hall,  as  will  be  worth  our  Yankee  friends 
coming  purposely  over  the  herring  pond  to  see,  as  here  are  gathered 
representatives  of  the  pure  Duchesses  of  Oneida,and  Lady  of  Oxfords, 
so  famous  when  in  the  States  in  the  hands  of  Messrs.  Walcott  and 
Campbell ;  Oxfords  from  Holker ;  Kirklevingtons,  tracing  through 
Mr.  K/.  Pavin  Davies'  herd,  so  long  associated  with  the  breeding  of 
the  Kirklevington  Duchesses  ;  the  ancient  Barrington  tribe  has  three 
branches,  the  Wild  Eyes,  and  Waterloo,  four,  and  three  respectively, 
and  the  fifth  of  the  six  great  Kirklevington  tribes,  the  Foggathorpes, 
have  three  representatives,  but  the  Cambridge  Roses  are  distin- 
guishable by  their  absence,  although  the  Blanches  once  in  the  hands 
of  Mr.  Bates,  are  having  a  trial  here,  in  what  may  be  almost  termed 
a  second  Kirklevington  herd.  The  Bell  Bates  families  are  the  Craggs, 
and  descendants  of  Fletcher's  daughters,  Fletcher  2nd,  and  Nancy, 
now  known  as  Fantails,  and  Fuschias.  Mr.  Stephenson's  Princess, 
is  represented,  and  the  Darlingtons  were  added  in  September  last  at 
the  Undeiley  sale,  when  two  branches  came  to  Osgodby,  we  think 
our  readers  will  agree  that  with  such  a  variety  of  the  choicest 
materials  to  amalgamate,  there  should  not  be  much  difficulty  in  being 
able  to  breed  the  sires  for  home  use ;  here  are  the  materials,  but  alas  ! 
how  often  what  has  been  in  the  budding  the  promise  of  a  first  rate 
herd,  has  through  mismanagement,  unsound  judgement,  or  more 
often  to  bo  regretted  the  death  of  the  owner  ended  in  total  shipwreck 
of  such  hopes. 


126  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

'Tis  in  the  month  of  June,  we  are  through  the  herd  on  our  tour 
of  inspection,  and  the  furthest  from  the  homestead  are  visited  first, 
passing  on  our  way  thither  a  magnificent  field  of  clover  ;  the  Osgodby 
estate  is  naturally  better  adapted  for  the  growth  of  crops  than  cattle, 
but  with  the  liberal  use  of  bones  and  manure  applied  as  a  top  dressing 
of  recent  years,  it  should  rapidly  effect  a  change  in  the  herbage. 
Dailington  26th,  a  very  pretty  short  legged  cow,  does  credit  to  her 
breeder's  judgement  in  crossing  a  Darlington  cow,  with  a  bull  of  her 
own  line  of  blood.  Oxford  Duchess  of  Killhow  4th,  still  faulty  in 
her  quarters,  has  improved  much  in  condition  since  the  Dringliouses 
sale,  but  Queen  of  Oxford  3rd,  from  Mr.  Lloyd's,  is  the  best 
looking  of  the  three  Oxfords  in  the  field,  while  Duchess  of  Oxford 
4th,  the  recent  purchase  at  East  Donyland,  is  of  large  scale,  and 
when  matured  will  be  a  fine  looking  animal.  Harrington's  Waterloo, 
and  Countess  Wild  Eyes,  are  a  pair  of  stylish  young  cows  ;  Bates 
Foggathorpe,  the  result  of  a  Cherry  cross  on  one  of  the  finest  cows 
in  the  herd,  cannot  be  regarded  as  an  unqualified  success,  as  Princess 
of  Blythe  5th,  is  having  her  second  calf  under  the  year,  it  is  hardly 
fair  to  criticise.  Fantail  Duchess  5th,  bred  at  Capheaton,  is  beaten 
for  good  looks  by  Fantail  Duchess  8th,  a  very  sweet,  true,  and  level 
cow.  Adjoining  the  Park  are  the  reserve  heifers  from  the  sale  ;  Kirk- 
levington  31st,  exceedingly  well  grown,  has  the  advantage  of  age, 
probably  Countess  of  Kirklevington  7th,  a  lovely  light  roan,  will  be 
the  fancy  of  some  onlookers,  especially  when  considered  with  the 
fact  of  her  being  one  of  the  purest  Kirklevingtons  in  England. 
Bright  Winsome,  is  of  great  length,  and  Lady  Bates  10th,  may  be 
said  to  be  the  best  of  this  branch  of  the  Barrington  tribe  at  Osgodly, 
being  in  colour  that  deep  dark  red  so  much  admired  by  the  Americans, 
her  sire,  Cherry  Duke  of  Holker  2nd,  has  left  another  good  daughter, 
in  the  robust,  deep  bodied  Bright  Winsome  2nd ;  not  to  be  omitted 
is  a  purely  bred  Craggs,  pretty  but  somewhat  small,  and  not  likely 
to  develope  as  she  matures,  like  the  red  and  white  Darlington  31st, 
bred  at  Underley.  Over  the  rails,  and  we  are  in  the  park,  where 
twenty  two  animals  in  milk  are  before  us,  Merry  Duchess,  and 
Wild  Eyes  I.,  are  large  framed  and  handsome,  the  former  with  a 


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capital  udder,  and  the  latter,  one  of  the  very  purest  of  the  Wild 
Eyes  tribe.  Kirklevington  Duchess  28th,  the  dam  of  the  very  pretty 
heifer  before  alluded  to,  is  very  refined,  without  being  suggestive  of 
delicacy  of  constitution,  another  fine  cow  is  Oxford's  Kirklevington 
Duchess,  with  three  daughters  in  the  herd.  The  Winsoraes,  and 
Polly  Gwynnes,  are  equally  strong  in  numbers ;  Lady  Ashton  Wild 
Eyes  8th,  and  Wisdom  4th,  the  mothers  of  the  two  Bright  Winsomes 
seen  over  the  railings,  are  of  the  former  tribe,  and  of  the  two,  we 
prefer  Wisdom  4th,  despite  a  lightness  in  the  thighs,  as  she  is  a  cow 
of  much  sweetness  of  character,  with  nicely  laid  shoulders,  good 
barrel,  and  lengthy  quarters ;  Grwynne  Duchess  2nd,  short  legged, 
and  deep  bodied,  is  a  capital  dairy  cow.  Deepdale  3rd,  has  all 
the  wealth  of  flesh,  and  good  looks,  belonging  to  the  Darlingtons, 
but  the  lily  white  Blanche  from  Kimbolton  for  sweetness  of  head, 
horns,  and  general  character,  wins  easily  against  the  field. 

The  two  males  in  use  are  Duke  of  Leicester,  and  Lord  Oxford 
14th.  the  first  named  is  perhaps  one  of  the  finest  old  Dukes  in  this 
country,  now  that  Duke  of  Connaught's  death  is  reported,  we 
consider  him  more  massive  than  the  Berkeley  bull  ever  was,  as  he 
weighs  27cwt.  in  working  condition  in  his  8th  year ;  he  has  been  in 
the  Osgodby  herd  nearly  3  years,  and  has  never  refused  his  daily 
food,  his  substantial  frame  is  well  knit  together,  that  broad  masculine 
head,  deep  chest,  broad  shoulders,  wide  back,  substantial  thighs,  and 
not  wanting  in  the  flank,  completes  the  making  of  a  good  bull.  Lord 
Oxford  14th,  his  junior  companion  is  thick  and  short,  but  even  in. 
flesh,  although  there  is  a  want  of  squareness  in  the  general  outline 
as  compared  with  the  old  Duke.  Duke  of  Lancaster,  within  a  few 
days  of  his  first  birthday,  who  will  soon  join  the  other  two,  is  a  long 
level  bull,  with  great  depth  of  flank,  and  a  masculine  head  and  horn. 
At  the  Lathom  sale,  the  younger  of  the  two  Duchesses  of  Ormskirk, 
was  generally  thought  to  be  much  superior,  each  have  produced 
living  calves  and  the  red  and  white,  besides  having  had  her  second 
calf,  a  roan  heifer,  has  grown  into  a  fine  lengthy  young  cow,  fully 
equal  if  not  superior  to  the  roan,  besides  this  she  has  the  honour 
of  breeding  both  the  first  Duke  and  Duchess,  bred  at  Osgodby. 


128  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OP  ENGLAND. 

Near  the  highway  passing  from  Osgodly  to  Selby,  the  River 
Ouse  winds  its  course,  and  on  the  opposite  bank  near  to  the  town, 
a  few  good  framed  shorthorns  are  to  bo  seen,  the  property  of  Mr. 
John  Foster,  of  Bank  House.  The  earliest  purchases  were  Miss 
Irwin,  her  daughter,  Matilda,  and  Plush,  all  of  the  Sowerby  family, 
purchased  at  the  dispersion  of  Mr.  Win.  Linton's  prize 
winning  herd  in  1879;  afterwards  came  the  Carolines,  mother,  and 
daughter,  bred  by  Mr.  R.  Walmsley,  and  at  the  last  of  the  Thicket 
Priory  sales,  Rosetta,  and  two  heifers  of  the  J.  branch  of  the  Princess 
tribe,  were  added  to  the  previous  purchases,  and  from  these  animals 
the  herd  is  mainly  descended,  Rose  Duke  10th  48600,  bred  by  Lord 
Mowbray  and  Stourton,  was  one  of  the  first  sires,  followed  by  Roan 
Irwin  2nd  48582,  of  Mr.  Maynard's  Flora  tribe,  and  we  find  Vice 
Admiral  Rose  52291,  bred  at  Carperby,  by  the  celebrated  Vic 3 
Admiral  39257,  from  Rose  of  Summer,  has  recently  come  to  assist 
the  home  bred  Selby  50425,  a  deep  red  son  of  the  Duke  of 
Manchester's  Oxford  de  Vere  4th  46821,  and  Jersey  Rose,  purchased 
at  Mr.  J.  I.  D.  Jefferson's  sale.  Vice  Admiral  Rose,  is  a  very  even 
made  bull,  not  unlike  Mr.  Handley's  Royal  Ingram  in  colour. 
Carnation,  an  excellent  dairy  cow  exhibited  in  the  non-pedigree  class 
at  the  last  Yorkshire  Meeting,  is  still  very  blooming  and  may  probably 
if  again  sent  in  the  show  ring,  not  be  so  easily  overcome  by  her  late 
victors.  Caroline  5th,  the  first  of  the  family  bred  by  Mr.  Foster, 
not  five  years  old  until  the  end  of  the  month,  has  bred  live 
calves,  and  is  in  calf  again,  in  appearance  she  is  a  short  legged  deep 
fronted  cow,  with  a  capital  udder,  and  in  the  same  byre  is  Rosotta, 
somewhat  put  in  the  shade  by  the  merits  of  the  two  whites.  Close 
at  hand  we  have  Yorkshire  Prido,  Rosetta's  produce  after  purchased 
in  calf  to  Oxford  De  Vere  4th  46821 ;  in  her  companionship  is  the 
dam  of  the  Resarve  bull  shown  at  tha  R.  A.  S.  Meeting  at  York,  as 
well  as  Ruby,  by  Mr.  Willis'  Booth's  Royal  Seal  36016,  and  her 
daughter,  of  Mr.  Ben  Wilson's  Certainty  tribe.  The  heifers  are  all 
together,  and  include  several  pretty  daughters  of  Roan  Irwin  2nd, 
with  them  is  Jersey  Duchess,  a  handsome  cow,  with  a  beautiful  velvet 
like  touch,  having  six  highly  bred  Bates  sires  on  Jardine,  by  Lord 
Warden  7167. 


SlIORTHOKN    HtillDS    OF    ENGLAND.  129 

Returning  north  wards  once  more,  Warlaby  is  reached,  and  it  is 
needless  almost  to  mention  its  situation,  as  what  breeder,  however 
his  tastes  may  incline,  has  not  at  some  period  of  his  life  visited,  and 
borne  away  with  him  charmed  recollections,  of  the  heavily  fleshed, 
compact,  arch  ribbed,  line  bred  cattle,  seen  on  the  rich  pastures,  or 
at  the  homestead,  about  two  miles  from  Korthallerton,  known  to  all 
the  shorthorn  world  as  the  abode  of  the  late  Mr.  T.  C.  Booth,  not 
only  one  of  the  most  respected  of  shorthorn  breeders,  but  also  of  the 
leading  agriculturists  in  this  country,  to  whose  interests  his  early 
death  was  so  great  a  loss,  and  it  was  mainly  owing  to  his  efforts 
and  that  of  Mr.  Jacob  Wilson,  that  the  measures  for  the  better 
prevention  of  the  introduction  of  Contagious  Diseases  into  this 
country  were  passed,  from  which,  not  only  his  herd,  but  many  others 
had  sustained  such  serious  losses.  The  foundation  females  of  some 
of  the  tribes  at  Warlaby,  were  selected  by  Mr.  Thos.  Booth,  the 
grandfather  of  Mr.  T.  0.  Booth,  in  the  latter  half  of  the  last  century, 
and  at  the  sales  of  the  brothers  Colling,  he  purchased  Albion  14,  at 
Ketton,  and  Pilot  496,  at  Barmpton,  but  the  history  of  the  herd  to 
the  time  of  Mr.  Carr,  publishing  his  work  on  the  Booth  herds,  has 
already  been  written,  and  passing  on  to  late  years,  the  most 
important  event  occurred  on  the  memorable  day  at  Aylesby  in  1875, 
when  the  entire  herd  of  the  late  Mr.  W.  Torr  came  into  the  market, 
and  of  the  large  number  then  offered,  only  one  family  traced  to  a 
foundation  bred  from  the  stock  belonging  to  the  Messrs.  Booth,  and 
this  went  back  to  Anna,  representing  the  Studley  herd,  and  of  16 
female  descendants  brought  into  the  ring,  a  dozen  came  to  Warlaby, 
at  a  cost  of  12,000gs.,  including  Bright  Empress,  the  highest  priced 
lot  of  the  day  ;  and  more  than  half  the  herd  now  trace  to  them,  the 
more  numerous  however  being  the  Kibys,  which  although  only  three 
were  purchased,  now  exceed  those  of  the  nine  Brights,  as  to  be 
expected  with  eleven  years  passed  over  since  the  sale,  all  the  originals 
have  departed. 

Crossing  the  road  from  the  buildings,  we  have  fifteen  cows  and 
heifers  in  the  pasture,  and  Lady  Charming,  the  only  daughter  of 


130  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

Lady  Cheerful,  is  an  exceedingly  fine  heifer,  worthy  of  the  ancient 
line  of  Broughtons,  or  Blisses,  which  she  so  creditably  represents. 
Lady  Nancy,  another  daughter  of  Royal  Stuart,  is  possessed  of  that 
great  natural  flesh  appertaining  to  the  Warlaby  cattle,  and  her  first 
born,  Lady  Nancy,  a  thick  sappy  heifer,  not  unlike  her  dam,  is  seen 
in  company  with  Morghana,  the  American  bred  Christen,  now  safe 
in  calf  to  Prince,  although  in  breeding  she  is  as  "line  bred"  as  any 
of  the  Warlaby  cattle,  being  by  Royal  George,  a  Christon  bull, 
exported  to  the  States  by  Mr.  Morgan,  along  with  the  grand-dam, 
and  dam  of  this  heifer.  Bridal  Gift,  by  Mr.  Ackers'  Lord  Prinknash 
2nd,  is  from  a  daughter  of  Bridal  Morn, by  the  renowned  Cornmander- 
in-Chief,  the  once  only  hope  of  the  so  much  prized  Halnaby  or 
Strawberry  tribe,  and  alas !  the  hopes  are  still  but  centered  on  a 
couple.  Bridal  Gift,  has  had  but  one  calf,  Lord  of  Halnaby,  a 
promising  roan  by  Fitz-Mowbray,  and  Bridal  Queen,  by  that 
excellent  sire  King  James,  is  a  wealthy  fleshed,  short  legged  cow, 
with  substance  enough  to  shew  that  with  healthy  animals,  and 
judicious  mating,  line  breeding  does  not  necessarily  mean  delicate 
constitutions,  this  is  certainly  one  of  the  features  at  Warlaby,  that 
despite  the  line  breeding  so  closely  followed  for  generations,  every 
animal  seen  appeared  perfectly  healthy,  with  no  lack  of  constitution. 
With  the  exception  of  a  couple  of  Christons,  the  rest  of  the  fifteen 
are  Brights,  and  E-ibys,  both  however  discontinued,  and  substituted 
by  various  names  ?  no  particular  naming  has  been  followed  as  to  the 
former,  but  the  prefix  of  Royal  distinguishes  in  the  majority  of 
instances  the  latter,  although  we  find  that  there  are  exceptions  in  a 
few  instances  to  this  guidance.  Royal  Maiden,  one  of  the  few 
daughters  of  the  favourite  Royal  Benedict,  and  Riby  Lassie  (the 
only  one  of  the  Ribys  from  which  females  are  descended),  has  bred 
eight  calves,  and  is  again  near  calving  with  a  capital  appearance  of 
milk ;  and  Royal  Damsel,  from  Royal  Lady,  a  daughter  of  Riby 
Lassie's,  we  are  informed  never  went  dry  between  two  of  her  calves. 
One  of  the  handsomest  is  Royal  Matron,  uniting  both  branches  of 
the  family,  through  her  sire  Eastern  Emperor,  a  grand-son  of  Bright 
Empress,  and  Royal  Dame,  having  recently  calved  is  like  her  dam, 


SHORTHORN    1EEUDS    OF    ENGLAND.  131 

Royal  Maiden,  showing  excellent  dairy  qualities.  The  Bright s 
include  Danish  Queen,  England's  Queen,  and  Royal  Countess,  all 
with  different  sires,  are  promising  3  oung  cows,  the  last  named  being 
one  of  six  heifers  bred  by  Bright  Marchioness,  considered  one  of  the 
best  of  the  Aylesby  dozen,  and  it  may  be  added  that  being  somewhat 
doubtful  she  was  sold  under  a  guarantee  to  breed,  and  has  since  been 
the  most  prolific  of  the  Blights,  and  on  returning  to  the  pasture 
adjoining  the  yard,  one  of  the  prettiest  of  the  ten  waiting  to  be 
admitted,  is  Queen  of  the  Heather,  by  Mr.  Staniforth's  Knight  of 
the  Heather  38524,  a  son  of  Heather  Flower,  bought  by  him  at 
Aylesby,  this  is  the  fi;st  of  several  experiments  tried  by  Mr.  W.  C. 
Booth,  the  present  manager  of  the  herd,  and  no  b.id  result  of  the 
introduction  of  Mr.  Robert  Col  ling's  Wildair  blood,  highly  prized  bv 
the  late  Mr.  To  IT,  as  being  lineal  descendants  of  Hubbaek  319, 
and  of  the  highest  priced  cow,  and  heifer  at  the  B.u  mpton  sale,  viz  : 
Nonpareil,  sold  to  Earl  Spencer  for  370gs.,  and  her  daughter, 
Sweetbriar,  to  Mr.  Maynard  for  145gs.  A  second  cross  with  this 
tribe  has  been  tried  by  sending  the  Riby  Sovereign  Lady  to  Mr. 
Mitchell's  Flower  King  4!)595,  the  calf  is  only  young,  but  hardly  the 
same  success  is  apparent  as  the  first  production  of  the  Wildair 
alliance.  Another  of  the  tribes  that  passed  through  Mr.  Torr's  hands 
were  the  Village  Roses  full  of  good  old  blood,  and  British  Boy  30597, 
bred  by  Mr.  W.  Fox,  was  put  to  Maritana,  and  the  result,  May 
Queen,  is  a  very  pretty  heifer. 

As  the  last  large  group  were  mostly  Annas,  the  present  are 
mainly  Christons,  the  second  most  numerous  family  at  Warlaby, 
and  the  grand  white  Mary  Stuart,  ths  first  of  Royal  Stuart's  get, 
with  her  magnificent  front,  rare  loin,  well  arched  rib,  and  lengthy 
level  filled  quarters,  is  a  treat  to  gaze  upon,  and  may  be  considered 
one  of  the  fin3st  of  the  tribe,  unfortunately  in  both  1883-4  have  her 
•calves  been  lost,  the  latter  a  premature  birth,  and  on  the  former 
occasion  three  were  born,  she  however  seems  none  the  worse  for  the 
unusual  exertion,  and  it  is  to  be  hoped  a  live  calf  may  be  her  next 
addition.  The  oldest  of  the  tribe  is  Mina,  by  that  favourite  sire, 
Royal  Benedict,  out  of  Margaret,  and  Monica,  a  grand-daughter  of 


132  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

Marchioness,  is  very  squarely  put  together.  Scottish  Queen,  a 
wealthy  good  Bright,  has  a  dark  roan  heifer,  Lowland  Queen,  by 
Lord  Provost,  a  Bliss  bull  used  by  Mr.  Wel»ted  in  Ireland ;  another 
fine  cow  is  Koyal  Symbol,  from  Bright  Design,  and  Queen  Olga,  a 
very  level  daughter  of  Bright  Swede,  must  not  be  left  without 
mention.  In  the  calf  boxes  nothing  is  of  greater  promise  than 
Countess  of  Mowbray.  from  Royal  Countess,  the  only  daughter  of 
th3  Halnaby  Royal  Consort  at  Warlaby.  Mantilla,  has  four  of  the 
most  noted  Warlaby  sires  heading  her  pedigree,  being  by  Royal 
Stuart,  from  Mercedes,  by  Royal  Halnaby  (half  brother  to  Royal 
Stuart),  and  then  follow  Royal  Benedict,  and  King  James,  her  dam 
we  are  happy  to  say  is  now  the  only  idle  cow  at  Warlaby.  Madam, 
a  lengthy  young  heifer,  is  the  last  calf  of  the  grand  old  Marchioness, 
at  present  she  is  not  so  low  to  the  ground  as  the  rest  of  the  herd, 
but  this  fault  will  probably  improve  with  age,  as  she  matures.  King 
Roderick  44999,  and  his  son,  King  Rudolph  48110,  have  not  long 
returned  from  Adcote,  and  West  Dereham,  while  Eastern  Emperor 
44763,  a  good  masculine  bull  of  great  substance,  is  the  sire  of  the 
handsome  Royal  Matron,  and  Imperial  Consort  48044 :  the  latter  from 
Bridal  Queen,  is  unfortunately  not  regarded  as  a  sure  getter,  but  his 
one  daughter,  Queen  of  Flowers,  from  Queen  of  the  Heather,  is 
remarkably  pretty.  Prince  51859,  a  very  even  straight  red  two  year 
old  of  Royal  Stuart,  and  Royal  Damsel,  has  been  used  for  the  heifers, 
after  being  in  service  at  Killerby.  Near  at  hand  is  his  own  sister. 
Royal  Beauty,  in  company  with  Lady  Mowbray,  the  last  calf  from 
Bright  Marchioness.  La^t  but  not  least  is  Royal  Stuart,  the  sire 
that  has  never  left  Warlaby  since  the  day  of  his  birth  on  April  21, 
1877,  and  to  which  many  cows  have  been  sent  from  various  herds, 
including  a  Duchess  from  Wetherby,  and  an  Oxford  from  Killhow, 
while  at  home  he  has  been  largely  and  successfully  used,  as  witness 
the  robust  good  looking  lot  of  stock  by  him  seen  in  the  pastures. 
He  is  own  brother  to  Bridal  Queen,  and  of  larger  scale  than  many 
of  the  Warlaby  bulls. 

Mr.  T.  I.  EarWs  small  herd  at  The  Grange,  Bolton-on-Swale,  is 
restricted  to  one  family,  bred  from  Bolton  Maid,  by  Mr.  Outhwaite's 


SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND.  133 

Lord  G-odolphin  36065,  with  the  exception  of  Welcome  Home,  of 
the  famous  Hecuba  tribe,  purchased  at  the  Killerby  sale.  Bolt  on 
Beauty,  was  highly  commended  by  the  judges  at  the  Royal 
Agricultural  Society's  Meeting  at  York,  and  Bolton  Snowdrop 
2nd,  by  Lord  Zetland  43596,  from  Bolton  Beauty's  own  sister,  has 
won  several  prizes  ;  with  three  of  Mr.  Outhwaite's  show  bulls  at 
the  head  of  her  short  pedigree,  naturally  something  good  is  expected, 
and  it  may  be  added  the  remaining  three  sires  were  bred  at  Hartforth, 
and  Aske  Hall. 

At  Masham,  Mr.  T.  Theakston,  also  restricts  himself  to  few 
families,  Saucy  Janet,  by  Mr.  Bruere's  St.  Swithin's  Star  Drop  40667, 
from  Saucy  Jade,  bred  by  Mr.  W.  White,  a  thick  short  legged  cow 
with  a  good  udder,  is  the  oldest  of  five  of  this  tribe,  four  of  which 
are  by  Mr.  Willis'  President  G-arfi^ld  46869,  who  has  lately  been 
used  in  the  herd  ;  formerly  Mr.  Theakston  sent  his  cows  over  to  Mr. 
Bruere's  Vesper  bulls  at  Braithwaite  Hall.  Letty,  and  Lavinia,  with 
their  two  daughters,  Lady  Clifton,  and  Lady  Grarfield,  are  the 
descendants  of  a  cow  bought  from  the  late  Mr.  T.  C.  Booth,  and  the 
former's  pedigree  consists  of  four  highly  bred  Booth  sires,  viz :  St. 
Swithin's  Star  Drop,  Star  Regent,  Lord  Blithe,  and  Knight  of  the 
Shire,  with  careful  additions  of  first  class  bulls  this  should  develope 
into  a  tribe  of  eminence  in  future. 

On  leaving  the  station  at  Thirsk  Junction,  passing  Sand 
Hutton  on  our  left  we  duly  reach  Sion  Hill,  where  the  Hon.  Gr.  E. 
Lascelles,  more  with  a  view  to  keeping  a  herd  for  dairying  and 
ordinary  breeding  purposes  on  the  farm,  than  having  any  particular 
fashionable  strains  of  blood,  has  got  together  some  twenty  head  of 
shorthorns,  the  bull  calves  are  generally  stared,  and  the  heifers  not 
pampered  in  their  rearing,  so  naturally  milk  is  by  no  means  absent. 
Rosy,  and  Rose  of  May,  a  pair  of  thick  useful  cows  with  good 
udders,  come  from  Mr.  W.  White's,  of  Burrill,  and  the  latter  is  the 
mother  of  Wide  Awake,  a  neat  daughter  of  Wealsman  42580,  a  son 
of  Mr.  Torr's  Welcome  Wreath,  used  at  Sion  Hill.  From  Mr. 
Fawkes'  came  Vesta,  with  a  Booth  foundation,  but  sired  by  Baron 


l.'U  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

\Vinsoine  <*>th  331 1 1  ,she  has  bred  seven  calves, only  two  of  which  have 
been  heifers.  Septette,  and  Puret,  bought  from  Mr.  Sergeant-son, 
have  each  a  heifer,  and  Peppermint,  of  the  old  Buncombe  Paik 
blood,  has  bred  her  produce  of  good  size,  and  symmetry.  Baron 
Musical  3rd  49086,  of  the  Siddington  Musical  tribe,  and  Roan 
Hovingham  51983,  from  Irwin's  Star,  the  mother  of  the  better 
known  Hovingham  43363,  are  now  in  service. 

Returning  from  Sion  Hill,  a  call  is  made  at  Sand  Hutton,  to  see 
the  large  portion  of  the  herd  belonging  to  the  late  Mr.  Lumley 
Hodgson,  excepting  a  few  animals  kept  on  the  grass  land  around  the 
residence  at  Highthorn,  near  Easingwold.  The  origin  of  this  herd 
were  cows  and  heifers  bought  in  1848,  from  the  Messrs.  Maynard, 
and  Mr.  Ben.  Wilson,  and  as  long  as  Mr.  Anthony  Maynard  lived, 
Mr.  Hodgson  had  the  privilege  of  using  his  bulls.  In  1852,  Nelly, 
by  Mr.  Bates'  3rd  Duke  of  York  10166,  was  purchased  at 
Mr.  Dale  Trotter's  sale,  and  her  descendants  are  very  numerous 
Nellie  41st,  is  of  larger  scale  than  most  of  the  family,  with  head 
indicative  of  great  shorthorn  character.  After  Mr.  A.  Maynard's 
death,  for  some  time,  only  bulls  of  Mr.  Hodgson's  own  breeding 
were  used,  but  being  of  opinion  that  his  cattle  were  deteriorating  in 
size,  he  purchased  Sympathy,  Lady  of  Ryedale  14th,  and  the  bull 
Buckingham  28106,  from  Lord  Feversham,  whose  Waterloo  Grand 
Duke  30241,  was  also  used.  Several  heifers  by  Duke  of  Kent  336«0, 
in c.i If  to  Wild  Hillurst  39321,  bred  from  the  old  Wiseton  herd, 
were  purchased  at  the  Grate  Burton  sale.  Jedburgh  41715,  a  J.  bull 
bred  by  the  Earl  of  Dunmore ;  Cherry  Stone  49269,  and  Winsome 
Duke  3rd  44274,  sons  of  Baron  Oxford  9th  42738,  and  Duke  of 
Tregunter  5th  33743,  have  been  the  more  recent  sires,  and  Weston 
Duke  4th  52349,  a  good  looking  red  son  of  Wiseton  Duke  2nd  47299, 
and  Lady  Weston,  tracing  to  Mr.  Booth's  Alexina,  of  which  family 
several  good  females  are  also  seen  in  the  yards.  The  Strawberries, 
and  Cranberries,  are  from  two  heifers  by  Mr.  J.  Bell's  Kirklevington 
14774,  (a  son  of  2nd  Duke  of  Oxford  9046,  and  Beauty),  bought  in 
1856  from  Mr.  Wailes,  of  Rounton,  and  descended  originally  from 
cows  belonging  to  Miss  Cust,  of  Danby. 


SHOItrilORX    KURDS    OF    ENGLAND.  135 

On  the  Wolds  near  to  Pocklington,  Mr.  James  E.  Singleton, 
has  long  been  a  successful  breeder  of  Leicesters,  and  at  the  Kirk- 
levington  sale  in  ]  850,  he  purchased  Waterloo  4th,  which  bred  him 
two  heifers,  and  from  the  older  sister  originated  the  well  known 
Lady  Waterloos,  which  were  eventually  parted  with  to  Mr.  Cheney. 
The  shorthorns  are  now  removed  fiom  Givendale,  to  a  higher  lying 
farm  belonging  to  Mr.  Singleton,  known  as  Greenwick,  and  is  at 
present  famous  for  the  excellent  family  of  Ruths,  exhibited  at  the 
Yorkshire  Meetings  at  Hull,  and  Selby,  in  1881-5,  at  the  former  in 
a  class  of  seven  entries,  first  honours  fell  to  Mary  Euth,  and  her 
three  daughters,  and  at  the  latter  Mabel  Euth  3rd,  a  very  handsome 
cow  with  her  daughter,  Mabel    Euth  8th,  a  promising  heifer   by 
Silent  Duke  42382,  and  her  son  Anthony  Euth,  obtained  the  reseive 
number  to  the  well  known  families  of  Messrs.  Thompson,  Eoljambe, 
and  Sharp.     Mr.  Singleton's  herd  is  now  limited  to  his  Mabel  Euth 
family,  with  the  exception  of  Ellen  6th,  bought  as  a  calf  at  Beadlam 
Grange,  and  descended  through  Lord  Zetland's  herd  to  Viscountess, 
by  Mr.  Bates'  Duke  of  York  4th  10167.     Euth,  the  ancestress  of 
the  prize  winning  families  was  bought  at  Mr.  John  Emmerson's 
sale  at  Ery holme,  near  Darlington  in  1851,  and  is  described  by  her 
purchaser,  "  as  being  somewhat  small,  but  a  nice  animal,"  she  only 
bred  one  heifer  named  Grace,  by  Surplice  10901,  and  to  June  9, 
1886.  Mr.  Singleton  has  sold  descendants  from  her  to  the  amount 
of  <£2,838  9s.  Od.  to  go  to  various  parts  of  the  world  including 
Belgium,  Eussia,  and  South  America,  and  included  in  them  was 
Grand  Euth,  unnoticed  in  a  class  of  144  at  Bingley  Hall,  afterwards 
second  at  the  Eoyal  at  York  to  Self  Esteem  2nd.     For  a  futuie 
sire  Mr.  Singleton  has  Lord  Glo'ster  Gwynne,  a  very  lengthy  roan 
April  calf,  bred  by  Mr.  J.  P.  Clarke,  a  son  of  his  Lord  of  the  Isis 
51624,  and  Lady  Glo'ster  Gwynne. 

Keld  Head,  two  miles  from  the  Junction  at  Pickering,  is  the 
residence  of  Mr.  S.  H.  Loy,  who  has  been  a  breeder  of  pedigiee 
cattle  for  some  considerable  time,  and  much  of  the  blood  of  Lord 
Eeversham's  herd  has  been  introduced  from  time  to  time.  Eyedale 
2nd  33727,  Eyedale  Oxford  40628,  Lord  Oxford  Bright  Eyes  3rd 


136  SHORTHORN"  HERDS  OF  KNGLAND. 

38646,  and  Baron  Eyedale  10th  52483,  sons  of  noted  Bates  bulls, 
are  all  found  in  the  ancestors  of  some  of  the  animals  in  Mr.  Loy's 
posssession.  Baron  Costa,  a  home  bred  bull,  by  Baron  Rose  50835, 
from  Eose  of  Keldhead,  a  lengthy  young  bull  of  good  quality  is  in 
service.  The  females  comprise  chiefly  pedigrees  of  local  celebrity, 
one  of  the  best  cows  being  Laurel  Wreath,  a  good  red  and  white  of 
the  old  Duncombe  Park  blood,  but  Florentia  Wetherby  traces  to 
the  Florentias,  well  known  at  Tortworth,  and  Didmarton,  and 
Mr.  Loy  has  also  several  of  the  Cressidas,  which  when  passing 
through  Lady  Pigot's  possession  naturally  received  a  strong  infusion 
of  Booth  blood. 

Two  stations  beyond  Malton  is  Knapton,  where  at  the  Hall  of 
that  name  resides  Mr.  E.  Tindall,  whose  first  purchases  Red  Eose, 
^nd  Bloom,  were  made  in  1S59  from  Mr.  Samuel  WiJey,  ot  Brandsby, 
unfortunately  the  former  was  lost  in  calving.  Two  years  later, 
Integrity,  (with  the  same  foundation  as  Self  Esteem  2nd)  Miss 
Spearman,  and  White  Eose  2nd,  also  came  from  Brandsby,  and  the 
owner  has  descendants  of  all  the  originals  excepting  Eed  Eose. 
Bulls  were  first  obtained  from  Mr.  Wiley,  including  his  famous 
Earl  of  Derby  21638.  Lord  Feversham's  Cecil  25725,  of  the  Chaff 
tribe  was  purchased,  and  begot  milkers,  but  his  stock  were  considered 
rather  void  of  symmetry.  Sampier  35466,  and  Sir  Cyprian 
40700,  bred  at  Braithwaite  Hall,  were  of  Mr.  Bruere's  Eose  family, 
and  his  famous  Vesper  blood  was  introduced  through  Astral  Prince 
39386,  whose  son  Alimondi  42660,  succeeded  him,  his  grandson 
Blairmore  49156,  has  lately  been  in  service,  and  at  present  Warlock, 
an  Aylesby  W,  considered  one  of  the  best  of  the  Mertoun  lot  last 
year,  has  his  abode  at  The  Elms  Farm,  where  Mr.  Tindall's 
tenants,  Messrs.  J.  and  W.  Scorsby  have  the  use  of  him  to  a  large 
herd,  composed  entirely  of  the  tribes  owned  by  Mr.  Tindall,  many 
of  the  females  being  bred  by  him.  The  portion  of  the  estate  in 
the  owner's  possession  comprises  a  choice  piece  of  grass  of  not  large 
extent,  but  sufficient  for  the  few  good  animals  Mr.  Tindall  possesses. 
Of  Derwent  Queen  2nd,  Silver  Thorn,  and  G-olden  Star  2nd,  the 
last  named  is  our  favourite,  a  large  framed  magnificent  fronted  cow, 


SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND.  137 

with  capital  dairy  properties,  her  daughter,  St.  Margaret,  seen  in 
the  pasture,  is  a  wide  short  legged  heifer,  the  first  to  calve  to 
"Warlock.  Another  daughter  is  Queen  Bess,  but  she  has  hardly 
furnished  as  well  as  Derwent  Princess,  out  of  Derwent  Queen  2nd, 
and  with  Queen  Esther,  and  Lady  Bird,  excapting  a  roan  cow  calf 
from  Silver  Thorn,  we  see  the  last  of  Mr.  Tindall's  little  herd. 

Passing  on  to  the  animals  bc4onging  to  Messrs.  J.  and  W. 
Scorsby,  we  consider  two  of  their  finest  cows,  Derwent  Lass,  a  red 
and  white  neatly  made  arched  ribbed  daughter  of  Sampier  35466 
with  much  of  the  Booth  type  pertaining  to  her,  and  Forest  Palm 
3rd  by  the  same  sire,  is  the  dam  of  St.  Paul,  sold  to  Mr.  Maskill, 
of  Brandsby,  and  \vhich  has  turned  out  very  successful  for  him. 
A  number  of  other  heifers,  in  their  various  ages  appear  like  making 
very  useful  cosvs,  but  of  course  the  great  attraction  is  Warlock,  the 
red  yearling,  by  Mr.  Ackers'  Eoyal  Gloucester,  from  Wave  of  the 
Ocean,  he  is  found  to  be  very  promising  with  excellent  quality,  and 
will  no  doubt  leave  a  favourable  impression  on  the  two  herds. 

The  herd  at  Alnwark  Manor,  belonging  to  Major  Cochrane,  is 
limited  to  three  families.  The  Lady  Booths,  obtained  from 
Cleasby,  have  been  noticed  in  that  herd,  and  King  Victor  46560,  a 
son  of  the  "Warlaby  Prince  Albert  Victor,  and  one  of  Mr.  Mitchell's 
Eosamond  cows  has  been  lately  in  service.  Duchess  of  Windsor,  a 
handsome  daughter  of  Mr.  Unthank's  Eoan  Windsor  24967,  with 
only  four  crosses,  but  all  of  Booth  blood,  was  purchased  at  the 
Peepy  sale  of  1872  for  105  gs.,  and  two  or  three  of  the  females 
trace  to  her,  but  the  largest  number  are  from  Butterscotch,  by 
Master  Booth  38724,  which  has  been  a  most  prolific  cow  for  Major 
Cochrane,  unfortunately  he  is  abroad  at  the  time  of  our  visit,  so  our 
details  are  not  so  ample  as  we  could  desire. 

Although  some  distance  from  Alnwark  Manor,  Mr.  John 
Coates,  at  Angram  Hall,  has  also  Easingwold  for  his  post  town  as 
well  as  Major  Cochrane,  but  it  is  necessary  to  branch  off  from  the 
main  line  at  Pilmoor  Junction  before  reaching  the  station  for 
Angram  Hall,  and  here  we  are  in  bad  luck  again,  Mr.  Coates  being 


138  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

absent  at  Thirsk  market,  but  a  walk  amongst  the  dairy  cows,  finds 
them  a  very  useful  lot,  several  are  suckling  their  bull  calves,  intended 
for  Mr.  Crust's  Beverley  sale,  where  the  highest  prices  generally 
fall  to  Mr.  Coates'  share.  All  the  females  we  note  have  Van  Tromp 
9774,  bred  by  Mr.  W.  Cooper,  of  Oxclose,  for  a  foundation  sire, 
and  have  been  similarly  bred  ever  since,  the  most  recent  sires  have 
been  from  the  Duncombe  Park  herd,  excepting  Prince  Waterloo  3rd 
45422,  a  son  of  that  fine  old  cow  Lady  Waterloo  23rd,  belonging 
to  Sir  John  Swinburne,  Bart,,  of  this  tribe  was  Waterloo  Grand 
Duke  39291,  bred  by  the  Earl  of  Feversham,  who  was  also  the 
breeder  of  Oxford  Knightley  34985  (a  son  of  Twentieth  Duke  of 
Oxford  28432),  Lord  Cleveland  45975,  and  Winsome  Dake  3rd 
44274,  sons  of  Duke  of  Tregunter  5th  33743,  the  last  named  of 
the  fashionable  Winsome  tribe  being  now  in  service. 

Advancing  nearer  the  coast  when  in  one  of  Mr.  J.  P.  Clarke's 
meadows,  we  have  the  estuary  of  the  River  Humber,  in  sight,  and 
near  at  hand.  When  Mr.  Clarke's  entries  are  referred  to  in  Vol.  21, 
we  find  no  less  than  ten  out  of  his  thirteen  females  registered,  trac.3 
to  Mr.  Stiles  Rich's  Didmarton  herd,  and  from  these  animals  he  has 
continued  to  breed  without  any  material  alteration,  no  public  sale 
having  ever  been  held ;  at  the  period  referred  to  when  the  entries 
were  made  in  Coates',  Duke  of  Oxford  19th  28431,  bred  at  Holker, 
was  then  in  service,  and  the  excellent  crosses  put  on  the  Florentias, 
Ursulas,  Duchess  of  Rutland's,  and  Belvoir  Belles,  by  Mr.  Rich, 
have  been  enhanced  in  value  by  the  additions  at  North  Ferriby, 
as  Baron  Turncroft  Oxford  3rd  36209,  bred  by  the  Rev.  P.  Graham, 
from  an  Holker  Oxford  dam  succeeded  the  previously  named  sire. 
Sir  Glo'ster  Barrington  44034,  a  grandson  of  Lally  15th,  the  five 
hundred  guinea  calf  at  Winterfold,  was  bought  at  the  dispersion  of 
the  famous  Dunmore  herd,  and  a  number  of  nice  young  cows  are  seen 
by  him,  while  Earl  of  Oxford  2nd  46306,  bred  at  Duncombe 
Park,  from  the  fine  old  Marchioness  of  Oxford  3rd,  has  not  long 
departed,  and  his  son  Lord  Wellington,  a  young  bull  of  excellent 
quality  reigns  in  his  stead,  since  our  visit  Mr.  Clarke  has  purchased 
Duke  of  Lancaster  2nd,  a  son  of  Lord  Oxford  14th,  and  Duchess 


SH011THOKN    HEKDS    OE    ENGLAND.  139 

of  Ormskiik  7th,  the  fomth  generation  from  Lord  Lathom's  "six 
thousand"  New  Torks  Mills  purchase.  Several  cows  have  recently 
calved,  and  are  still  in  the  yard,  including  Lady  Julia  4th,  a  very 
wealthy  young  animal,  with  a  Mason  foundation,  whose  dam  was 
one  of  three  females  submitted  to  the  public  by  Mr.  Drewry,  after 
the  Holker  sale  of  1878.  Oneida's  Princess,  another  good  cow, 
has  the  imported  Sixth  Duke  of  Oneida  for  sire,  making  with  her 
daughter,  Oxford's  Princess,  the  only  specimens  of  the  Princess 
Victoria  branch  of  the  Peach  tribe  in  the  herd,  when  Bell  Bates 
cattle  were  in  their  height  of  popularity  in  the  States,  our  American 
friends  carried  away  many  of  this  family.  Before  leaving  the  yard 
the  merits  of  Countess  Waterloo,  of  the  Penryhn  branch,  and 
Madame  Favart,  a  Duchess  of  Rutland,  are  discussed,  the  latter  is 
full  of  the  most  fashionable  blood  of  the  day,  having  such  crosses 
as  Earl  of  Oxford  2nd,  Sir  Glo'ster  Barrington,  Duke  of  Oxford 
19th,  Duke  of  Clarence,  Duke  of  York  7th,  and  Duke  of  Oxford  6th, 
in  direct  succession,  and  her  grandam,  Duchess  of  Rutland  3rd,  is 
a  very  beautiful  cow,  one  of  the  best  at  North  Ferriby,  she  has  a 
good  red  daughter  in  Fordham's  Duchess  of  Rutland,  by  the 
American  Fordham  Duke  of  Oxford  4th,  used  extensively  by 
Mr.  Clarke's  neighbour,  Mr.  Botterill,  at  Waulby.  Of  the  animals 
seen  nearest  the  estuary,  Duchess  Syringa,  is  our  favourite,  her 
companions  being  a  roan  Belvoir,  out  of  Duchess  of  Rutland  3rd, 
Madame  Ursula,  Lady  Barrington  Gwynne,  and  a  Countess  of 
Wetherby,  obtained  originally  from  Mr.  W.  R.  Bromet's.  The 
heifers  are  seen  on  our  return,  out  of  which  we  select  a  sweet 
looking  Guelder  Rose  as  ths  most  to  our  taste,  in  fact  Mr.  Clarke's 
cattle  as  a  whole  are  a  lot  of  good  heavy  fleshed  useful  animals. 

A  short  drive  from  North  Ferriby  brings  us  to  Waulby, 
formerly  known  to  breeders  as  the  place  where  Mr.  Botterill  used 
to  invite  his  friends  to  meet  Mr.  Thornton  at  lunch  every  few  years, 
and  on  his  removal  into  Lincolnshire,  still  another  shorthorn 
breeder  changed  his  quarters,  and  we  find  Mr.  Joseph  Thompson  in 
possession.  Mr.  Thompson's  father  at  Anlaby  purchased  Empress 
at  Sir  Wm.  Wright's  sale  about  1850,  and  in  point  of  numbers 


140  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

this  is  the  strongest'  tribe  at  Waulby.  Ethel,  Enchantress,  and 
Ella,  three  handsome  young  cows,  would  do  credit  to  any  family, 
the  last  named  a  deep  red  being  our  particular  fancy.  Cassia, 
bought  from  Mr.  Dixon,  of  Caistor,  has  now  eight  representatives 
in  the  female  line  ;  whereas  the  Grwynnes,  and  what  are  known  as 
the  Duchesses,  are  each  seven  in  number,  the  latter  passed  through 
Mr.  Slye's  possession  before  corning  into  Yorkshire,  and  have  some 
good  old  blood  for  a  foundation,  worth  breeding  from.  Duchess 
16th,  an  excellent  dairy  cow,  by  Lord  Lathom's  Oneida  Prince 
34948,  is  own  sister  to  the  handsome  Duchess  Blanche,  unfor- 
tunately given  over  breeding,  and  now  in.  the  process  of  being 
turned  into  beef,  which  if  anything  like  the  personal  attrac- 
tions of  the  animal,  very  good  it  will  be.  The  Grwynnes 
were  obtained  from  Mr.  J.  H.  Casswell's,  and  are  of  the 
favourite  branch  tracing  to  Mr.  Slye's  Orphan  Gwynno,  by 
Duke  of  Grloster  11382,  whose  daughter  Tregunter  Grvvynne,  sold 
for  290  gs.  at  one  of  the  Beaumont  Grange  sales,  and  Tulip 
Grwynne,  is  the  latter's  pioduce  by  one  of  Mr.  Sheldon's  popular 
Dukes  of  Barrington,  after  changing  owners  she  bred  Waulby 
Grwynne,  to  the  Kirklevington  Duke  of  Aveland  41355.  Baroness 
Laughton,  and  Baroness  Laughton  3rd,  own  sisters  to  Waulby 
Gwynne,  came  \,ith  the  dam  from  Laughton,  and  the  older  a  thick 
wealthy  heifer  has  given  birth  to  Rowley  Grwynne;  thus  the  family 
are  in  a  prosperous  state,  and  being  of  so  prolific  a  sort  will  it  is 
hoped  continue  so.  Rose  of  Ryedale  8th,  a  fine  heavy  fleshed  cow, 
is  along  with  her  daughter,  Rydedale  Rose,  amongst  the  cows  in 
milk,  which  also  comprise  Baroness  Beverley  17th,  a  favourite 
tribe  of  Mr.  Brornet's,  heavily  crossed  with  Wetherby  Duke  sires, 
and  the  mother  of  a  red  cow  calf  in  the  boxes.  Beaming  Eyes  7th, 
is  a  pretty  Lady  Worcester,  once  so  handsome  and  fashionable  at 
Dunmore,  and  Winterfold  ;  probably  Lady  Waterloo  38th,  may  be 
thought  by  some  to  be  of  equal  value  since  the  rise  of  the  Waterloos 
in  public  favour,  the  latter  is  the  dam  of  Mr.  Thompson's  stud  bull 
Duke  of  Wellington  51116,  a  son  of  Lord  Feversham's  Prince  of 
Kirklevington  45392,  since  our  visit  we  hear  of  the  purchase  of 


SHORTHORX  HKRDS  OF  ENGLAND.  141 

Giand  Earl  of  Waterloo  3rd,  bred  at  Capheaton,  an  exceedingly 
handsome  calf  of  the  same  family.  Kirklevington  Duchess  24th, 
bought  as  a  somewhat  doubtful  lot  at  the  dispersion  of  Mr.  Lodge's 
herd,  proved  to  be  not  so,  and  Waulby  Kirklevington,  now  grown 
into  a  capital  heifer,  amply  rewarded  Mr.  Thompson  for  any  little 
risk  he  might  incur  in  her  purchase,  another  not  to  be  despised 
heifer  in  her  company  is  Wild  Cowslip  2nd,  by  Mr.  Lovatt's 
Bushbury  Count  of  Oxford  46023,  from  Wild  Cowslip,  bred  at 
Killhow,  of  the  family  known  so  well  in  connection  with  Shotley,  and 
in  the  boxes  is  a  red  and  white  half  sister,  in  company  with  an 
uncommonly  smart  Cleopatra. 

In  Holderness,  Mr.  Barber  has  bred  shorthorns  for  upwards  of 
thirty  years  at  Sproatley  Eise,  and  the  Duchess  Nancys  in  particular 
have  been  associated  with  the  herd  since  their  purchase  from  Col. 
Townley,  who  obtained  Duchess  Nancy  at  Messrs.  Bell's  sale  at 
Kirklevington  in  1850;  it  is  this  cow's  descendants  that  realized 
such  high  prices  at  Wicken  Park,  Audley  End,  and  Killhow,  and  at 
Mr.  Barber's  sale  in  1876,  six  females  averaged  174  gs.,  and  the 
thirty-eight  head  offered  made  close  on  £90  each.  Several  of  the 
tribe  are  still  at  Sproatley  Eise,  known  as  the  Duchesses  of  Clarence. 
Unfortunately  the  large  portion  of  the  herd  were  away  on  extra 
grass  land  taken  by  Mr.  Barber  several  miles  distant,  and  as  the 
trains  did  not  suit  our  after  plans,  we  had  to  rest  content  with 
seeing  three  or  four  cows  in  milk,  young  calves,  and  Duke  of 
Waterloo  8th  51155,  a  promising  red  son  of  Baron  Oxford  12th 
45926,  and  Waterloo  Maid  3rd.  bred  by  Sir  John  Swinburne  at 
Capheaton,  and  one  of  his  last  spring's  contingent  to  Dringhouses. 
Two  Duchess  of  Clarence  cows  had  excellent  dairy  properties,  and 
in  an  old  sale  catalogue  of  1862,  Mr.  Straff ord  in  the  less  than  half 
a  dozen  lines  devoted  to  his  remarks  on  the  herd  writes,  "  they  are 
in  perfect  health,  and  regular  breeders,  many  of  them  possessing 
excellent  dairy  qualities.  Both  the  Feathers  (descended  from  the 
Et.  Hon.  C.  Arbuthnot's  stock),  and  Amelias  (full  of  Townley 
blood),  have  been  at  Sproatley  Eise  for  many  years,  the  former 
coming  direct  from  Townley,  and  the  latter  fiorn  Mr.  Smyth 


142  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

Owen's  sale  in  1855.  Waterloos  of  three  varieties  in  the  female 
line  could  have  been  seen  with  time  at  our  disposal,  viz.  the  Water 
Duchesses  from  Mr.  Maynaid's,  and  one  each  of  the  Lady  Waterloo, 
and  Nunwick  branches.  Rembrandt  13587,  bred  at  Townley,  winner 
of  sixteen  cups  and  prizes,  was  used  by  Mr.  Barber  in  early  days, 
and  when  the  sale  took  place  in  1862.  his  son  Master  Eernbrandt 
16545,  from  Miss  Feathers,  was  the  sire  of  many  of  the  heifers, 
and  most  of  the  females  were  served  by  either  of  the  To \vnley  bred 
bulls,  Royal  Butterfly  3rd  1S754,  or  Frederick's  Grandson  17881. 
Since  that  date  Bates  bulls  have  always  been  in  service,  and 
included  Beau  of  Oxford  21254,  Oxford's  Baronet  29499,  sons  of 
the  imported  Belle  of  Oxford  2nd,  and  Maid  of  Oxford  (5th. 
Grand  Duke  6th  198/6,  bred  at  Springfield,  and  his  home  bred 
son  Cherry  Duke  25753,  from  Cherry  Duchess  8th,  and  in  Baron 
Wild  Eyes  33109,  a  son  of  Baron  Oxford  4th  25580,  and  Prince  of 
Glo'ster  40317,  of  Duke  of  Glo'ster  5th  36494  (own  brother  to 
Duke  of  Glo'ster  7th  used  at  Holker),  we  have  two  more  home 
bred  sires  before  Lord  Feversham's  Winsome  Duke  2nd  48971  the 
predecessor  of  Duke  of  Waterloo  8th  was  purchased. 

After  our  return  from  Holderness,  crossing  over  to  the  newly 
opened  line  of  the  Hull,  Barnsley,  and  West  Riding  Junction 
Railway,  the  second  fetation  is  Willerby  and  Kirk  Ella,  near  which 
is  Mr.  J.  8.  Egginton's  pretty  place,  The  Elms,  and  the  last  few 
years  his  name  has  appeared  as  a  purchaser  at  several  of  the  short- 
horn sales.  Una  13th,  a  good  looking  Uisula  heifer,  and  Sunbeam, 
of  the  Sweetheart  family,  by  Mr.  R.  Pavin  Davies'  Grand  Duke  of 
Glo'ster  36721,  came  with  her  cow  calf  from  Ulceby  Grange. 
Red  Rose  27th,  and  Verbina  9th,  were  bought  in  Cumberland  at  the 
Eden  Hall  sale,  the  former  of  a  good  local  sort  in  the  east  of  that 
county,  and  the  latter  bred  through  Mr.  J.  W.  Phillips'  herd  of 
Heybridge.  The  most  recent  additions  are  two  Booth  cows,  bred 
by  Mr.  R.  S.  Bruere,  and  naturally  full  of  his  Vesper  blood ;  it  is 
Mr.  Egginton's  intention  to  continue  the  Booth  blood,  and  not  to 
cross  them  with  his  Bates  sire  Lord  of  Hougomont  2nd  4995'j,  a 
roan  son  of  Prince  of  Kiiklevington  45392,  and  JNawton  Duchess 


14o  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  KNGLAXD. 

of  Waterloo  2nd,  which  was  included  by  his  breeder  the  Hon.  C. 
Duncombe  in  the  Beadlam  Grange  sale,  and  there  purchased  by 
Mr.  Egginton.  Certainly  the  handsomest  cow  in  the  herd  is  Lady 
Waterloo  12th,  a  massive  fine  daughter  of  Cambridge  Duke  8th, 
and  the  Givendale  Lady  Waterloo  llth,  the  ancestress  of  many 
good  animals,  and  Gazelle  16th,  of  a  tribe  not  at  present  taking 
high  rank  in  fashion's  market,  yet  there  are  breeders  who  will 
remember  the  high  prices  paid  for  them  in  their  palmy  days  at 
Siddington  House.  If  Mr.  Egginton  only  attains  the  same  fame 
in  shorthorns  as  his  neighbour,  Mr.  Arthur  Egginton,  has  in  the 
Black  Polls,  he  will  have  no  reason  to  be  dissatisfied  with  his 
venture. 

The  herd  at  Grimston  Park,  near  Tadcaster,  belonging  to 
Mr.  John  Fielden,  will  with  its  Hecubas  soon  become  to  be 
considered  a  second  Killerby.  The  original  pu: chases  were  four 
heifers  of  this  family  from  Mr.  J.  B.  Booth,  and  at  the  time  of  our 
visit,  Mr.  Fielden  enjoys  the  privilege  of  possessing  the  only 
female  members  of  this  tribe  in  England,  excepting  Mr.  Booth,  and 
at  the  sale  after  his  death  we  note  further  additions  have  been 
made.  Although  four  animals  were  purchased,  it  is  from  Queen  of 
the  Hills,  by  Merry  Monarch,  that  the  entire  herd  descends, 
numbering  nine  females,  and  five  males.  It  is  almost  needless  to 
mention  that  the  sires  are  either  of  Warlaby  or  Killerby  blood,  and 
Heart  of  Oak  39982  is  on  hire  from  the  former  place.  Nymph,  a 
light  roan  daughter  of  the  Hecuba  Janus  34245,  and  Queen  of  the 
Hills,  neat,  and  of  good  quality,  has  been  a  regular  breeder,  and  is 
the  matron  of  the  prize  family  when  the  County  held  its  meeting 
at  Eipon  in  1884,  which  included  Naid,  another  light  roan,  hardly 
so  neat  as  the  dam  ;  Queen  Valentine,  a  robust  heifer  of  large 
scale,  one  of  a  Reserve  pair  exhibited  at  the  Shrewsbury  Royal; 
while  the  youngest  of  the  family  group  was  an  unnamed  calf, 
known  at  the  last  County  meeting  as  a  prize  winner  under  the 
name  of  Dryops,  and  for  this  shortlegged  massive  young  bull,  if  we 
mistake  not  further  honours  are  in  store.  Stuart  Queen,  by  the 
Warlaby  Eoyal  Stuart,  has  the  usual  good  rib  and  loin  so  promi- 


144  snmmimjx  HERDS  OF   I;N<;I,AVI>. 

nent  a  feature  at  Warlaby.  Queen  of  Clubs,  is  inclined  to  be 
somewhat  leggy,  although  by  the  famous  old  King  of  Trumps,  who 
however  has  made  amends  by  being  the  sire  of  a  good  calf  out  of 
Stuart's  Queen,  and  Grimston  Queen,  a  veij  level  grand  ribbed 
heifer,  must  not  be  left  unnoticed. 

In  only  the  last  three  volumes  has  Mr.  Geo.  Mann,  of  Scawsby 
Hall,  Doncaster,  registered  his  pedigrees,  yet  they  show  as  much 
breeding  as  many  a  cow  whose  ancestry  has  been  recorded  from  the 
very  earliest  days,  another  instance  of  the  value  pure  bred  bulls  do 
in  the  country,  especially  when  a  careful  account  is  kept  of  the 
different  sires,  and  it  does  not  require  a  vast  amount  of  trouble  to 
so  start  a  new  family  eligible  for  Coates' ;  more  care  is  required  in 
keeping  a  careful  record  of  the  service  of  each  female,  and  the  date 
of  birth  of  the  calf,  than  anything  else.  With  the  evception  of  one 
family,  Ambrose  12392,  bred  by  Mr.  Sanday,  of  Holmepierrepont, 
is  the  first  registered  sire,  and  Lord  Thoresby  14856,  a  Bell  Bates, 
bred  by  Mr.  W.  Wood,  is  his  successor  in  many  of  them.  Iron 
Duke  20440,  was  bred  at  Osberton,  and  in  Zenith  39344,  a  son  of 
Booth's  Royal  Seal  280(50,  and  Zone,  a  considerable  dash  of  Booth 
was  introduced,  then  Bob  Cherry  33172,  bred  by  Mr.  J.  E>.  Singleton, 
of  Mr.  Maynard's  Flora  tribe,  is  the  sire  of  some  very  fine  cows,  and 
when  Mr.  Mann  went  to  the  same  breeder  again  for  a  successor,  he 
obtained  Decorator  44617,  of  Mr.  Lynn's  Q.ueen  family,  by  a  son 
of  Duke  cf  Connaught,  he  is  also  the  sire  of  a  very  handsome  lot 
of  stock  of  all  ages,  is  a  deep  massive  bull  with  a  wonderful  grand 
neck,  and  chest.  Eight  cows  are  in  a  field  of  capital  old  grass,  the 
first  to  hand  is  Miss  Willis,  a  white  big  framed  daughter  of  Zenith 
39344;  Princess  Alice,  and  Princess  Cherry,  half  sisters,  b)  Tele- 
machus  10th  35728,  and  Bob  Cherry  33172,  from  Princess,  are  a 
pair  of  fine  dairy  like  animals,  and  another  excellent  cow  is  Wild 
Air,  the  mother  of  one  of  the  best  of  the  yearlings,  while  of  the 
two  year  olds,  Marigold,  is  very  even  like  her  twin  sister  Magolia, 
the  latter  having  been  under  cover  in  training  for  local  honours,  is 
naturally  in  better  bloom,  and  at  the  homestead  is  a  very  pretty 


SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  EXULAXD.  145 

calf  own  sister  to  Fleur-des-Lis,  sold  to  Mr.  C.  T.  Getting,  for 
exportation,  as  well  as  a  grand  white  named  Oakleaf,  the  only  female 
not  bred  at  Scawsby,  she  is  the  daughter  of  the  Killerby  Heart  of 
Oak,  and  came  from  Mr.  Pybus  Home's,  near  Richmond.  Several 
more  very  good  heifers  are  noticed,  especially  the  dark  roan  Alma, 
and  although  two  years  ago  Dr.  Frias  selected  no  less  than  ten  of 
the  best  young  animals  for  Buenos  Ayres,  Mr.  Mann  is  still  to  be 
congratulated  on  possessing  a  herd  of  very  good  cattle. 

Mirfield  is  situate  between  Manchester  and  Normanton,  and  at 
East  Thorpe,  a  pretty  place  on  the  outskirts  of  the  town,  Mr.  F. 
Burnley,  is  founding  a  first  class  herd  of  Bates  cattle,  having  recently 
purchased  Conishead  Wild  Eyes  3rd,  a  handsome  roan  cow,  and 
her  grand-daughter  by  Baron  Newfield  Winsome,  an  exceedingly 
attractive  calf.  It  was  the  half-sister  of  Mr.  Burnley's  cow  that 
brought  (UOgs.  when  11  weeks  old  at  the  Conishead  Grange  sale  of 
1877.,  two  more  of  the  same  family  making  610gs.  and  780gs.  the 
same  day.  The  previous  purchases  were  Blanche  25th,  Miss  Beverley 
41st,  and  a  young  bull  selected  privately  from  the  Wetherby  herd. 
Baron  Darlington  9th,  is  a  straight  level  son  of  Duke  of  Tregunter 
9th,  and  the  grand  old  white  Darlingtina  9th.  The  two  heifers  are 
a  pretty  pair  of  roans,  the  Blanche  being  the  darker  colour,  in 
breeding  she  is  by  Duke  Blanche  47705  (the  sire  of  the  white  Duchess 
heifer  at  Wetherby),  and  then  follow  a  succession  of  grand  Bates 
crosses  in  Duke  of  Tregunter  8th,  Duke  of  Glo'ster  2nd,  Baron 
Oxford  4th,  and  Duke  of  Oxford  10th ;  probably  the  Miss  Beverley 
will  be  preferred  by  some  onlookers  for  straight-ness  of  outline,  and 
as  to  which  will  be  the  better  breeder,  time  alone  will  prove. 

Ballifield  Hall,  five  miles  from  busy  Sheffield,  is  the  residence 
of  Mr.  T.  W.  Cadman,  who  has  a  good  collection  of  dairy  short- 
horns, any  one  of  which  failing  to  milk  to  his  satisfaction,  has  to 
part  company  with  her  owner,  the  right  course  to  adopt  without 
doubt  in  order  to  possess  a  first  class  herd  of  this  description,  but 
the  question  of  a  sire  to  mate  with  them  is  of  equal  importance, 
and  Mr.  Cadman,  in  obtaining  Earl  of  Fawsley  llth  32823,  a  son 

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140  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

of  Duke  of  Barrington  10th  43067  and  Rose  Knightley  of  Xaseby 
2nd,  has  followed  the  traditions  of  the  Knightleys  for  being  famous 
for  their  milking  properties,  and  Knightley 's  Grand  Duke  2nd 
49836,  bred  at  Weston  Park,  also  of  the  Rosy  tribe,  is  the  sire  of 
many  of  the  heifers.  Mr.  C.  Hobbs'  herd  is  well  to  the  front  in 
the  white  Chorus  4th  (of  the  same  foundation  as  the  better  named 
Musicals)  and  his  neighbour  Mr.  Edmonds  in  Rose  of  France  loth, 
another  very  useful  white,  is  also  favourably  represented.  Frantic, 
a  daughter  of  Col.  Kingscote's  Oxford's  Fane  34495,  a  fine  up- 
standing squarely  framed  cow  belongs  to  the  Florentias,  once  well 
known  and  popular.  Mr.  Hobbs'  herd  has  sent  forth  Bonny  12th, 
and  Bonny  13th,  of  short  descent,  from  two  own  sisters.  Laughton 
Princess  5th,  bred  by  Mr.  Casswell,  is  a  stylish  Bates  like  cow  of 
the  Ursuline  branch  of  the  Lily  Bells,  and  Duchess  of  Kent,  of  the 
Lady  Walton  branch,  is  only  yet  in  her  heiferhood.  From  Mr. 
Cass well's  came  also  Fame,  by  Mr.  Wood's  Lord  Chancellor  20160, 
which  gave  28  quarts  of  milk  per  day,  and  Mr.  Cadman  has  some 
good  cows,  and  heifers,  of  great  milking  properties  descended  from 
her.  Countess  of  Wragby,  famous  in  the  St.  Albans  herd,  was  bred 
at  Ballifield  Hall,  and  is  of  the  same  foundation  as  the  Lady 
Seymours ;  yet  another  favourite  dairy  family  of  the  owner's  are 
the  Lunettes,  obtained  originally  from  Mr.  Thos.  Whiteside,  in  the 
neighbourhood  of  Preston.  Sweet  Pea  53735,  bred  by  Mr.  J.  Capel 
Croome,  descended  from  stock  originally  bred  by  the  Messrs.  Rich, 
at  Didmarton,  has  been  purchased  to  assist  Earl  of  Fawsley  llth. 


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CHAPTER     VI. 

The   Lincolnshire    Herd*. —  Yruldlethorpe. — Limber    lltujna. — llelton 

Boss. — Tathicell    Hall. — Scothern. — Hackthorne. — Gate    Burton. — 

Strojcton. — Lauyhton. — The    Norfolk    Herds. — Sandringliam — West 

Dereham  Abbey. 

Yaddlethorpe,  four  miles  from  Grunness,  on  the  Manchester, 
Sheffield,  and  Lincolnshire  Railway  is  our  first  destination,  and  on 
this  estate,  purchased  by  Mr.  T.  A.  Titley,  considerable  additions 
have  been  made  to  the  buildings  to  make  them  suitable  for  the 
animals  put  chased  by  him  at  the  recent  leading  Bates  sales.  That 
beautiful  cow  Kiiklevington  Duchess  16th,  looking  very  blooming, 
is  one  of  the  first  to  welcome  us,  and  in  another  box,  Kirklevington 
Duchess  llth,  a  very  grand  old  cow,  suckling  a  red  bull  calf,  is 
from  the  famous  Kirklevington  Duchess  5th,  the  highest  priced  of 
the  tribe  ever  sold  in  this  country,  being  pui chased  by  Sir  Curtis 
Lampson  for  l,100gs. ;  since  our  visit  Mr.  Titley  has  wisely  secured 
a  grand-daughter  in  Countess  of  Kirklevington  7th,  one  of  the 
choicest  heifers  in  the  Osgodby  herd.  In  the  newly  erected  substan- 
tial byre  are  Baroness  Beverley  loth,  full  of  Wetherby  Duchess 
blood,  and  a  capital  milker ;  Lady  Emily  Barrington,  a  daughter  of 
Duke  of  Wetherby  5th  31033,  and  Lady  Ellen  Barrington,  of 
the  favourite  Laurel  branch,  came  from  the  dispersion  of  Mr.  H. 
Lovatt's  well  known  herd  in  company  with  Winsome  Colleen,  a  grand 
specimen  of  the  breed,  with  ever}  characteristic  of  a  fashionable  bred 
shorthorn,  she  brought  7 15gs.  when  a  yearling,  being  the  second  highest 
priced  animal,  sold  at  Shotley  Hall  in  1878  ;  her  name  indicates 
her  ancestry,  and  it  remains  but  to  add  that  the  departed 
Duke  of  Connaught  is  her  sire.  Czarina  5th,  another  excellent 
animal  has  however  not  the  wonderful  depth  of  the  Winsome,  and 
Rowfant  Brunette  3rd,  a  daughter  of  Grrand  Duke  37th,  unfor- 
tunately like  many  another  good  heifer  is  white  in  colour. 

Lady  York  and  Thorridale  Bates  10th,  is  from  the  beautiful 
Lady  York  and  Thorndale  Bates  2nd,  a  very  handsome  cow- 
favourably  noticed  in  a  herd  already  mentioned ;  this  young  cow 


14(S  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

was  a  purchase  with  her  half  sister,  Lady  York  and  Thorndale 
Bates  12th,  a  very  taking  young  heifer,  at  present  very  level  and 
straight,  with  a  wonderful  attractive  head  and  horn.  The  Cambridge 
Roses  have  become  so  fashionable  that  a  rising  herd  like  that  of 
Mr.  Titley's  would  not  do  to  be  behind  the  times,  so  at  Audley  End 
both  a  Heydon  and  Thorndale  Rose  were  purchased,  the  latter  one 
of  the  very  best  of  the  favourite  branch  which  averaged  for  male 
and  female  over  =£200  per  head  for  the  fifteen  brought  to  the 
hammer.  Thorndale  Rose  29th  is  seen  in  the  owner's  pretty  park 
near  to  Leeds,  just  the  place  for  a  few  first  class  shorthorns,  and  two 
or  three  of  the  special  favourites  are  generally  located  there ;  as 
this  heifer  proudly  walks  to  meet  us  carrying  her  head  in  that 
graceful  style  becoming  her  high  breeding  she  is  the  object  of  much 
admiration,  being  the  possessor  of  both  hair  and  flesh  in  abundance, 
with  not  the  least  sign  of  any  delicacy  of  constitution  discernable, 
indeed  a  more  robust  looking  heifer  it  would  be  difficult  to  wish  for, 
so  it  is  yet  within  the  range  of  possibilities  to  have  both  an  excellent 
animal  and  purity  of  blood  combined,  and  always  will  be,  provided 
more  discrimination  be  used  in  the  mating  of  the  animals,  and  when 
brighter  days  dawn  ones  more  for  pedigree  shorthorns,  those  breeders 
who  have  kept  unsullied  the  purity  of  the  great  Bates  and  Booth 
tribes  will  most  assuredly  have  a  great  and  just  reward,  right  well 
will  they  deserve  it,  and  let  us  hope  that  the  day  will  not  be  long  in 
corning.  Accompanying  the  two  Roses  from  Essex  were  a  very 
shapely  Knightley  heifer,  and  Oxford  King  51814,  the  young  bull, 
Lord  Braybrooke  had  bought  for  the  use  of  his  Cambridge  Roses 
from  Mr.  Lloyd,  a  dark  red  son  of  Grand  Duke  41st  46439,  from 
the  Oxford  calf  that  cost  Mr.  Lloyd  over  900gs.  at  Stone  Cross  in 
1878,  he  has  not  grown  into  a  large  bull  but  is  of  quite  the  Bates 
character,  with  a  capital  masculine  head  and  horn. 

The  first  important  purchase  by  Mr.  Henry  Sharpley,  of  Limber 
Magna,  near  Ulceby,  formerly  located  at  Ackthorpe  Hall  in  this 
County,  was  at  the  dispersion  of  the  Biddenham  herd  in  1870, 
where  the  Gwynnes  were  so  much  admired,  Fairy  Gwynne,  and 
Fancy  Gwynne,  daughters  of  Fifth  Grand  Duke  19875,  having  fallen 


SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND.  149 

to  Mr.  Sharpley's  share,  they  have  since  been  crossed  with  many  of 
Mr.  R.  E.  Oliver's  famous  Grand  Dukes,  which  were  either  purchased, 
hired,  or  visited  ;  in  referring  to  the  various  pedigrees  we  find  Grand 
Dukes  7th,  19th,  21st,  22nd,  25th,  27th,  30th,  and  33rd,  appear 
amongst  the  sires,  and  in  addition  Cherry  Grand  Duke  4th  30712, 
also  from  Sholebioke,  was  one  of  the  earlier  sires.  In  late  years  Mr. 
Sharpley  has  bought  Fordham  Duke  of  Oxford  4th  41569,  long 
used  at  Waulby ;  and  Knight  of  Worcester  3rd  40581,  a  dark  roan 
heavy  fleshed  bull,  wonderfully  wide  in  front,  and  squarely  built, 
was  purchased  at  the  Hindlip  sale,  where  he  was  greatly  admired, 
previously  he  had  been  let  out  on  hire  at  Holker.  The  Grwynnes  at 
the  end  of  the  past  year  numbered  eight  and  twenty  females,  the 
name  of  Piincess  Grwynne  having  been  appropiiated  for  the  younger 
members  of  the  family.  It  is  early  morn  when  we  go  foith  to  see 
the  herd,  as  the  ten  o'clock  train  has  to  be  caught  from  Barnetby  to 
Melton  Ross.  Quite  a  number  of  the  animals  are  in  the  pasture 
near  the  house,  and  the  Grwynnes  are  here  numerously  represented. 
The  first  on  turn  is  Cherry  Duchess  29th,  the  oldir  sister  of  a  pair  of 
this  ttibe  possessed  by  Mr.  Sharpley,  out  of  Cherry  Duchess  21st, 
bought  as  a  calf  at  Wicken  Park.  Princess  Gwynne  9th,  is  a  good 
cow  full  of  character,  the  Twentieth,  by  Grand  Duke  of  Waterloo 
44897,  minus  the  dash  of  Booth  caused  several  generations  ago  by 
Duke  of  Leinster  17724.  is  not  so  neat  as  the  Twenty-fourth,  one  of 
five  sisters  from  the  Fourth,  which  although  not  in  high  condition, 
has  the  straight  outline  of  a  good  heifer,  and  the  Twenty-second  is 
also  thick  and  good.  In  the  buildings  are  a  red  and  white  Blanche, 
an  excellent  dairy  cow;  Princess  Grwynne  10th,  a  fine  looking  deep 
bodied  daughter  of  one  of  the  Grand  Dukes  ;  Dainty  Darling,  a 
handsome  large  framed  white,  bred  by  Mr.  A.  Crane,  in  Kansas,  of 
the  Duchess  Nancy  tribe,  from  which  sort  Mr.  Sharpley  bred  his 
prize  bull  Duke  of  Grenoa  33746,  Champion  male  at  the  Yorkshire  in 
1873.  Thorndale  Rose  32nd,  a  dark  roan  heifer  was  bought  at  Audley 
End,  a  year  ago,  and  by  the  addition  of  Thorndale  Rose  33rd, 
a  few  days  later  at  East  Donyland,  it  is  evidently  intended  to  make 
them  a  leading  tribe  at  Limber  Magna,  certainly  for  their  wonder- 


150  SHORTHORN    11KRDS    OF    ENGLAND. 

ful  line  breeding,  and  prolificness  in  Lord  Braybrooke's  hands  they 
are  worthy  of  a  place  in  any  herd ;  Oxford's  Waterloo  4th, 
another  good  old  sort,  but  not  quite  to  our  liking  in  head  and  horn, 
she  has  been  a  most  excellent  breeder,  having  been  the  mother  of 
Grand  Duke  of  Waterloo,  used  at  home,  Grand  Duchess  of 
"Waterloo,  exported  with  her  calf  to  Canada  by  Mr.  R.  Gibson,  and 
three  daughters  now  in  the  herd,  one  is  seen  at  the  home 
buildings,  another  is  visiting  Mr.  P.  L.  Mills'  Duke  of  Rosedale  19th, 
and  the  third  occupying  a  shed  in  one  of  the  pastures  is  brought 
alongside  the  highway  for  inspection  as  we  are  en  route  to  the  station, 
and  shows  herself  to  great  advantage  as  she  marches  on  the  turf  in 
all  the  gaiety  of  that  taking  style  so  p?culiar  to  a  Bites  shorthorn, 
and  we  congratulate  the  owner  on  possessing  so  charming  a  family  ; 
and  Grand  Duchess  of  Waterloo  4th  has  added  to  the  number  by 
bringing  a  promising  cow  calf  to  Baron  Oxford  17th  About  two 
miles  away  Mr.  Sharpley  has  a  second  set  of  buildings  in  which 
many  of  the  heifers  have  not  yet  left  the  straw  yards.  Cherry 
Archduchess  2nd,  an  exceedingly  handsome  roan,  is  considered  one 
of  the  finest  cows  at  Limber  Magna.  Passing  on  we  see  in  company 
with  Berkshires  from  Lord  Rendleshain's  ;  Princess  Gwynne  7th,  an 
excellent  breeder,  and  Silence  3rd,  one  of  two  sisters  from  Silent, 
by  Mr.  Sheldon's  Earl  of  Wai  wickshire3rd  26079,  out  of  Surmise  2nd. 
Sylvan  Charmer  2nd,  in  the  next  yard  represents  the  Sweethearts, 
and  in  another  one,  Grand  Duke  33rd  has  four  daughters. 

Melton  Ross,  is  situate  only  one  mile  from  the  junction  at 
Barnetby,  and  there  Mr.  Jonas  Webb,  with  a  lot  of  good  looking 
cattle,  well  maintains  the  repute  of  the  old  Babraham  herd,  several 
of  which  are  descended  from  it,  and  of  late  years  Duke  of  Worcester 
10th  49491,  a  handsome  red  bull,  by  Grand  Duke  23rd  34063,  from 
Lady  Worcester  5th,  has  been  extensively  used,  but  is  now  at 
Streetly  Hall  for  a  few  weeks,  previous  to  being  offered  at  Mr. 
Henry  Webb's  sale.  Keystone,  his  handsome  yearling  son,  out  of 
Vocalist,  one  of  the  grandest  cows  in  the  herd,  is  now  in  service  at 
Melton  Ross.  Mr.  Webb's  name  has  recently  appeared  pretty 
frequently  in  the  prize  lists,  and  a  number  of  promising  young 


SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND.  151 

animals  are  coming  forward  for  future  victories.  Melton  Flirt,  a 
daughter  of  Lord  Lathom's  Baron  Aston  37770,  and  Queen  Dodoua, 
one  of  the  first  brought  forth,  is  already  favourably  known  to  the 
public  with  her  grand  forequarters,  and  excellent  touch.  This 
family  was  obtained  by  the  purchase  of  Young  May  Flower,  the 
grand-darn  of  Melton  Flirt,  from  Mr.  H.  Webb,  she  being  a  daughter 
of  May  Flower,  the  foundation  of  the  Streetly  Hall  herd  in  1856, 
which  was  bred  by  Mr.  Jonas  Webb,  at  B.ibrahain,  and  a  grand- 
daughter of  Dodona.  purchased  by  him  from  Earl  Spenccer  in  1838. 
Clayden  Rose,  Lady  le  Harrington,  and  Nancy  Lee,  half  sisters,  from 
Lady  of  the  Lea,  have  also  the  old  Babraham  blood  in  their  veins. 
The  best  of  the  three  is  Nancy  Lee,  a  nice  shott  legged  cow,  winner 
of  several  prizes  in  her  younger  days,  and  the  mother  of  a  grand 
two  year  old  heifer.  Clay  den  Hose,  appears  very  good  at  the  pail, 
and  Lady  le  Barrington,  will  with  Laura,  a  daughter  of  Nancy  Lee's, 
and  Lady  Alice,  a  Cold  Cream  bred  at  Ulceby  Grange,  join  the  old 
bull  at  Streetly  Hall.  The  fashionable  Wild  Eyes  tribe  is  represented 
by  Wild  Countess,  a  capital  ribbed  lengthy  daughter  of  Wild  Eyes 
37th,  with  much  the  graceful  style  of  her  dam  now  in  the  Wetherby 
herd.  Melton  Wild  Eyes,  her  own  sister,  is  in  company  with 
Melton  Waterloo,  of  the  Thicket  Priory  branch,  suckling  a  red  bull 
calf  by  Duke  of  Walton  51154,  a  Knightly  Walnut  bull,  bought  at 
Cockfield  Hall,  out  of  that  grand  cow  Tsolt,  afterwards  seen  in  the 
Babingley  herd  at  Sandringham.  In  the  adjoining  yard  is  Beverley 
Duchess  30th,  a  pretty  daughter  of  Lord  Wildrake  45175,  having 
by  her  side  a  red  cow  calf,  since  placed  second  at  the  Yorkshire 
Meeting  at  Sheffield.  In  the  Park  we  have  a  remarkably  fine  short 
legged  cow  in  Lady  Bracelet  2nd,  of  the  sort  well  known  at 
Sholebroke,  and  now  at  Preston  Hall,  which  with  the  handsome 
Vocalist,  of  the  Seraphina  tribe,  so  successfully  exhibited  when  in 
Mr.  Chalk's  possession,  are  a  pair  of  cows  of  which  any  owner  may 
be  justly  proud. 

A  thirty  miles  run  from  Ulceby  Junction  brings  us  to  Louth, 
and  to  Tathwell  Hall,  four  miles  distant,  Mr.  R.  Botterill,  one  of 
the  leading  breeders  of  shorthorns  and  thoroughbreds  in  the  East  of 


152  SHOimiORN    HEltDS    ul"    KNGLAND. 

Yorkshire,  removed  his  herd  and  stud  three  years  ago.  At  the  former 
place  the  herd  was  founded  alout  1870,  by  the  purchase  of  twelve 
cows  and  heifers  of  the  old  Farnley  blood  from  the  representatives 
of  the  late  Mr.  Dawson,  of  Weston  Hall,  near  Otley  ;  afterwards  at 
the  dispersion  of  any  highly  bred  Bates  herds,  purchases  were  often 
made  for  Waulby,  and  previous  to  the  removal  into  Lincolnshire, 
seventy  three  head,  being  the  larger  portion  of  the  herd  were  sold  at 
an  average  of  betwixt  thirty  and  forty  pounds  each.  Eordbam  Duke 
of  Oxford  4th  41549,  bred  by  Col.  Morris,  a  thick  short  legged 
massive  bull,  was  sold  after  his  arrival  from  the  States,  at  Stone  Cross 
in  1878,  and  falling  to  Mr.  Bottei  ill's  bid,  he  remained  in  service 
until  the  sale  of  1883,  and  a  number  of  excellent  daughters  aie 
seen  at  Tathwell  Hall.  Previously  Oxford  le  Grand  29496,  from 
Sixth  Maid  of  Oxford,  sold  at  the  1873  Townley  sale  for  800  gs. 
had  a  long  term  of  service,  and  even  in  earlier  days  the  sires  had 
been  of  very  fashionable  blood,  Nineteenth  Duke  of  Oxford  28431, 
having  been  purchased  at  Holker,  and  the  fine  old  Duke  of  Clarence 
19611,  hired  from  Wttherby. 

The  land  now  occupied  by  Mr.  Botterill  is  over  1,000  acres  in 
extent,  and  in  addition  to  the  extensive  herd  of  shorthorns,  over  90 
in  number,  there  are  a  flock  of  500  Lincoln  ewes,  and  a  breeding 
stud  of  about  thirty  thoroughbreds.  Before  reaching  Tathwell  Hall, 
we  have  the  owner  waiting  for  us  at  the  Maltby  buildings  near  to  the 
highway,  where  are  Earl  of  Siddington  6th  51189,  and  Beau  of 
Oxford  50865,  the  two  present  sires,  and  three  young  bulls  sold  to 
Messrs.  Torrome,  Son  &  Co.  awaiting  shipment  to  South  America, 
these  are  Red  Duke  (Duchess  Nancy),  Wild  Duke  6th  (Wild  Eyes), 
and  Cambridge  Rose  Duke  2nd,  a  grandson  of  the  300  guinea 
purchase  at  Audley  End,  and  a  very  excellent  young  bull,  which  has 
been  put  to  several  of  the  heifers.  Bean  of  Oxford,  bred  by  Mr. 
Horsfall,  a  son  of  Viscount  Oxford  4th  44209,  and  Belle  of 
Oxford  llth,  is  a  lengthy  growing  young  bull  of  nice  quality, 
and  the  Earl  of  Siddington  likewise  a  lengthy  good  bull,  has  Tortworth 
for  his  birthplace. 


SHOltTHultN    HERDS   OF    ENGLAND.  153 

The  Waterloos  known  as  the  Duchess  of  Wellingtons,  may  be 
said  to  be  the  leading  family  ;  all  are  descended  from  the    Lady 
Waterloos,  of  Givendale,  and  Gaddesby  fame,  and  at  their  head  is 
Lady     Waterloo    27th,    a    thirteen    year    old    daughter    of    Lord 
Feversham's  famous    white  Oxford  bull,  and  the    "Patriot"  cow, 
looking  equal  to  adding  to  the  numerous  Duchess  of  Wellingtons. 
Her  first  born,  Lady  Waterloo  30th,  came  from  the  Wallington  sale 
with  the  dam,  and  is  a  deep  framed  good  animal,  and  Duchess  of 
Wellington  3rd,  is  curiously  the  first  born  of  the  daughter ;  all  are 
together,  and  form  an  inteiesting  family  group,  but  the  best  of  the 
tribe  is  Duchess  of  Wellington  2nd.  from  Lady  Waterloo  27th,  truly 
she  is  a  very  handsome  cow,  of  which  any  breeder  may  be  proud, 
with  that  beautiful  frame,  so  well  and  admirably  formed,  at  present 
she  is  suckling  a  roan  heifer  calf  by  .Field  Marshal  Wellington  llth 
51254,  a  son  of  her  half  sister,  Lady  Waterloo  30th.     Another  good 
daughter  of  Lady  Waterloo  27th,  is  Duchess  of  Wellington  14th,  a 
very  pretty  heifer,  one  of  the  best  of  the  yearlings.     The  Cambridge 
Roses,  represented  by  two  cows,  and  their  calves,  are  descended 
from  Heydon  Rose  3rd,  who  after  her  acquisition  had  only  one  calf, 
Cambridge  Rose  7th,  by  Lord  Braybrooke's  Duke  of  Rosedale  3rd 
33723,  thus  uniting  the  Thorndale  Rose   with  the  Heydon  Rose 
branch  of  this  popular  family.     Cambridge  Rose  7th,  has  now  grown 
into  a  handsome    cow,  and  is    full    of   true   shorthorn    character, 
Cambridge  Rose  8th,  her  daughter,  by  Mr.  Foster's  Lord  Wildrake 
45175,  has  like  the  dam  had  a  roan  cow  calf,  but  by  Beverley  Prince 
52518,  a  family  that  Mr.  Botterill  has  retained  in  his  herd  almost  from 
its  commencement,  having  originally  acquired  them  from  Weston 
Hall,  the  name  of  Beverley  Duchess,  originated  with  Mrs.  Dawson, 
and  has  been  since  continued.        With  the  exception  of  Beverley 
Duchess  28th,  from  a  Grand  Duke  of  Weston  cow,  no  other  of  the 
older  females  are  seen.     The  Beverley  Duchesses,  formerly  the  Miss 
Beverleys,  descend  from  Red   Darlington,  bought  on   the  recom- 
mendation of  Mr.  Bates,  by  Mr.  Burnett,  of  Black  Hedley.      The 
G  wynne  Princesses,  bred  at  Upleatham,  for  many  years  have  been 
very  prolific  in  Mr.  Botterill's  possession,  and  Duke  Gwynne  39754, 


154  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

was  sold  to  the  owner  of  the  Wetherby  herd.  Another  branch  of 
this  family  ars  the  Minstrels,  formerly  at  Kolker,  named  Gwynne 
Princesses  like  the  Upleatham  Gwymies.  The  Lady  Fortunates  are 
descended  from  Mr.  Cowling's  old  blood,  and  in  earlier  days 
produced  Duke  of  Brunswick  25937,  considered  one  of  the  best  bulls 
ever  sent  to  Australia,  and  Mr.  J.  H.  Angus,  of  Adelaide,  when  over 
in  this  country  in  1879,  took  out  Lady  Fortunate  2nd,  and  Lady 
Fortunate  4th,  from  Waul  by.  The  Cherry  Oxfords  have  the  same 
foundation  as  the  well  known  Cherry  Duchesses,  and  the  Oxford 
Roses  will  be  remembered  for  their  good  looks  at  the  earlier  Holker 
sales.  Mr.  Botterill  has  also  several  Acombs,  Walnuts,  Lady 
Hildas,  styled  Lady  Hudson  Bates',  and  Peach  Blossoms,  while  the 
more  fashionable  Oxfords,  and  Wild  Eyes'  are  not  left  in  the  cold 
in  this  extensive  herd,  the  former  being  represented  by  the  most 
recent  acquisition,  a  red  and  white  calf,  from  Grand  Duchess  of 
Oxford  48th,  and  the  latter  by  the  Grand  Duchess  branch,  once 
associated  with  Penryhn  Castle.  Mr.  Botterill  has  erected  numerous 
boxes  for  brood  mares  and  foals  ;  certainly  the  high  prices  realized, 
the  number,  and  quality  of  the  winners  produced,  give  every 
encouragement  for  the  expenditure.  The  principal  Lord  of  the 
Harem  is  Quicklime,  a  horse  of  the  very  highest  lineage,  and  him- 
self a  first-class  performer  on  the  turf. 

When  the  ancient  cathedral  town  of  Lincoln  is  reached,  Scot  hern 
and  Hackthorne,  are  but  five  miles  apart,  the  former  being  the 
nearer  at  hand,  we  direct  our  steps  thither  to  see  the  animals  bred  by 
Mr.  A.  Garfit  from  a  few  favourite  cows  reserved  by  him  in  1879, 
when  the  bulk  of  his  herd  were  dispersed.  The  principal  family  are 
the  Blanches  of  two  lines  of  blood  ;  one  tracing  to  the  Brilliant 
Roses  formerly  at  Gaddesby,  which  produced  the  Royal  winner 
Brilliant  Rose  2nd,  and  was  also  the  grand-dam  of  Blanche  Rosette 
4th,  also  a  Royal  and  County  winner  ;  the  other  descends  from  Roan 
Duchess  2nd,  by  the  celebrated  Frederick  11489,  a  Royal  winner  at 
Leeds,  and  in  Mr.  Garfit's  possession  they  have  bred  Scothern 
Butterfly  2nd  40768,  placed  third  at  the  Royal  Bristol  Meeting,  in 
1878.  Grand  Duke  25th  34065,  purchased  at.  vSholebioke,  and 


SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND.  155 

afterwards  sold  to  Mr.  II.  Loder,  was  used  to  the  Duchesses  at 
Whitlebury,  two  of  his  daughters,  Adelaide,  and  Blanche  Rosette 
5th,  are  the  first  seen,  both  have  had  a  turn  in  the  show  yard,  and 
did  not  return  unnoticed.  Sylvester  53060,  a  good  looking 
Sweetheart  bull,  purchased  from  Mr.  H.  Sharpley  has  succeeded 
Lord  Wildrake  45175,  bred  by  Mr.  S.  P.  Foster.  The  cows  and 
heifers  seen  in  the  fields  on  an  unpleasant  showery  day,  in  the  month 
of  April,  are  not  looking  to  advantage,  but  the  Blanches  are  prominent ; 
Brilliant  Rose  7th,  at  their  herd,  has  been  a  fine  cow  in  her  younger 
days  :  Scot/hern  Duchesses  6th,  and  7th,  half  sisters,  by  Lord  of 
Scothern  34(526  (a  son  of  a  very  fine  Lady  Worcester  heifer  bought 
at  Winterfold),  the  former  commended  as  a  calf  at  Derby,  has  dis- 
figured herself  by  damaging  a  horn,  and  the  latter  is  a  square  good 
heifer  of  considerable  scale.  Aigrette,  from  Adelaide,  is  pretty  ; 
Ripple,  and  Russet,  descend  from  Mr.  AValesby's  Old  Dairymaid, 
by  Monarch  18414,  and  Thrift,  to  Earl  Spencer's  Telluria. 

Hackthorne,  a  very  extensive  holding,  like  most  of  the  farms 
visited  on  which  shorthorns  are  kept,  is  in  the  occupation  of  Mr. 
Thomas  Pears,  who  differs  from  the  majority  of  the  breeders  in  the 
County  by  going  in  for  Booth  blood,  and  in  the  past  Killerby  has 
been  chiefly  resorted  to  for  sires.  Prince  Stuart  45421,  Bezique 
33148,  Welcome  Chief  48918,  Paul  Potter  38854,  and  King  of 
Trumps  31512,  having  all  been  hired,  and  at  present  Lord  Protector 
43565,  from  Warlaby,  grazes  contentedly  with  three  daughters  of 
Paul  Potter.  After  seeing  several  young  bulls  including  Hotspur, 
a  lengthy  son  of  AVelcome  Chief,  and  Rosary,  of  short  Booth  descent, 
bred  at  Acton  Burnell,  whose  half  brother  Hodge  is  running  with 
the  heifers,  we  have  Water  Witch,  of  the  Farewell  tribe,  still 
suckling  a  calf,  although  not  having  had  one  for  over  two  years ; 
and  her  daughter  Firefly,  by  King  of  Trumps  is  in  the  adjoining 
yard.  Wave  Music,  a  highly  bred  Aylesby  "  W"  came  as  a  little 
calf  from  Barmoor.  After  breakfast  we  start  for  the  pastures,  and 
find  a  number  of  well  bred  cows  and  heifers,  many  almost  pure 
Booth,  and  their  top  crosses  have  not  deteriorated  in  their  purity  of 
blood  since  coming  into  Mr.  Pears'  possession.  Vain  Princess,  a 


150  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

daughter  of  Lord  Clarence  45074,  from  Vain  Queen,  one  of  the 
three  Knowlmere  purchases  last  summer,  is  a  capital  ribbed  young 
heifer,  and  Fair  Maiden,  with  two  of  the  best  Killeiby  sires  of  recent 
years  on  Queen  of  Autumn  could  hardly  help  being  good.  Augusta, 
arid  her  dam,  Authoress,  the  only  two  of  this  family  which  descend 
from  the  Rev.  J.  Storer's  Anna  3rd,  being  of  the  same  lineage  as  the 
Brights,  and  Kibys,  indeed  they  may  be  said  to  be  of  purer  descent 
from  Mr.  Booth's  Anna,  than  either  of  their  more  fashionable  rival 
branches,  as  the  sires  intervening  between  Studley  and  Hellidon 
have  certainly  more  Booth  blood  in  their  veins  than  that  possessed 
by  either  the  Ribys  or  Brights  after  their  departure  from  Studley 
until  their  finding  a  resting  place  at  Aylesby.  Cynthia,  and  Countess, 
are  own  sisters  in  blood,  being  grand-daughters  of  the  twins,  Double 
Roses  1st,  and  2nd,  bought  at  Millbeckstock  by  Mr.  Pears,  whose 
grand-dam  the  handsome  old  White  Rose,  tried  at  the  fountain  head, 
sold  the  same  day  for  300gs,  to  the  Rev.  T.  Staniforth  ;  several  more 
are  afterwards  noticed  of  this  family  which  has  baen  prolific  at 
Hackthorne.  Maids  of  the  Abbey,  Orleans,  and  Saxony,  aie 
Mistress  Marys  with  the  introduction  of  the  Bates  Lord  Liverpool 
22168,  at  Hey  bridge,  whence  they  were  obtained.  On  our  return 
to  the  County  town,  we  visit  a  number  of  more  distant  animals,  but 
our  vehicle,  and  a  warm  morning  combined,  have  the  effect  of  keeping 
the  cattle  some  distance  away.  Roberta,  and  Rhoda,  are  own 
sisters,  out  of  the  older  Double  Rose,  the  latter  a  particularly  nice 
cow,  has  an  extremely  pretty  roan  heifer  calf.  Vain  Damsel,  hails 
from  Knowlmere,  and  Attractive  Lady,  by  Mr.  J.  Downing's  Earl 
of  Ashfield  36571,  is  of  a  family  that  came  from  Panton,  while  of 
two  own  sisters  Mountain  Rose,  and  Mountain  Maid,  the  latter  is 
the  younger  and  also  the  better  heifer. 

The  herd  at  Gate  Burton  Hall  has  had  an  existence  of  nearly 
fifty  years,  but  after  the  death  of  the  late  Mr.  W.  Hutton  the  entire 
herd,  with  the  exception  of  half  a  dozen  females  were  sold  by  auction 
in  1878,  at  an  average  of  thirty  three  pounds.  Previously  the  herd 
had  been  bred  principally  from  Tragedy,  bred  by  Earl  Spencer,  and 
Vesta,  a  descendant  of  Mr.  Booth's  Miss  Foote,  by  Pilot  496.  Sires 


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from  Aylesby,  Burghley,  Duncombe,  Farnley,  Lenton,  Osberton, 
Preston  Hall,  and  Wiseton,  had  been  in  service.  Since  Col.  Hutton 
came  into  possession  of  the  herd,  several  fresh  tribes  have  been 
added  to  the  six  animals  retained  in  1S78,  and  Grand  Duke  Winsome 
44898,  a  son  of  Grand  Duke  23rd  34063,  from  that  beautiful  cow, 
Winsome  12th,  bred  by  Mr.  A.  H.  Lloyd,  has  been  largely  used. 
In  Bright  Boy  47511,  bought  at  the  Prinknase  sale,  a  dash  of  Booth 
had  been  tried,  and  by  the  use  of  Attractive  Count  52422,  the 
present  male  animal,  more  of  that  blood  is  being  infused,  He  was 
bred  at  Hackthorne ;  this  family  produced  the  great  prize  winner, 
Attractive  Lord,  so  successful  when  in  the  Earl  of  Ellesmere's 
possession.  One  or  two  of  his  calves  have  arrived,  and  a  red  heifer 
out  of  Mirable,  an  old  Gate  Burton  sort,  is  very  pretty,  and  of  great- 
length.  In  the  first  pasture  almost  all  are  of  the  old  Gate  Burton 
blood.  Mirabel,  a  level  short  legged  cow,  sired  by  Mr.  Brassey's 
Duke  of  Kent  33680,  traces  to  Strawberry,  by  Earl  Spencer's 
William  2840.  Marjory,  and  Miranda,  also  of  this  family,  a  pretty 
pair,  are  by  Mr.  Ackers'  Bright  Boy  47511,  while  Rosemary,  a 
wealthy  growing  heifer,  very  level  and  straight,  is  a  beautiful  bred 
specimen  of  Mr.  Maynard's  Moss  Rose  tribe,  having  the  illustrious 
names  Duke  of  York  7th  17754,  and  Imperial  Oxford  18084,  in- 
cluded in  her  ancestors.  Cressida,  a  fine  old  cow,  has  like  her 
daughter  Constance,  a  grand  udder,  these  with  Ophelia  2nd,  and 
Sarah  Siddons,  the  latter  a  daughter  of  Mr.  Botterill's  Eordham 
Dake  of  Oxford  4th  41569,  all  descend  from  Earl  Spencer's  Tragedy, 
a  tribe  that  have  been  remarkable  for  their  fecundity  at  their  present 
home.  In  a  distant  meadow  we  find  Seraphina  Duchess  2nd,  a 
daughter  of  Lord  Bective's  Duke  of  Underley  2nd  36551,  and 
Seraphina  Duchess  5th,  of  Lord  Braybrooke's  Duke  of  Rosedale  8th 
39780,  two  of  the  highest  bred  of  the  tribe,  having  in  passing 
through  the  well  known  herds  of  Gaddesby,  Eowfant,  and  Scaleby, 
naturally  had  the  advantage  of  the  sires  in  sevice  there ;  Sweetheart 
39th,  from  Osberton,  is  an  arch  ribbed  Booth  like  cow ;  and  lastly 
are  seen  three  more  daughters  oi  Grand  Duke  Winsome,  whose 
produce  are  both  numerous  and  good  at  Gate  Burton  Hall. 


>>  SHORTHORN    HKRDS    OF    ENGLAND. 

On  arriving  at  Grant  bam,  Mr.  Charles  Lynn  awaits  us  with  a 
smart  grey  cob  addicted  to  occasional  shying,  which  makes  our 
journey  to  Stroxton  far  from  monotonous ;  before  reaching  the  house, 
several  fine  fields  of  grain,  looking  all  that  could  be  desired,  are 
shewn  us  as  appuitenant  to  Chinch  Faim,  in  fact,  excepting  cart 
horses,  everything  on  the  premises,  down  to  the  poultry  department 
have  their  ancestors  recorded,  and  recently  Mr.  Lynn  has  gone  in 
for  growing  both  pedigree  wheat  and  barley  on  a  large  scale.  The 
foundation  of  the  shorthorn  herd  was  laid  between  40  and  50  years 
ago  by  Mr.  Lynn's  grandfather,  but  none  of  the  tribes  in  the  first 
herd  are  in  the  present  one  ;  when  Mr.  John  Lynn,  the  father  of  the 
present  owner  came  into  possession  about  the  year  l^OO,  he 
retained,  amongst  others,  representatives  of  Earl  Brownlow's  Gorilla, 
and  Priscilla  families,  and  the  Clementina  branch  of  Mr.  Booth's 
Eame  tribe,  but  these  too  h  ive  all  departed,  dispersed  by  the  hammer 
of  'Sir.  Strafford  in  1870,  along  with  two  or  three  more  fashionable 
sorts;  a  few  animals  retained,  with  pinchases  made  at  Gaddesby, 
and  one  or  two  other  sales,  are  the  present  occupants  of  the  pastures 
at  Stroxton,  and  it  is  the  intention  of  Mr.  Charles  Lynn  to  confine 
himself  to  the  four  tribes  he  now  possesses,  viz:  Cambridge  Roses 
(Thorndale  Rose,  and  lied  Rose  branches),  the  Queens,  from  Mr. 
Robinson's,  of  Clifton  Pastures,  Sir  Charles  Knightley's  Walnuts, 
and  the  Lady  Spencers,  tracing  to  Mr.  Mason's  Xo.  55. 

In  the  first  paddock  we  have  only  the  favourite  Cambridge 
Roses,  the  home  bred  ones  deserve  notice  first  on  account  of  the 
length  of  time  they  have  grazed  at  Stroxton;  as  far  back  as  l1^;^. 
Red  Rose  5th,  was  purchased  privately  along  with  Cambridge  Duke 
4th  25706,  of  the  same  tribe  from  Mr.  Charles  Leney — a  brother  of 
the  better  known  "  Frederick  " — the  latter  proved  an  effective  sire, 
and  was  used  many  years  by  his  new  owner,  while  the  former  has  five 
female  representatives  in  the  herd  and  Cambridge  Dukes  from  No.'s  5 
to  22  have  been  brought  into  the  world  at  Stroxton  from  this  cow 
and  her  descendants.  Red  Rose  5th,  was  a  cow  greatly  admired 
and  coveted  by  many  gentlemen,  when  2,000gs.  was  bid  for  her, 
Mr.  Lynn  declared  he  would  never  part  with  her ;  at  one  time,  the 


SHORTHOKN    HKRDS    OF    ENGLAND.  159 

late  owner  of  this  superb  cow  had  the  only  English  bred  Cambridge 
Roses  outside  of  the  Audley  End  herd,  and  the  prices  realized  at 
their  two  sales  show  the  appreciation  in  which  they  are  held.  Heel 
Roses  llth,  and  12th,  two  reds,  are  half  sisters,  by  Oxford  Duke 
45297,  one  of  the  pure  Lady  of  Oxfords,  exported  to  America  by 
Mr.  R.  Gibson,  and  grand-daughters  of  Mr.  Lynn's  original  cow, 
a  pair  of  nice  breeding  young  cows,  they  have  done  their  duty  by 
each  having  produced  a  brace  of  live  calves ;  the  Twelfth  is  our 
favourite  of  to  day,  but  the  Eleventh  having  suffered  from  a  recent 
attack  of  jaundice,  has  not  yet  recovered  her  bloom ;  certainly  of 
this  group  of  Roses  it  is  Thorndale  Rose  7th,  the  highest  priced 
heifer  at  Audley  End,  where  she  was  sold  for  l,000gs.,  to  whom  the 
diploma  of  merit  is  awarded,  a  truly  beautiful  type  of  the  Thorndale 
Roses,  she  is  as  purely  bred  as  she  is  good  looking,  with  immense 
substance,  and  taking  style,  although  somewhat  disfigured  by  a  lump 
on  her  knee,  which  no  doubt  had  a  deterrent  effect  on  buyers  at 
Hindlip,  but  she  is  now  in  excellent  health  and  appears  none  the 
woisc3  for  it.  It  is  worth  recording  how  Mr.  Lynn  obtained 
possession  of  his  second  branch  of  Cambridge  Roses  at  the  Hindlip 
sale.  Mr.  Lynn  and  his  neighbours  Messrs.  J.  H.  Casswell  and  A. 
Deans  attended  the  great  Hindlip  sale,  and  Thorndale  Rose  7th ; 
jointly  purchased  by  them,  was  sent  to  Lord  Underley  Barrington, 
a  red  bull  calf  was  the  result,  and  eventually  it  was  agreed  that  on 
the  return  of  Messrs.  Casswell  and  Deans,  from  the  Osgodby  sale,  a 
private  auction  should  be  held  at  Stroxton,  it  was  a  "  small  company, 
but  a  good  sale."  Both  cow  and  calf  were  after  animated  bidding 
retained  on  the  homestead  by  Mr.  Lynn,  at  81gs.,  and  60gs., 
respectively.  In  ^he  adjoining  paddock  a  capital  red  bull  calf  out 
of  Red  Rose  10th,  does  credit  to  his  sire  Lord  LTnderley  Barrington. 

Advancing  further,  Queen  of  Oxford,  a  light  red,  is  of  a  very 
favourite  family  of  Mr.  Lynn's,  known  as  the  Queens  from  Clifton 
Pastures,  and  for  the  future  as  Queens  of  Stroxton ;  she  is  half 
sister  to  the  two  young  Red  Rose  cows  and  even  more  related  as  her 
dam  was  by  the  home  bred  Cambridge  Duke  8th,  indeed  Cambridge 
Duke  sires  have  been  introduced  into  both  the  Lady  Spencers  and 


160  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

Queens,  so  if  the  owner  carries  out  his  intention  of  breeding  from 
his  present  four  families,  a  hsrd  of  great  similarity  of  character  will 
be  the  result,  with  such  excellent  material  to  work  from,  it  should  be 
found  profitable,  as  well  as  pleasurable  occupation.  Lady  Spencer, 
in  company  with  Queen  of  Stroxton,  is  very  full  of  Cambridge  Rose 
blood,  of  the  six  top  crosses  no  less  than  five  are  of  this  tribe. 
Lady  Emily  Duchess,  a  daughter  of  the  G-addesby  3rd  Duke  of 
Gloucester,  is  of  Sir  Charles  Knightley's  Walnut  tribe,  with  a  dash 
of  Booth  thro'  Second  Duke  of  Bolton ;  her  descendants  are  to  be 
named  Lady  Stroxtons,  the  first  of  that  name  is  now  suckling  a 
red  cow  calf  in  the  pastures,  where  are  found  the  young  Roses  : 
by  their  numbers,  there  is  little  fear  of  Mr.  Lynn  being  able  to  carry 
out  his  father's  injunction  "to  always  have  a  Red  Rose  at  Stroxton." 
Thorndale  Rose  Tth's  son,  roams  with  his  foster  mother  in  company 
with  the  three  heifer  calves,  and  their  sire,  Lord  Underley  Barring- 
ton  5 1664,  is  a  straight  gay  looking  bull.  He  is  of  the  favourite 
"  G-i-and  Turk"  branch  of  the  Barrington  tribe,  and  a  grandson  on 
the  sire's  side  of  the  house  of  that  distinguished  pair,  Duke  of 
Undarley,  and  Duchess  of  Hillhurst  5th.  The  Berkshires  descended 
from  the  noted  winner,  Worcester,  are  already  favourably  known, 
and  Lincoln  and  Hampshire  ram  breeding  is  also  carried  on  by  Mr. 
Lynn,  and  as  the  demand  increases  for  the  former  for  crossing 
purposes,  so  will  the  supply  at  Stroxton. 

Mr.  J.  H.  Casswell's  herd  at  Laughton,  near  to  Eolkingham, 
•was  bred  in  its  earlier  days  from  six  females  purchased  at  Mr.  Ostler's 
sale  near  Louth,  in  1831,  and  crossed  with  bulls  from  Messrs.  Dixon, 
Duckling  and  Smith ;  but  of  late  years  the  name  of  Laughton  has 
been  familiar  to  frequenters  of  the  Bingley  Hall  sale  in  March,  as 
one  of  the  names  attached  to  certain  highly  promising  young 
Kirklevington  and  Lily  Bell  bulls  of  almost  pure  Bates  descent. 
It  was  to  see  Mr.  Casswell,  and  his  herd,  that  we  travelled  from 
G-rantharn  rid  Essendine,  and  Bourn,  to  Rippingale  Station,  a 
circuitous  route  certainly,  but  a  long  drive  across  country  was  the 
only  alternative,  Mr.  Casswell  farms  about  1,000  acres,  widely 
scattered,  and  the  afternoon  finds  us  driving  over  his  various  farms, 


SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND.  161 

but  Cambridge  Duke  loth  46030,  by  Duke  of  Glo'steu  3rd  33653, 
from  Red  Kose  9th,  is  first  led  forth  for  inspection  ;  he  is  a 
straight  level  bull,  and  the  young  stock  seen  by  him  are  of  good 
colours,  and  promising  for  keeping  up  the  owner's  reputation  at 
Bingley  Hall.  Driving  through  the  first  pasture,  Duchess  of 
Laughton,  and  Duchess  of  Laughton  5th,  are  a  pair  of  pure 
"  Kirks."  The  older,  a  lovely  dark  red  of  fine  character,  is  by 
Mr.  H.  J.  Sheldon's  Duke  of  Barrington  5th  33575— used  by 
Mr.  Casswell,  as  was  also  Lord  Bective's  Lord  Lunesdale  Bates 
34592,  of  the  same  family — and  the  mother  of  Duchess  of  Laughton 
4th,  seen  in  the  next  field,  a  nice  cow,  unfortunately  somewhat 
doubtful ;  her  sire  is  Duke  of  Aveland  41355,  a  son  of  Duke  of 
Underley  33745,  and  Kirklevington  Duchess  2nd,  bred  at  Laughton, 
and  used  successfully  for  several  seasons,  as  were  also  Duke  of 
Elmhurst  39371,  and  Laughton  Duke  45035,  sons  of  Kirklevington 
cows,  by  Mr.  Fox's  Twenty-fourth  Duke  of  Airdrie  36460,  and 
Mr.  Oliver's  Grand  Duke  30th  38373.  In  company  with  Duchess 
of  Laughton  4th  are  two  Laughton  Princesses,  the  name  given  by 
Mr.  Casswell  to  his  Lily  Bells  ;  one  branch  descends  through 
Ursuline,  imported  into  this  country  from  America,  and  the  other 
from  Lady  Waltons,  obtained  from  Mr.  W.  W.  Slye.  Moss  Rose, 
named  after  her  ancestress,  Mr.  Maynard's  Moss  Rose,  would  be 
very  attractive  if  a  better  colour ;  as  to  breeding  we  congratulate 
Mr.  Casswell  on  having  secured  the  best  of  a  good  old  sort,  and 
with  Fourth  Duke  of  Thorndale  for  the  first  cross  after  Mr. 
Maynard's  blood,  a  good  beginning  was  made,  and  in  the  hands  of 
so  experienced  a  breeder  we  doubt  not  but  it  will  be  continued. 
Duchess  of  Laughton  7th,  a  lengthy  good  heifer,  is  of  much  the 
same  character  as  her  dam,  Duchess  of  Laughton.  Before  passing 
onwards,  a  capital  cart  mare  with  a  foal  by  one  of  Mr.  Miller's 
horses  must  have  mention.  In  another  field  we  have  Spicy 
Laughton  6th,  a  well  bred  Sweetheart,  of  which  there  are  numerous 
good  specimens  :  Duchesses  of  Laughton  8th,  and  9th,  and  the  latter 
may  be  considered  the  best  of  the  nine  Kirklevingtons,  as  she  is  a 
grand  heifer  with  extraordinary  style.  In  our  next  group  we  have 
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162  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

Duchess  of  Laughton  3rd,  the  result  of  a  Lily  Bell  cross,  considered 
one  of  the  best  dairy  cows  in  the  herd,  and  the  mother  of  an 
especially  good  bull.  Laughton  Duke  4th,  purchased  by  Mr.  John 
Thompson  for  the  use  of  the  Duke  of  Beaufort's  tenantry. 
Coining  to  one  of  Mr.  Cass well's  numerous  sets  of  farm  buildings, 
we  have  Heydon  Duke  17th.  a  yearling  son  of  Duke  of  Hindlip  2nd 
46246,  and  Mr.  H.  Leney's  beautiful  Heydon  Eose  9th,  bought  as 
a,  calf  at  Audley  End,  and  intended  for  the  successor  of  Cambridge 
Duke  15th  ;  with  such  a  mother,  and  so  good  an  individual  animal, 
no  harm  can  result  from  a  second  cross  of  the  same  line  of 
blood.  Duchess  of  Kent  2nd,  and  Duchess  of  Cambridge  2nd,  two 
aged  Lady  Walton  cows,  are  good  at  the  pail,  especially  the  former, 
and  there  are  also  several  good  Charmer,  and  Walnut  cows. 
Going  further  afield,  we  come  to  a  fen  farm  occupied  by  Mr. 
Casswell,  where  are  his  yearling  heifers,  a  splendid  array  of  reds 
and  roans ;  all  are  by  the  Cambridge  Eose  bull,  excepting  Waterloo 
of  Yoi-k  3rd,  the  calf  bought  at  the  Osgodby  sale,  whence  came 
another  young  Waterloo  cow. 

Many  who  had  never  found  their  way  into  Norfolk  to  visit  the 
Bates  and  Booth  herds  possessed  by  the  popular  Heir  Apparent, 
and  kept  some  three  miles  apart  at  the  Wolferton  and  Babingloy 
farms  on  his  S.indringhim  estate,  no  doubt  like  ourselves  took 
advantage  of  the  "double  event"  which  occurred  in  the  county  in 
July,  and  on  the  Thursday  of  the  "Boyal"  week  made  their 
appearance  at  Wolferton  Station,  to  attend  the  successful  sale  held 
on  the  Home  Farm  at  Sandringham,  resulting  in  an  average  of 
<£50  for  the  sixty-nine  animals,  which  passed  through  the  ring  in 
the  presence  of  His  Eoyal  Highness,  the  Princess  of  Wales,  and 
their  three  daughters,  as  well  as  the  leading  breeders  and  agricul- 
turists of  the  county,  in  addition  to  the  foreign  representatives 
who  secured  several  lots.  It  was  a  brilliant  success,  the  vast 
assemblage  surrounding  the  enclosure  giving  their  bids  with  a 
heartiness  that  augurs  well  for  the  future  of  shorthorn  breeding. 
Sir  Charles  Knightley's  blood  has  largely  preponderated  in  both 
herds  in  the  past,  and  especially  famous  have  been  the  Booth 


SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND.  163 

crossed  Diadems  formerly  at  Windsor,  whence  they  travelled  to 
Pitlochrie,  to  be  brought  into  Norfolk  by  the  Kev.  J.  N.  Mickle- 
thwaite,  at  whose  sale  they  were  purchased  for  Sandringham,  where 
it  may  be  mentioned  pedigree  shorthorns  have  been  bred  since 
1873. 

On  the  Satuiday  following  the  sale  we  return  for  a  quieter  and 
better  view  of  the  retained  animals,  and  Wolferton,  the  home  of 
the  Booth  herd,  being  within  sight  of  the  station  is  first  visited. 
Diadem  3rd,  a  fine  old  cow,  the  oldest  of  the  five  daughters  of 
Diadem,  which  won  the  family  prize  at  the  K-.A.S.  Meeting  at 
York,  is  seen  under  cover,  and  in  a  paddock  adjoining  we  have 
Prosperina,  a  daughter  of  Primula,  bred  at  Callaly  Castle,  by  Mr.  A. 
H.  Browne,  and  the  dam  of  Woiferton  Knight,  the  highest  priced 
male  two  days  ago  ;  in  her  companionship  is  Paragon  8th,  claiming 
descent  from  Earl  Spencer's  Zeal.  The  Diadems  form  the  leading 
feature  in  the  group  of  elder  cows,  they  are  still  headed  by  the 
veteran  Diadem,  which  retains  her  old  form  remarkably  well.  The 
light  roan  Diadem  5th,  a  sweet  pretty  cow,  with  a  grand  rib  and 
loin,  is  perhaps  the  best  of  the  five  members  of  the  family  here 
together,  but  her  half  sister,  the  Eighth,  runs  her  close,  with  that 
short  compact  well  made  frame,  surmounted  by  a  sweet  feminine  head. 
The  Seventh,  a  daughter  of  the  home  bred  Frederick  38317,  from 
the  Third,  may  be  said  to  possess  greater  length  than  our  favourite. 
Prunella,  the  younger  of  the  two  Northumberland  purchases 
descended  from  Mr.  John  Wood's  Premium  tribe,  has  the  Mantalini 
Windsor's  Prince  of  Mona  32883  for  sire,  followed  by  several 
other  good  bulls,  including  the  Eoyal  winner  Duke  of  Aosta. 
Countess  2nd,  bred  at  Windsor,  stands  very  near  to  the  ground, 
and  has  a  capacious  well  filled  udder,  while  Easthorpe  Maiden  is  of 
the  West  Dereharn  Easthorpe  Strawberry  family,  sired  by  Sir 
Benedict.  As  the  reserved  heifers  are  far  away  on  the  marshes, 
and  we  have  still  the  Bates  herd  to  see  ere  proceeding  to  Mr. 
Aylmer's,  our  time  being  thus  insufficient  for  the  distance,  we  have 
but  to  see  a  couple  of  heifer  calves,  and  the  two  stud  bulls.  Baron 
Wolferton  44387,  a  good  looking  son  of  Mr.  Ackers'  Lord 


164  SHORTHORN  HKRDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

Prmknash  34655,  was  the  first  produce  of  Primula,  after  corning 
into  Norfolk,  and  has  been  extensively  used  since  Mr.  Aylmer's 
Bliss  bull  Admiral  39063,  did  service  ;  but  during  the  past  year  he 
has  had  for  his  lieutenant,  Fitz-Mowbray  49591,  hired  from  the 
executors  of  Mr.  T.  0.  Booth  ;  the  latter  is  a  dark  red  son  of  the 
handsome  Marchioness,  and  as  mentioned  in  our  remarks  on  the 
Warlaby  herd  two  of  the  most  promising  calves  of  that  place  are 
sired  by  him.  As  both  Admiral,  and  his  predecessor,  Homer 
34170,  also  bred  at  West  Dereham,  were  white,  the  use  of  this 
dark  red  sire  will  have  a  tendency  to  keep  the  colour  of  the 
approved  "  tints." 

Babingley,  lies  nearer  to  Sandringham,  and  a  brisk  drive  soon 
brings  us  to  the  buildings,  where  Lady  Comely  Celia,  the  latest 
purchase  by  Mr.  Beck,  has  recently  calved  a  roan  heifer :  with  her 
arrival  a  new  tribe  was  introduced,  and  so  far  as  fashion  goes 
probably  the  least  given  to  finding  favour  with  the  public  of  any  ef 
the  thirteen  tribes  on  the  farm,  excepting  of  course  a  local  sort 
coming  from  Mr.  Brackenbury's  Petronella.  The  present  sire, 
Baron  Oxford  18th  50830,  combining  the  blood  of  the  purest  of  all 
the  three  branches  descending  from  Oxford  15th,  and  the  Lady 
Oxfords,  with  Duke  of  Connaught  for  grandsire,  was  greatly 
admired  when  paraded  previous  to  the  sale ;  certainly  his  masculine 
head,  and  robust  shapely  form,  are  sufficient  to  convince  the 
practised  eye,  of  his  high  lineage,  and  superiority  as  a  sire  for  use 
in  any  high  class  Bates  herd.  Baron  Ryedale  37813,  bred  by  the 
Earl  of  Feversham,  was  the  first  bull  used  in  the  herd,  and  halt'  a 
dozen  home  bred  bulls  from  dams  of  the  Wild  Eyes,  Fuschia, 
Grazelle,  Musical,  and  Honey  families,  intervened  before  the  pur- 
chase of  Baron  Oxford  18th.  Then  a  Wild  Eyes  calf,  is  the  only 
one  that  has  fallen  to  Barrington  Duke  50859,  a  son  of  Oxford 
Duchess  25th,  sold  to  Lord  Fitzhardinge.  This  is  the  most  numerous 
of  all  the  tribes,  numbering  five  distinct  varieties,  with  Gorgeous 
Eyes,  a  grand-daughter  of  the  handsome  Wild  Eyes  Duchess, 
exported  to  Canada  from  the  JSTunwick  sale,  re-imported  by 
Lord  Dunrnore  in  1873,  and  sold  at  the  great  Duninoie  sale  of 


SHOKTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND.  105 

1875  for  480gs.  when  ten  years  old ;  her  great  granddaughter, 
Beautiful  Eyes,  has  the  double  cross  of  Duke  of  Tregunter  5th. 
The  Lady  Worcesters,  represented  by  Rosvfant  Wild  Eyes  3rd,  arc 
of  the  branch  that  went  out  to  the  States,  and  were  brought  back 
by  Mr.  T.  Holford  from  New  York  Mills  in  1873.  More  fashion- 
able as  regards  market  value  are  Winsome  Beauty  12th,  and  her 
white  daughter,  Winsome  Oxford,  a  heifer  of  great  style,  descended 
from  Mr.  Maynard's  Winsome,  but  Winsome  28th,  and  her  yearling 
heifer.  Winsome  Oxford  2nd,  curiously  trace,  not  to  Winsome,  but 
to  her  half  sister,  Bonny.  The  ancestress  of  Winsome  Winnie  2nd, 
like  that  of  GJ-eorgeous  Eyes,  and  Beautiful  Eyes,  was  exported  by 
Mr.  Cochrane,  and  returned  with  Lord  Dunmore's  importation  in 
July,  1873.  Bushbury  Countess  of  Kirklevington  6th,  a  heifer  of 
very  great  substance,  and  Bushbury  Countess  of  Kirklevington  7th, 
were  obtained  at  the  dispersion  of  Mr.  Lovatt's  herd,  their  naming, 
as  it  should  be  with  every  tribe,  denotes  the  family  to  which  they 
belong.  The  Barringtons  are  of  the  favourite  Grand  Turk  sort,  so 
popular  with  Americans ;  Oxford  Duchesses,  from  Messrs  Horswell's ; 
and  Lallys,  of  Winterfold  fame.  Countess  of  Barrington  13th,  a 
young  cow  of  very  nice  character,  bought  for  210gs.  at  Holker,  has 
given  birth  within  the  past  day  or  two,  to  a  red  and  white  bull  calf. 
Oxford  Duchess  25th,  in  addition  to  being  the  dam  of  Barrington 
Duke  50859,  sold  to  head  the  Berkeley  Castle  herd,  had  a  heifer  in 
1885,  to  Merry  Monarch.  Lally  Barrington  8th,  seen  in  company 
with  her  companion  from  Lathom  herd,  lost  her  daughter  at  the 
recent  sale. 

The  Blanches  had  the  honour  of  being  at  the  head  of  the  price 
list  at  the  recent  sale,  beating  both  the  Wild  Eyes  and  Barrington 
representatives.  Blanche  Rose  9th,  bred  by  Lord  Fitzhardinge,  and 
by  Duke  of  Connaught  33604,  is  the  best  of  the  half  dozen  reserved 
Bates  cows  seen  at  the  Home  Farm  on  the  sale  day,  being  so  full  of 
that  shorthorn  grace  and  character  with  which  heirsire  so  invariably 
stamped  his  female  produce.  Blanche  Lady,  her  daughter,  by  one 
of  the  Babingley  bulls,  might  be  neater  in  her  quarters,  and  can 
hardly  be  said  to  be  the  equal  in  looks  of  Lord  Fitzhardinge's  Lady 


16G  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

Blanche  Rose,  \vhil«  Lily  Blanche,  the  other  of  the  pair  of  Blanche 
heifers  sold,  has  an  own  sister  retained  in  May  Blanche.  A  third 
branch  through  Lady  Blanche  Oxford,  were  like  the  Blanche  Roses, 
originally  at  Gaddesby,  and  Mr.  Cheney's  General  Napier  24023, 
appears  in  both  the  pedigrees.  The  Knightleys  are  known  as 
Walnuts,  Rosys,  Quickleys  (only  one  specimen),  and  Sylphs,  or 
Sweethearts.  The  first  tribe  are  well  to  the  front,  in  the  two  fine 
cows,  Gwendoline,  and  Tsolt,  bought  at  Lord  Feversham's,  and  Mr. 
F.  H.  Jennings',  where  the  latter  reached  the  highest  figure  of  the 
day.  Lady  Kingscote  Rosy,  bred  by  that  veteran  breeder,  Mr.  F. 
Saitoris,  is  ageing  fast,  but  must  have  been  good  looking  in  her 
younger  diys.  Ruby  Swe3t  Lips,  an  exceedingly  lengthy  light  red 
cow,  and  her  daughter,  Row^na,  have  a  dash  of  Booth  through  Mr. 
Housman's  Lord  of  the  Harem.  16480,  a  son  of  Duke  of  Buckingham 
14428,  and  Gulnare.  The  Surmises,  like  the  Kirklevingtons  of  Bell 
Bates  origin,  have  Princess  Surmise,  a  very  good  cow,  bred  at 
Kimbolton,  tracing  to  Princess,  b)  May  Duke  13320,  to  represent 
one  line,  and  of  an  entirely  distinct  variety,  are  the  Silences,  latterly 
from  Killhow,  where  Silver  Locks,  the  purchase  made  by  Mr.  Beck, 
was  bred,  being  sired  by  Mr.  Foster's  Duke  of  Ormskirk  36526. 
Quite  an  important  family  are  the  Kingscote  Honeys,  bought  first 
at  the  sale  held  by  Col.  Kingscote  in  March,  1879,  when  the  two 
best  heifers  of  the  tribe  were  secured  at  160gs.  each,  and  since 
supplemented  by  Lady  Underley  Honey,  a  good  fleshed  heifer  from 
North  Frith,  and  a  purchase  at  Bingley  Hall,  both  however  out  of 
Kingscote  bred  cows.  Honey  64th,  still  on  the  premises,  and  one 
of  the  original  purchases,  proved  the  dam  of  Harry  Hotspur  44922, 
first  at  the  Yorkshire  Meeting,  in  1881,  and  third  at  the  Reading 
Royal  the  following  year.  Another  Gloucestershire  family  are  the 
Gazelles  of  Siddington  fame,  and  Mr.  Beck  was  fortunate  enough  to 
secure,  amongst  other  purchases  of  this  family,  Gazelle  29th,  a 
remarkable  handsome  cow,  by  Duke  of  Tregunter  2nd  26022,  she 
bred  Geometry  47946,  used  like  Harry  Hotspur  in  the  herd,  and 
also  a  prize  winner  being  placed  second  when  sent  over  to  the  Irish 
Royal,  at  Londonderry. 


SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  KNOLAND.  167 

When  reaching  West  Derehain  Abbey,  we  come  to  the  largest 
herd  of  Booth  shorthorns  in  this  country,  and  one  that  is  known 
not  only  in  every  County  of  the  British  Isles,  but  on  both  the 
American  and  European  Continents,  as  well  as  the  Australian, 
Canadian,  and  New  Zealand  Colonies,  for  the  excellence  of  the  young 
bulls  sent  forth  year  after  year  by  its  owner,  Mr.  Hugh  Aylmer. 
Second  only  to  the  herd  are  the  Long  Woolled  Flock,  established 
over  seventy  yea-is,  fiom  which  something  like  four  hundred  rams 
are  annually  sent  out  to  various  home  breedeis,  the  Continent,  and 
the  Colonies.  During  the  shoit  period  the  flock  was  exhibited, 
upwaids  of  six  hundred  prizes  were  won.  The  commencement  of 
the  herd  took  placj  in  1840  when  two  calves,  one  of  each  sex,  werj 
purchased  from  Sir  W.  Bagge  ;  but  twenty  years  later  more  than 
one  half  the  herd  succumbed  to  the  cattle  plague.  Not  dis- 
heartened by  this  most  unfortunate  loss,  Mr.  Aylmer  began  to 
acquit  e  more  fashionable  bred  animals,  from  time  to  time,  and  to 
which  he  used  many  of  the  best  bulls  to  be  hired  at  Warlaby,  vi/ ; 
General  Hope  well  17953,  Prince  Christian  22581,  Ravenspur  20628, 
British  Crown  21322,  Eoyal  Broughton  27352,  High  Sheriff  26392, 
Sir  Wilfrid  37484,  and  Lord  President  40908.  Not  included  in 
this  list  is  Royal  Commander  29857,  bred  at  Warlaby,  exported  to 
Canada  by  the  Hon.  M.  H.  Cochrane,  and  after  four  seasons  in  the 
Hillhurst  herd,  he  was  b;  ought  back  to  England,  and  used  jointly  at 
West.  Dereham  Abbey,  and  West  Hall.  In  addition  it  had  always 
been  Mr.  Aylmer's  practice  to  use  the  best  of  his  own  breeding  with 
the  heifers,  which  custom  is  still  continued.  The  herd  having  been 
very  prolific,  and  increased  to  one  hundred  and  fifty  head,  it  was 
decided  in  the  spring  of  1883,  to  offer  the  young  bulls  with  seven 
entire  families,  consisting  of  the  Mistresses,  obtained  by  the  purchase 
of  Mistress  Margaret,  at  the  Rev.  J.  Storer's  sale  in  1868;  Ladies, 
and  Phillises,  both  springing  from  one  foundation  cow,  bred  by  Mr. 
Jolly ;  Easthorpe  Strawberries,  descended  from  the  Panton  stock ; 
Strawberry  Duchesses,  of  Blencow  origin  ;  Gems,  obtained  by  the 
purchase  of  Gem,  at  Mr.  Crawley's  sale,  at  Stock  wood  Park  : 
Roseleaves,  tracing  to  a  cow  of  that  name,  bought  at  Mr.  Wetherell's 


168  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

sale  in  1859;  and  the  Floras,  bred  in  the  county  by  Mr.  Gamble 
since  1838,  and  introduced  at  West  Dereham  by  obtaining  Young 
Seedling,  from  Lord  Huntingneld.  The  seventy  three  head  brought 
an  average  of  within  a  shilling  of  seventy  pounds.  During  the  past 
three  years  one  more  tribe  has  been  added  by  the  purchase  of  Riby 
Lady,  while  King  Roderick  44999,  and  his  son,  King  Rudolf  48110, 
have  been  hired  from  the  Exors,  of  Mr.  T.  C.  Booth.  With  the 
continous  use  of  Warlaby  sires,  and  their  sons,  from  home  bred 
cows,  we  naturally  expect  to  find  one  uniform  type  established,  and 
in  that  we  are  not  disappointed,  as  the  oblique  shoulders,  grand  ribs, 
strong  wide  backs  and  loins,  with  plenty  of  firm  even  flesh,  so 
familiar  to  visitors  at  Warlaby,  are  to  be  seen  not  only  in  individual 
animals,  but  throughout  the  herd ;  the  cows  are  really  magnificent, 
ar^d  no  wonder  that  we  hear  many  of  the  young  bulls  seen  on  our 
visit,  have  since  found  purchasers  at  an  average  which  if  we  mistake 
not,  will  be  un-eclipsed  by  a  single  herd  in  the  Kingdom. 

The  Blisses,  and  Fames,  being  of  Warlaby  origin,  are  naturally 
entitled  to  precedence  of  the  seven  families  composing  the  present 
herd  now  over  one  hundred  head.  The  former  tribe,  numbering 
five  females,  by  the  death  of  Mr.  Ackers'  Zenai'da.  have  become  the 
only  females  of  the  family  in  this  country  outside  Warlaby.  Banter, 
the  original  purchase  was  obtained  at  Knowlmere  in  1871,  when 
Mr.  Peel's  choice  herd  of  under  a  score,  averaged  <£148  8s.  9d.  each. 
Four  out  of  the  five  of  this  tribe  have  bscome  matrons,  and  are  seen 
at  White  House  farm,  in  company  with  the  Gr.  and  Killer  by  Queen 
cows,  certainly  by  the  system  of  grouping  the  older  females  together 
in  the  various  pastures,  no  detriment  is  sustained  by  any  of  the  tribes 
on  the  three  farms,  all  adjoining,  and  the  homesteads  within  a  mile 
circle.  Beautiful  Star,  a  daughter  of  the  home  bred  Hyperion  34196, 
has  been  a  fine  looking  cow  in  her  younger  days,  and  is  the  mother  of 
Prince  Greorge,  a  March  calf,  by  King  Rudolf,  a  wonderful  level 
youngster,  and  considered  by  the  owner  one  of  the  best  he  ever  bred. 
A  half  brother,  Baron  Bliss,  after  being  used  at  home,  was  sold  for 
300gs.,  to  go  to  New  Zealand.  Bijou,  half  sister  to  Beautiful  Star, 
but  by  Sir  Wilfrid,  is  very  handsome,  and  what  is  better,  has  bred 


SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND.  169 

some  capital  produce  ;  her  daughters  Blanche,  and  Bessie,  are  in  the 
same  pasture,  and  her  sons,  King  Charles,  and  Prince  Consort,  in 
the  buildings  near  at  hand.  The  older  brother,  born  in  December, 
1884  (Bessie  having  been  calved  in  February  of  the  same  year),  is 
being  used  by  Mr.  Aylmer,  who  also  intends  to  use  Prince  Consort, 
when  old  enough,  certainly  they  are  a  grand  pair,  and  it  is  a  doubtful 
point  which  will  prove  the  better  animal  when  both  have  matured. 
The  Castanets,  double  the  number  of  the  Blisses,  are  considered  the 
best  of  the  seven  families  at  West  Dereham ;  they  were  acquired  by 
the  purchase  of  Castanet  3rd.  one  of  the  finest  heifers  at  the  Peepy 
sale,  she  left  two  daughters,  Castanet  4th,  and  Castanet  5th,  both  by 
High  Sheriff.  The  former,  now  twelve  years  of  age,  has  been  like 
the  Bliss  cows,  an  excellent  bull  breeder,  her  first  born,  Sir  Roderick, 
exported  to  Australia  by  Mr.  R.  McDougall,  was  the  Champion 
male  at  the  National  Show  held  at  Melbourne ;  The  Baron,  proved 
the  highest  priced  bull  at  the  sale  three  years  ago  ;  Royal  Fame,  and 
Royal  Fare,  sons  of  King  Roderick,  are  assisting  King  Charles  in 
the  herd,  as  with  the  departure  of  King  Rudolf,  no  Warlaby  sire  is 
on  hire  ;  they  are  a  pair  of  heavy  fleshed  young  bulls,  capital  roans, 
and  of  good  masculine  character.  Castanet  5th,  a  very  level  fine 
cow,  has  been  as  good  a  breeder  of  females,  as  her  sister  of  males, 
and  if  it  was  the  practice  for  the  owner  of  the  herd  to  exhibit  any 
animals,  assuredly  this  cow  with  her  four  beautiful  daughters, 
Castanet  7th,  Castanet  llth,  Castanet  13th,  and  Castanet  15th, 
would  make  a  keen  fight  for  the  family  honours,  which  without 
doubt  may  be  called  the  blue  ribbon  of  the  showyard.  The  older 
sisters  graze  in  the  pasture  with  their  dam  ;  Castanet  13th,  is  one  of 
the  two  best  of  the  nine  two  year  olds  at  the  Manor  House  farm ; 
Castanet  15th,  and  Castanet  14th,  a  very  lengthy  light  roan  of 
great  substance,  from  the  oldest  daughter,  are  our  favourites  of  the 
yearling  heifers. 

The  descendants  of  Calomel,  bred  by  Mr.  John  Booth,  and  sold 
by  him  to  Mr.  W.  Carr,  number  nearly  two  thirds  of  the  entire  herd. 
The  branch  obtained  from  Stackhouse  have  all  names  beginning  with 
the  letter  C.,  and  that  descending  from  Killerby  Queen  4th,  bought  at 


170  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OE  ENGLAND. 

the  Eev.  John  Storer's  sale  in  1868,  has  the  prefix  of  Killerby  to 
distinguish  them.  Sixteen  cows  graze  contentedly  in  front  of  the 
Abbey.  Clematis,  Clemintina,  and  Cheerful,  are  daughters  of 
Christina;  the  first  named;  with  the  daik  red  Casseopea,  the 
possessor  of  a  most  excellent  back  and  loin  ;  Ceres,  own  sister  to 
Casseopea  ;  Chloe,  a  light  red  short  legged  arch  ribbed  cow  ;  Cordelia 
(half  sister  to  Sir  Benedict  42388,  largely  used) ;  and  Cyclamen  ; 
are  our  favourite  half  dozen,  four  of  them  being  sired  by  Sir  Wilfrid. 
Cassandra,  with  an  excellent  udder,  is  the  dam  of  Casseopea,  Ceres, 
and  Charm ;  the  last  named  had  not  long  ago  been  selected  by  Mr. 
R.  Bruce,  on  behalf  of  Mr.  J.  Hill,  of  Minnesota.  Constance,  had 
a  calf  when  only  two  years  old,  so  has  not  had  a  fair  chance  of 
growing  out  like  the  rest;  and  Coral,  a  daughter  of  Cheeiful, 
promises  to  make  a  nice  cow.  Of  the  younger  generation,  Crocus, 
by  King  Roderick,  is  very  pretty.  The  original  Killeiby  Queen 
purchase,  only  left  one  daughter,  Killerby  Queen  5th,  and  she  has,  as  if 
to  make  amends,  had  seven,  Killerby  Belle  being  one  of  the  pair  selected 
for  Sir  H.  Allsopp,  and  the  five  now  remaining  are  much  admired  : 
in  this  family  another  daughter  of  Sir  Wilfrid,  is  our  paiticular 
fancy. 

Foreign  Beauty,  was  purchased  at  the  great  Aylesby  sale  for 
the  object  of  breeding  a  sire  for  home  use,  and  unfortunately  after 
breeding  the  one  required,  has  continued  to  produce  them  of  the 
same  sex  with  the  exception  of  one  heifer,  \vhich  has  unfortunately 
died.  Sir  Simeon  42412,  her  first  born,  after  several  years  use, 
was  sold  to  Mr.  W.  T.  Crosbie ;  and  it  may  be  added  in  his  younger 
days,  Mr.  Aylmer  had  the  tempting  offer  of  500gs.  for  him  to  go  to 
Australia,  from  Mr.  Hutchinson.  Lord  Clarence,  Sir  Francis,  and 
King  James,  a  grand  massive  white  now  at  West  Dereham,  are  also 
her  sons.  Fair  Cambrian,  bought  as  a  calf  at  the  Prinknash  sale 
has  also  been  a  bull  breeder,  but  it  is  to  be  hoped  that  two  such  fine 
animals  will  not  continue  to  do  so.  Riby  Lady,  a  wealthy  white 
heifer,  from  Knowlrnere,  is  by  Lord  Clarence,  out  of  Riby  Impress, 
sold  at  Aylesby  for  760gs.  The  Gr's,  a  third  Aylesby  tribe,  number 
eight ;  Grolden  Halo,  Grolden  Leaf,  and  Golden  Ray.  are  together ; 


SHORTHORN    IIEItDS    OF    ENGLAND.  171 

Golden  Leaf,  one  of  the  few  daughters  noticed  belonging  to  Lord 
President,  is  thought  the  best  of  the  trio,  while  Golden  Beam,  and 
Golden  Link,  seen  behind  the  Manor  House  buildings  promise  well 
for  the  future  popularity  of  the  tribe  at  their  present  abode. 

The  only  family  that  cannot  be  exactly  termed  fashionable  are 
the  Maids,  an  old  Yorkshire  tribe  tracing  to  Joan  of  Arc.  an 
excellent  milker,  giving  twenty  quarts  daily  for  several  months 
after  calving.  Marchioness  of  Lome,  a  light  roan,  is  an  exceedingly 
heavy  fleshed  daughter  of  Sir  Wilfrid,  while  Maid  Marianne  is  a 
young  cow  of  considerable  style;  each  have  brought  a  cow  calf  this 
season,  as  well  as  a  third  sister,  Maid  of  the  Manor. 


CHAPTER    VII. 

The    KfHtix/t    Jh'i'ds. —  Wroihtvm    Hill    Park. — Banning, — Preston 

H(tU.  —  Walwingbury. — Hadlow  Place. — Little  Barton. — Redlands. — 

Tin'  N/f.s.sr.r  llcnh. —  H 'illinydon. — Kinyston-by-the-Sea. — Horsted. — 

Warnham  Court. — Rowfant. — Stamnierham. 

Passing  through  the  Metropolis,  our  first  halting  place  on  the 
London,  Chatham  and  Dover,  is  Wrotham  ;  climbing  a  steep  emi- 
nence as  the  most  direct  way  to  Wrotham  Hill  Park,  the  residence 
of  Mr.  Jonathan  Rigg,  we  are  not  long  in  reaching  it,  and  the 
shorthorns  at  the  Home  farm  are  soon  the  object  of  our  attention. 
Many  fashionable  females  have  from  time  to  time  become  Mr.  Rigg's 
property,  and  for  a  number  of  years,  Twenty-sixth  Duke  of  Oxford 
,'53708,  pin  chased  for  700gs.  at  Berkbampstead  in  1876,  stood  at  the 
head  of  the  herd.  At  present,  Siddington  Kirklevington  43279,  a 
fine  Bates-like  bull,  by  Third  Duke  of  Hillhurst  30975,  from  one  of 
the  twin  Siddingtons  bought  from  their  breeder,  Mr.  E.  Bowly,  by 
Mr.  J.  W.  Larking,  for  600,  and  540  gs.  each  when  under  twelve 
months  old.  The  Winsomes,  and  Waterloos,  the  two  most 
fashionable  tribes  at  Wrotham,  both  came  from  the  Conishead 


172  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

Grange  sale  of  1875,  when  Lady  Waterloo  18th,  and  Lightburne 
Winsome,  were  purchased.  The  Waterloos  now  number  three,  and 
the  Winsdmes  one  more,  but  it  is  only  fair  to  add  that  private 
sales  of  females  of  each  family  have  been  made.  Wild  Eyes 
Winsome,  a  daughter  of  Duke  of  Undarley  2nd  36551,  from  the 
original  purchase,  has  two  nice  looking  daughters  in  Wild  Eyes 
Winsornes,  Sixth,  and  Seventh,  the  older  being  a  very  good  heifer. 
The  Waterloos  are  considered  the  better  animals,  as  the  three 
Roses  of  Waterloo  are  well  fleshed  handsome  cattle  showing  plenty 
of  constitution,  Rose  of  Waterloo  6th,  the  youngest  of  the  family, 
is  especially  gay  and  pretty,  and  her  dam,  Rose  of  Waterloo 
2nd.  the  best  animal  in  the  field.  The  Craggs,  and  Fantails,  are 
the  best  of  their  respective  tribes,  both  having  been  bought  at  the 
dispersion  of  Mr.  W.  Angerstein's  first  class  herd.  Cambridge 
Fantail  4th,  and  her  calf,  by  a  young  Winsome  bull  named  Duke 
of  Wrotham  5th,  are  the  representatives  of  Ihe  latter  family, 
while  the  name  of  Grand  Duchess  Carolina,  given  by  Mr.  Foster 
to  the  heifer  by  Grand  Duke  10th  21848,  from  Carolina  5th,  is 
still  continued  by  Mr.  Rigg  in  the  white  Grand  Duchess  Carolina 
4th.  The  Duchess  Annies,  a  branch  of  the  Duchess  Nancys, 
coming  through  Mr.  C.  LyalPs  herd,  have  two  cows,  and  a  heifer, 
in  company  with  the  older  females  already  mentioned.  Returning 
to  the  buildings  we  are  shown  the  recent  acquisition,  Duke  of 
Belvedere,  of  the  famous  Thorndale  Rose  tribe,  bought  a  few  days 
before  at  Hilden ;  with  his  present  prepossessing  appearance  he 
should  grow  into  a  sire  worthy  to  succeed  Siddington  Kirklevington. 

Mr.  Herbert  Leney,  the  youngest  of  the  four  sons  of  the  well 
known  Mr.  Frederick  Leney,  began  breeding  shorthorns  in  1876, 
when  his  father  selected  for  him  the  sisters,  Lady  Blanche,  and 
Cherry  Blanche  3rd,  at  Lord  Chesham's  sale ;  the  former  bred 
nothing  but  bulls,  and  the  latter,  one  bull,  as  against  five  heifers,  so 
quite  a  large  family  group  are  assembled  to  welcome  us  at  the  Hall 
Place  Farm,  close  to  Barming,  two  stations  beyond  Wrotham. 
The  female  line  have  been  appropriately  named  Sockburnias, 
and  the  Third,  a  daughter  of  Sixth  Duke  of  Oneida  30997,  is  a 


SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND.  173 

magnificent  specimen  of  a  shorthorn — a  perfect  model  for  evenness 
and  symmetry  considering  her  great  size — what  a  pity  such  a  cow 
could  not  be  exhibited  straight  from  the  grass  to  show  what  a 
shorthorn  can  do  without  the  forcing  system.  Sockburnia  4th, 
with  a  lovely  head  and  horn  appears  none  the  worse  for  the 
double  cross  of  the  Sixth  Duke  of  Oneida,  and  has  bred  a  pretty 
heifer  calf  to  Earl  of  Fawsley  4th  49508.  Sockburnia  6th,  is  a 
good  own  sister  to  the  Third,  and  in  Belle  Blanche,  and  Earl 
Sockburn,  we  have  a  daughter  and  son  belonging  to  her  ;  the  former 
in  training  for  Smithfield  has  every  prospect  of  proving  hard  to 
defeat,  and  the  latter  a  particularly  handsome  calf  is  fit  for  show 
purposes.  In  the  Sockburnias,  Mr.  Lbney  has  a  grand  family 
worthy  of  being  taken  every  care  of  in  their  crossing,  as  not  only 
are  they  some  of  the  best  bred  of  the  Blanches,  but  robust 
handsome  cattle,  given  to  breeding  on  that  excellent  principle  of 
"  like  producing  like."  Another  strong  family  at  Banning  are  the 
Lady  Worcesters  ;  Lady  Worcester  23rd,  Lady  Sussex,  and  Lady 
Sussex  3rd,  were  all  bought  at  the  Horsted  sale ;  the  two  cows  are 
a  large  deep  framed  fine  pair,  and  the  heifer  has  every  appearance 
of  growing  into  the  same  wealthy  sort.  Grand  Duchess  39th,  bred 
at  Sholebroke,  of  quite  the  Bates  type,  with  an  especially  attractive 
head,  like  all  true  bred  cattle  should  possess,  has  been  sent  over  to 
Mr.  Brassey's  Duke  of  Rosedale  12th,  may  the  produce  be  the  first 
of  numerous  Grand  Duchesses  of  Barming.  The  Chorus  branch  of 
the  Charmers,  have  two  beautiful  red  own  sisters  in  Countess  of 
Barming — exhibited  last  year — and  Countess  of  Barming  2nd, 
daughters  of  .Rowfant  Duke  of  Gloucester  2nd  48610,  from  Countess 
10th,  which  has  like  Sockburnia  3rd  a  double  cross  of  Sixth  Duke  of 
Oneida.  The  Gwynnes,  obtained  at  Havering  Park,  mother  and 
two  daughters,  are  all  of  the  same  fashionable  colour,  and  a  wealthy 
good  fleshed  class  of  cattle,  suitable  for  any  climate.  Deepdale  5th, 
bought  as  a  calf  at  Underley,  has  now  grown  into  a  lengthy  fine 
heifer.  Lady  LTnderley  Barrington,  one  of  the  seven  sold  at  the 
dispersion  of  the  North  Frith  herd  at  an  average  of  147gs.  has 
brought  a  roan  heifer  calf  to  Duke  of  Oxford  67th,  and  has  conse- 


174  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  KNULAXD. 

quently  turned  out  a  groat  bargain,  as  when  purchased  she  had 
broken  her  service,  and  was  looked  upon  by  the  company  as  a 
"wee"  bit  doubtful.  She  is  a  straight  young  cow,  with  every 
appearance  of  developing  into  the  like  of  the  older  cows  so  greatly 
admired  at  Mr.  Hales'.  Chancellor  of  Oxford,  a  robust  good 
coloured  youngster  full  of  hair,  is  the  son  of  Grand  Duke  37th, 
and  Rowfant  Oxford,  a  daughter  of  Mr.  Geo.  Moore's  "  two 
thousand  guinea "  cow. 

When  at  Banning  after  the  Hilden  sale  at  the  end  of  the 
month,  the  purchases  had  arrived  from  there,  as  well  as  East 
Donyland,  and  three  more  fashionable  sorts  find  a  home  in  this 
rising  herd;  at  both  sales,  Mr.  Leney  was  aspiiited  bidder,  and 
the  lines  written  by  Toby  in  Punch  after  the  sale  of  Mr.  J.  O. 
Sheldon's  heifers  at  Windsor  in  1807  jespecting  the  spirited  bidding 
of  the  father  may  with  equal  truth  be  applied  to  the  son  :  — 

"  There's  Leeney  from  the  hop  yards ;  'twill  be  strange  if  he 

knocks  under, 

When  once  the  chords  are  wakened  of  that  Kentish  '  Son  of 
Thunder.' 

Waterloo  45th,  was  keenly  fought  over  at  the  dispersion  of  Mr. 
Green's  herd  between  the  representative  of  the  great  breeding 
establishment  at  Bow  Park,  and  the  County  of  Kent ;  considering 
that  she  was  within  a  couple  of  guineas  of  double  the  price  of  any 
Waterloo  sold  that  day,  great  praise  is  due  to  Mr.  Leney  for  his 
pluck  and  determination  to  keep  so  fine  a  cow  in  the  old  country, 
her  roan  bull  calf  by  Duke  of  Leicester  4th,  came  with  her,  and  is 
highly  thought  of  by  the  owner ;  the  third  occupant  of  the  box 
from  Essex  was  a  fashionable  pure  "  Kirk  "  by  Knight  of  Oxford 
3rd,  from  Kirklevington  Duchess  19th.  Heydon  Rose  9th,  an 
exceedingly  handsome  white  Cambridge  Rose  cow  had  for  a  com- 
panion from  Hilden,  Cherry  Ripe,  a  level  and  compact  Cherry 
Duchess  heifer,  likely  for  growing  into  a  cow  which  will  not  disgrace 
the  fine  lot  of  animals  possessed  by  her  owner.  A  more  important 
purchase  than  the  females  before  mentioned,  Mr.  Leney  had  to  make 


SHORTHOHN    HKRDS    OF    KNGLAND.  175 

in  the  selection  of  a  sice,  at  last  Rowfant  Grand  Duke  52014,  bred 
by  the  late  Sir  Curtis  Lampson,  a  son  of  that  famous  sire,  Duke  of 
Connaught  33604,  and  Mr.  R.  E.  Oliver's  Grand  Duchess  32nd, 
was  purchased,  but  not  until  after  one  of  the  South  American  agents 
had  been  attracted  by  him,  and  the  re-sale  effected  on  the  day  prior 
to  his  departing  for  Liverpool.  He  is  a  square  compact  evenly 
fleshed  bull,  and  especially  thick  through  the  heart. 

Preston  Hall,  has  long  been  the  home  of  shorthorns  ;  it  was 
here  that  the  Grand  Duchesses  came  into  the  market  in  1867,  when 
the  entire  herd  of  Mr.  E.  L.  BeUs  was  dispersed  at  an  average  for 
the  sixty-two  head  of  £180  each,  at  that  time  the  highest  on  record. 
Mr.  H.  A.  Brassey,  the  present  owner  of  Preston  Hall,  had  sixteen 
cows  and  heifers  selected  for  him  in  1870  from  the  Aylesby  herd, 
and  in  the  same  year  the  Bracelets  which  had  formerly  acquired  a 
reputation  in  Mr.  J.  Banks  Stanhope's  and  Mr.  S.  E.  Bolden's 
possession  were  bought  on  the  advice  of  the  latter  breeder.  Cherry 
Grand  Duke  3rd  28L74,  and  Second  Duke  of  Tregunter  26022, 
were  used  both  to  the  Bates  and  Booth  Three  years  later,  the 
Booth  portion  came  into  the  market  and  as  might  be  expected,  the 
average  made  by  the  animals  which  had  been  bred  at  Aylesby,  was 
almost  double  that  of  those  bred  at  Preston  Hall.  Purchases  have 
been  since  made  from  many  of  the  finest  Bates  herds  in  the  kingdom, 
while  Grand  Duke  24th  34064,  and  Duke  of  Oxford  44th  39774, 
were  bought  from  Sholebroke,  and  Holker,  respectively.  At  present 
we  find  in  service  the  lengthy  handsome  Duke  of  Rosedale  12th 
40268,  the  produce  of  those  two  famous  animals,  Duke  of  Connaught 
33604,  and  Lord  Braybrooke's  Thorndale  Rose  2nd. 

In  the  boxes  are  Bracelet  54th,  and  Bracelet  55th,  two  yearlings 
by  the  Rosedale  bull,  in  training  for  the  Bath  and  West  Meeting, 
where  the  family  have  been  previously  successfully  exhibited,  as 
well  as  at  the  Royal  and  local  shows.  Waterloo  Bienvenue  3rd, 
got  by  the  Wateringbury  Rowfant  Duke  of  Glo'ster  2nd,  from 
the  three  hundred  and  five  guinea  heifer  at  Sholebrooke,  is  in 
companionship  with,  the  pretty  white  Bracelet  57th.  After  seeing 


176  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

Duke  of  Rosedale  12th  led  forth,  we  wander  across  the  park  until 
we  come  to  the  group  of  cows  and  heifers  standing  under  the  trees 
for  shade  ;  it  is  only  two  years  ago  since  a  draft  of  thirty  con- 
siderably reduced  their  ranks,  and  they  have  not  as  yet  had  time  to 
replace  them.  The  Bracelets  are  the  most  numerous,  and  the 
Forty-third,  very  lengthy,  of  a  beautiful  dark  red,  is  one  of  the 
best  looking;  and  the  Thirty-first,  a  capital  milker,  was  th?  result 
of  sending  the  Twenty-fourth  to  visit  the  Duke  of  Manchester's 
Duke  of  Underley  3rd  38196.  The  Wild  Eyes  are  of  the  Lady 
Worcester,  and  Lady  Bright  Eyes  varieties,  both  obtained  at 
Dunmore.  Lady  Worcester  22nd,  is  the  only  female  left  of  her 
branch,  all  the  rest  having  been  disposed  of  two  yeais  ago;  Lady 
Bright  Eyes  5th,  a  red  and  little  white,  inheriting  the  Royal 
Butterfly  3rd  cross,  is  exceedingly  handsome,  and  vies  with  Waterloo 
Bienvenue,  a  very  graceful  daughter  of  Duke  of  Connaught,  well 
covered  over  her  crops,  with  excellent  ribs,  lengthy  hind  quarters, 
and  a  soft  velvet  like  touch,  in  competing  for  the  honours  of  the 
park.  Lady  Oxford  9th,  a  square  deep  framed  daughter  of  Mr.  D. 
Macintosh's  2660  guinea  Baroness  Oxford  5th,  was  sent  to  Preston 
Hall  as  one  of  the  Havering  Park  contingent,  and  remained  with 
410gs.  on  her  head,  and  it  is  sorrowful  to  add  that  so  good  a  heifer 
utterly  declines  to  breed. 

Wateringbury,  has  long  been  a  household  word  amongst  Bates 
breeders,  and  it  is  a  quarter  of  a  century  since  the  late  Mr.  Frederick 
Leney  began  breeding  in  the  famous  cherry  orchards  around  his 
residence  at  Orpines,  a  few  minutes'  walk  from  the  station  at 
Wateringbury.  The  two  Choruses,  and  Twin  Duchesses,  daughters 
of  Sir  Charles  Knightley's  Charming,  were  the  first  important 
female  purchases,  and  the  fame  of  the  Charmers  has  been  great 
ever  since ;  at  the  present  day,  when  they  are  but  represented  at 
their  old  home  by  two  sisters,  and  one  of  their  heifers,  it  is  to  their 
descendants  in  the  hands  of  Mr.  H.  J.  Sheldon,  that  many  of  his 
Dukes  of  Charm  in  gland,  so  popular  at  the  Bingley  Hall  sales,  are 
descended.  Lord  Oxford  2nd  20215,  imported  from  America,  and 
one  of  the  four  illustrious  brothers,  was  long  used  by  Mr.  Leney, 


SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND.  177 

and  since,  nothing  but  Duke  sires  have  reigned  at  Wateringbury ; 
viz.,  Grand  Duke  15th  21852,  Grand  Duke  of  Kent  26289  (a  son 
of  Grand  Duchess  9th  bought  at  Preston  Hall),  Eighth  Duke  of 
Geneva  28390  (the  highest  priced  bull  ever  sold  when  purchased  at 
Winterfuld  in  1872),  Sixth  Duke  of  Oneida  30997  (bred  by  Messrs. 
Walcott  and  Campbell,  out  of  Lord  Bective's  Tenth  Duchess  of 
Geneva),  Sixth  Duke  of  Glo'ster  39734,  and  Rowfant  Duke  of 
Glo'ster  2nd  48610.  It  was  in  1867  that  Mr.  Leney  began  to  add 
animals  of  Kiiklevington  blood  to  his  herd;  Grand  Duchess  9th 
came  from  the  sale  at  Preston  Hall,  but  only  bred  two  lulls  ;  and 
in  November,  when  Mr.  J.  O.  Sheldon's  nine  animals  from  Geneva 
were  sold  by  Mr.  Strafford  in  the  Windsor  coffee-room,  Mr.  Leney 
claimed  a  third  of  the  number,  including  the  Duchess  heifer  at 
700gs.,  considered  at  the  time  a  high  price,  but  her  buyer  had  the 
satisfaction  of  selling  two  of  her  granddaughters  for  two  thousand 
each,  one  at  his  sale  of  1874,  when  the  average  of  .£221  was 
obtained  for  forty-one  lots,  the  highest  of  any  of  the  Wateringbury 
sales,  and  the  other  by  private  treaty,  but  both  found  one  purchaser 
in  Mr.  R.  Loder. 

Although  when  Grand  Duchess  of  Geneva  7th  was  sold  two 
years  ago  for  llOOgs.  to  Dr.  Frias,  of  Buenos  Ay  res,  the  last  of  the 
Windsor  heifer's  descendants  departed,  yet  at  the  Hindlip  sale  an 
Airdrie  Duchess  young  cow  of  nice  character  was  obtained  in 
Duchess  of  Hindlip  4th.  In  another  division  of  the  barn  occupied 
by  the  Duchess  is  the  heavy  fleshed  Grand  Duchess  of  Oxford  33id, 
bought  at  Underley  last  autumn.  Passing  on  to  the  orchard, 
Rowfant  Duke  of  Glo'ster  2nd,  the  lengthy  masculine  red  son  of 
Marquis  of  Oxford  2nd  37055,  and  Duchess  of  Glo'ster,  is  led 
forth  from  his  quarters.  In  the  apple  orchard  are  seen  two  Surmise 
and  Charmer  heifers,  before  reaching  a  further  one  where  the  older 
cows  are  found.  Tacita  4th,  a  grand  old  cow,  sixteen  years  old  in 
Decamber,  still  keeps  her  frame  well  together ;  Lady  Rose,  bred  at 
Gaddesby,  appears  likely  to  keep  up  the  reputation  of  the  Prin- 
cesses for  their  dairy  properties,  as  will  Countess  5th,  a  daughter  of 
Chorus,  that  of  the  Knightleys.  Beaming  Eyes  5th,  from  Castle 


178  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

Hill,  has  had  nothing  but  bulls,  and  Waterloo  47th,  which  came 
from  TJnderlej  with  the  Oxford,  has  also  had  a  bull  calf  since  her 
arrival.  Some  good  daughters  of  Rowfant  Duke  of  Glo'ster  2nd, 
are  next  seen ;  Acomb  5th,  a  very  grand  heifer,  is  the  only  one  of 
the  tribe,  and  likewise  is  Florence  4th,  the  only  Rosy.  Lady 
Furbelow  6th,  a  pretty  light  roan,  and  Lady  Knightley  7th,  a  red 
and  little  white,  are  again  the  solitary  specimens  of  the  Furbelows, 
and  Cold  Creams.  Before  passing  onwards  to  an  orchard  at  some 
little  distance,  we  must  not  omit  Wild  Duchess  llth,  and  Wild 
Duchess  12th,  own  sisters,  from  Wild  Duchess  6th,  the  younger  of 
the  two  in  addition  to  having  the  great  substance  of  the  older,  is  if 
anything  more  taking  in  her  appearance,  but  the  queen  of  the  herd 
is  not  seen  until  their  dam  is  reached,  a  grand  massive  square  cow. 
For  company  she  has  Countess  7th,  two  years  the  junior  of  her 
own  sister,  the  Fifth,  already  mentioned.  In  the  pasture  adjoining 
is  Surprise  9th,  a  daughter  of  old  Tacita  4th,  and  her  cow  calf. 

At  Hadlow  Place,  Mr.  Edward  Leney  founded  his  herd  by  the 
purchase  of  three  females  at  the  fourth  biennial  sale  at  Brailes 
held  in  1871  ;  from  Antoinette,  and  Lady  Elizabeth,  descend  the 
bulk  of  his  carefully  bred  herd.  Mr.  E.  Leney  like  his  brother  at 
Barming  had  the  use  of  the  Wateringbury  sires ;  and  in  his 
pedigrees  are  found  many  of  their  well  known  names.  Barrington 
Grand  Duke  52500,  from  the  favourite  old  Princess  of  Barrington, 
bought  as  a  calf  at  North  Fri^h,  has  been  in  service,  and  recently 
sold  to  Mr.  E.  Ellis,  consequently  no  new  male  is  yet  in  residence. 
The  Acombs  at  Hadlow  are  especially  well  bred,  as  Antoinette,  was 
by  Fourth  Duke  of  Thorndale  17750,  from  America,  and  thus  her 
sire  Marmaduke  14897,  himself  a  Gwynne  by  the  650  guinea  Duke 
of  Glo'ster,  is  the  only  dash  of  the  unorthodox  Bates  that  is  to  be 
found  in  their  pedigree :  beyond  they  are  very  finely  crossed,  and 
we  prophecy  that  in  the  near  future  they  will  be  more  thought  of 
by  breeders  than  in  the  present  day,  and  resorted  to  for  sires. 
Amy,  a  fine  old  granddaughter  of  Antoinette,  heads  the  tribe. 
Alexandra,  by  Duke  of  Glo'ster  6th,  is  a  fine  fronted  cow,  but  a 
little  more  flesh  on  her  thighs  would  not  be  amiss  ;  while  her  half 


SHOKTHOKX    HERDS    OF    EN(ILAM).  1  7'-) 

sister,  Apology,  is  a  good  dark  red ;  but  the  gem  of  the  family  is 
Amelia,  out  of  Antoinette  2nd,  a  lovely  heifer,  and  one  of  the  best 
the  owner  possesses.  Of  Agatha,  and  Agnes,  own  sisters,  from 
Amy,  by  an  Oxford  bull  of  Sir  H.  Allsopp's,  we  prefer  the  former. 
Passing  on  to  the  Foggathorpes,  we  have  five  wealthy  fleshed  cows 
as  a  preliminary  to  the  heifers  which  are  very  good.  Lady  Fogga- 
thorpe 2nd,  Lady  Foggathorpe  3rd,  and  Lady  Foggathorpe  4th,  are 
all  own  sisters  by  the  Sixth  Duke  of  Oneida,  out  of  Miss  Fogga- 
thorpe, by  Grand  Duke  of  Kent,  a  daughter  of  the  original  purchase, 
but  of  the  five,  Miss  Foggathorpe  3rd,  also  a  daughter  of  Sixth 
Duke  of  Oneida,  is  the  best  individual  animal,  and  an  excellent 
breeder,  her  two-year-old  daughter,  Foggathorpe  Duchess,  by  a  Water- 
ingbury  bred  Wild  Eyes,  being  particularly  good,  and  not  less  can 
be  said  of  her  pretty  yearling  by  Knight  of  Oxford  5th.  Two 
more  massive  heifers  are  Lady  Foggathorpe  5th,  and  Miss  Fogga- 
thorpe 5th,  while  Lady  Foggathorpe  Gth  is  very  compact  ;  heie  as 
at  The  Oaklands,  and  Yardley,  the  tribe  is  excellent. 

The  Knightleys  are  represented  by  Rosys,  Sweethearts,  and 
Charmers.  Duchess  of  Fawsley,  came  from  Whittlebury,  although 
the  family  were  foi  merly  famous  at  Wateringbury  like  the  Charmers; 
Duchess  of  Rothesay,  by  Duke  of  Airdrie  27th  41351,  is  not 
admired  so  much  as  one  of  the  same  sire's  get  trom  Geneva's  Rose 
of  Sharon,  which  has  a  deep  chested  thick  heifer  by  a  Princess  sire 
of  Mr.  Lloyd's  ;  and  Cherry  Sweetheart,  with  a  splendid  udder, 
is  likely  for  keeping  up  the  reputation  of  the  Knightleys.  Sultana 
13th,  very  straight  on  her  top,  is  of  a  family  which  formed  a  part 
of  the  Wateringbury  herd  in  its  earlier  days,  and  of  another  local 
family,  the  Rubinas,  there  is  a  roan  bull  calf  full  of  hair  with 
excellent  quality.  Last  but  not  least  is  Thorndale  Rose  31st, 
bought  as  a  calf  at  the  Audley  End  sale,  when  it  is  mentioned  she 
is  from  Mr.  Mill's  405  guinea  cow  it  is  needless  to  add  on  her 
perfections. 

Little  Barton,  of  late  famous  for  several  excellent  steers  exhibited 
at  the  leading  fat  stock  shows,  bred  by  Mr.  C.  Collard,  lies  about 
one  mile  distant  from  each  of  the  two  Stations  in  the  cathedral  town 


180  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

of  Canterbury.  For  twenty  years  Mr.  Collard  has  bred  shorthorns, 
and  twice  have  large  portions  of  the  herd  been  dispersed  ;  and  on 
the  former  occasion  over  forty  pounds  per  head  was  realized.  Bulls 
of  Bates  blood  have  been  used,  including  Wild  Duke  2nd  36002, 
bought  as  a  calf  from  Messrs.  Leney ;  Cherry  Duke  of  Glo'ster 
36348,  a  son  of  that  beautiful  heifer,  Cherry  Queen,  sold  at  the 
Underley  sale  of  1874,  for  l,200gs. ;  Paul  G-wynne  2nd  48420,  bred 
at  Harwoods,  by  Mr.  Lloyd's  Duke  of  Airchie  27th,  and  Sir  Joseph 
Gwynne,  of  the  same  family,  a  short  legged,  goodly  proportioned 
bull,  has  not  long  arrived  from  East  Donyland.  The  Little  Barton 
herd  has  seldom  been  exhibited  out  of  its  own  county,  but  at 
the  different  local  Xmas  shows,  it  has  taken  a  prominent  position, 
rarely  failing  to  carry  off  the  prizes  for  shorthorns,  and  in 
1884,  when  four  were  exhibited  at  the  Canterbury,  and  Ashford 
shows,  they  were  all  awarded  firsts,  and  the  heifer,  the  champion  cup 
at  both  places.  Three  animals  purchased  at  various  times  for  Her 
Majesty's  herd  at  Windsor,  were  successfully  exhibited,  and  Mr. 
Collard  received  the  silver  medals  from  Birmingham,  and  London,  for 
having  been  their  breeder. 

When  walking  amongst  the  eighteen  dairy  cows  kept  for  helping 
to  supply  the  cathedral  city  with  milk,  we  find  the  grandest  in  a 
white,  named  Deedes,  the  dam  of  the  heifer  recently  exhibited  by 
Her  Majesty,  and  close  at  hand  is  the  twin  sister  to  that  illustrious 
animal.  Mr.  Brassey's  Bracelets  are  represented  by  the  Thirty-fifth  ; 
Knightley  Duchess,  and  Knightley  Princess,  two  young  cows,  were 
obtained  from  that  lover  of  Knightley  blood  in  the  county,  Mr.  James 
Cross  ;  Rosetta,  a  neat  daughter  of  Kirklevington  Lord  45003,  came 
from  East  Donyland  with  Sir  Joseph  Gwynne,  and  Barton  Lily,  a 
large  roomy  cow,  is  from  a  purchase  at  one  of  the  earlier  of  Mr. 
Green's  sales.  In  May  Mordaunt,  sired  by  Bloomfield  33169,  one 
of  the  Preston  Hall  Bracelets,  and  a  grand-daughter  of  Lady  Zetland, 
bought  from  the  late  Mr.  C.  F.  Leney,  we  have  one  of  the  best  cows 
in  the  herd,  as  she  is  a  rare  deep  bodied  animal,  has  produced  eight 
calves,  and  carries  her  years  lightly;  but  one  of  Mr.  Collard's 
neatest  cows,  is  Duchess  of  Oxford,  and  Lady  Mary,  a  grand-daughter 


SHOIITHOKN    HERDS    OF    ENGLAND.  181 

of  Mr.  Leney's  Lady  Zetland,  is  the  dam  of  a  young  bull  by  Paul 
Gwynne  2nd  48420,  which  has  been  used  previous  to  the  purchase 
of  the  Grwynne. 

Mr.  G-.  M.  Tracy,  has  been  a  breeder  for  many  years,  his  earliest 
sale  having  taken  place  in  1859,  when  he  made  an  average  of  just 
over  forty  two  pounds  for  animals  chiefly  of  Knightley  blood ;  again 
forty  four  lots,  nearly  all  of  the  same  line  of  descent,  tracing  to 
Sweetheart  3rd,  bought  at  the  Milcote  sale  in  1861,  more  than 
doubled  the  average  of  fifty  nine.  Further  Knightley  purchases 
were  made,  in  addition  to  animals  obtained  from  the  old  established 
herd  at  Hartforth,  and  Mr.  D.  Neasham,  of  Gairiford  Hall,  near 
Darlington ;  and  the  sale  in  1878,  which  again  cleared  out  the 
Knigbtleys,.  with  representatives  of  the  Q-ainford,  and  Hartforth 
purchases,  brought  the  satisfactory  average  of  <£48  6s.  8d.  Lastly, 
three  years  ago,  the  day  previous  to  the  Harewoods  sale,  saw  the 
gathering  together  of  a  company  at  Eedlands,  to  witness  the  dis- 
persion of  that  portion  of  the  herd  tracing  to  Old  Cherry,  excepting 
an  old  cow,  and  the  Hartforth  Nannys.  One  tribe,  known  as  the 
Maynards,  tracing  to  Old  Sally,  by  Young  Rockingham  2547,  a 
pedigree  full  of  good  blood,  were  retained  at  the  last  sale,  and  now 
number  a  dozen  females,  to  which  King  of  the  Woods  48107,  of 
the  Old  Cherry  tribe,  and  his  son,  Standard  Bearer  52202,  from 
Countess  Maynard,  of  this  family,  are  in  service  at  Edenbridge, 
where  since  the  obtaining  of  the  Cradock  and  Raine  blood,  sires 
chiefly  of  this  line  have  been  used  ;  occasionally  for  the  purpose  of 
fresh  blood,  a  cow  has  been  sent  away  for  service,  and  the  calf  if  a 
male  retained.  From  Cherry  Empress,  a  daughter  of  the  Aylesby  bred 
Cherry  Prince  4th  25765,  four  females  descend,  and  with  the 
Maynards,  are  the  only  two  families  now  at  Redlands. 

Midway  betwixt  the  fashionable  seaside  resort  of  Eastbourne, 
and  Polegate,  is  to  be  found  one  of  the  choicest  Booth  herds  in  the 
kingdom,  and  it  is  few  English  breeders  like  Mr.  E.  Heineman  who 
can  claim  the  privilege  of  having  families  tracing  direct  from 
Warlaby,  and  since  the  purchase  of  Homebred,  and  Homespun, 
daughters  of  Royal  Benedict  27348 ;  and  Homely,  from  t  he  latter, 


182  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OJ?  ENGLAND. 

bv  Knight  of  St.  Patrick  38520 ;  the  sires  have  generally  been 
hired  from  the  Exors.  of  Mr.  T.  C.  Booth.  Homely,  a  massive 
level  cow  of  nice  quality,  is  now  the  head  of  this  family  numbering 
eight  females ;  she  has  bred  Homework,  to  Sir  Wilfrid ;  Homebody, 
and  Honeydew,  to  Royal  Baldersby ;  as  well  as  a  good  bull  calf  this 
season  by  King  Magnus.  Beyond  Royal  Benedict  we  have  the 
well  known  names  of  King  James,  Lord  Blithe,  and  Elfin  King,  and 
from  what  we  see  at  Willingdon,  there  need  be  no  fear  in  the 
fntute  of  the  pedigree  deteriorating  in  value  so  long  as  it  is  in 
Mr.  Heineman's  ownership.  Homework,  is  unfortunately  in  a 
distant  meadow,  with  the  other  heifers  of  this  family,  excepting  the 
white  Honoria,  so  we  are  reluctantly  compelled  to  abstain  from 
going  to  see  them,  though  we  are  much  tempted  to  do  so  by  their 
description,  if  we  are  to  carry  out  our  original  programme  of 
visiting  Stammerham,  and  Kowfant,  the  same  day,  calling  en  route 
at  Kingston-by-the-Sea. 

The  Lady  Booths,  also  originated  from  the  neighbourhood  of 
Watlaby,  whence  they  went  to  Lethenty,  where,  Lady  Mary,  a 
compact  little  cow  was  bred;  passing  through  the  Prinknash 
heid  before  coming  into  Sussex,  where  she  has  had  for  her  first  calf, 
Lady  Emily,  and  this  season,  both  mother,  and  daughter,  have  each 
brought  a  cow  calf  to  Eoyal  Baldersby.  A  great  deal  of  interest 
naturally  centres  in  the  lengthy  red  and  little  white  Maid  of 
Warlaby,  which  name  she  derives  fioin  her  birthplace,  being  born 
after  the  purchase  of  her  dam  by  Mr.  C.  Morgan  for  the  States. 
Taken  out  to  Ameiica,  she  came  back  to  this  country,  and  was 
privately  purchased  by  Mr.  Heineinan,  what  more  can  be  desired 
by  the  most  fastidious  critic  than  Eoyal  Stuart,  Royal  Benedict, 
King  James,  British  Crown,  and  Commander-in-Chief,  in  direct 
succession  ?  The  very  cream  of  the  Warlaby  sires  of  recent  years. 
Another  of  Royal  Stuart's  daughters  is  Bright  Ruby,  a  very  sweet 
aich  ribbed  cow,  bought  as  a  calf  at  Hopton  Hall  for  over  three 
hundred  guineas.  Her  grandam,  Bright  Lady,  was  like  Maid  of 
Warlaby,  exported  and  re-imported  again  to  this  country.  Another 
branch  of  the  Annas  is  Anna  Regia,  a  light  roan  handsome  cow  of 


SHORTUOJIX    HERDS    OF    ENGLAND.  183 

great  scale,  sired  by  Royal  Sceptre  43967,  and  a  granddaughter  of 
Anna  9th,  bought  at  the  dispersion  of  the  late  Mr.  Pickersgill's 
herd.  Each  have  had  a  bull  calf,  the  older,  Eoyal  Favour  will 
probably  be  used  at  home,  and  the  other,  an  excellent  youngster, 
belonging  to  the  strictly  Anna  cow,  runs  with  her  dam  in  the. 
pastures.  Generous,  found  her  way  from  Killerby  as  a  private 
purchase,  and  proved  a  most  fortunate  one,  as  four  of  her  produce 
found  buyers  at  an  average  of  175gs.,  and  Mr.  Heineman  has  one 
daughter  left,  Georgia  Valentina,  sired  by  Master  of  Arts  34-816. 
Another  branch  of  the  Georgies  came  from  Prinknash,  and  Lady 
Geraldine  2nd's  son,  Royal  Guard,  is  temporarily  in  service,  pending 
the  arrival  of  another  sire  from  Warlaby,  while  the  dam  as  a  conse- 
quence is  away  from  home  for  service,  and  her  daughter,  Lady 
Gwendoline,  is  with  the  Homespun  heifers  in  the  distant  meadow. 
Still  another  cow  is  to  be  mentioned,  and  the  only  one  not  of  Booth 
extraction ;  this  is  Rowena,  with  four  Warlaby  crosses  on  Mr. 
Mr.  Maynard's  Red  Neck  pedigree.  Roseleaf,  the  dam  of  Rowena, 
was  purchased  from  Mr.  W.  Bolton,  of  The  Island,  in  whose 
possession  she  won  several  prizes  in  County  Wexford,  certainly  the 
daughter  is  a  very  handsome  cow,  and  her  son,  by  King  Magnus 
48012,  is  full  of  promise.  Mr.  Heineman  has  since  added  Hetty, 
and  Heartsease,  of  the  famous  Hecuba  triba,  at  the  dispersion  of 
the  Killeiby  heid. 

A  pleasant  drive  along  the  coast  from  West  Brighton  brings 
us  to  Kingston-by-Sea,  where  Mr.  Hugh  Gorringe,  has  made  his 
Southdo\,n  flock,  and  prize  steers,  famous  by  their  victories. 
Buccaneer  49204,  bred  at  The  Duffrvn,  and  the  home  bred  Lord 
Ruby  51648,  descended  from  the  excellent  stock  of  Mr.  Harrison, 
of  Leven  Hall  Garth,  in  Yorkshire,  are  first  seen  ;  the  latter  a  very 
promising  young  bull,  is  our  favourite,  although  he  does  not  possess 
a  head  so  much  to  our  liking  as  Buccaneer.  The  steers  next  to 
hand,  include  the  white  two-year-old,  second  at  Islington  last 
Christmas  (beaten  only  by  another  of  Mr.  Gorringe's,  afterwards 
sold  for  a  high  figure),  he  is  duly  admired,  while  out  of  five  of  a 
younger  generation,  aspiring  to  carry  future  honours  to  Kingston- 


184  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

by-the-Sea,  we  fancy  a  very  even  red.  Lord  Alfred  46620,  a  son 
of  Killerby  Queen  5tb,  purchased  from, and  bred  by  Mr.  Hugh  Aylmer, 
a  bull  of  great  length,  with  wonderful  substance,  has  been  in 
service  the  last  three  seasons  In  a  small  pasture  near  the  home- 
stead, are  eight  shapely  cows,  including  Mistress  Mirth,  a  purchase 
at  the  "West  Dereham  sale ;  her  daughter,  Mistress  Myrtle,  by  Sir 
Benedict  42388  ;  with  their  calves,  one  of  each  sex,  as  the  most 
fashionable  bred  of  the  lot ;  their  descent  through  a  number  of  fine 
Booth  sires,  being  traceable  to  Hecate,  bred  at  Killerby.  Stella,  a 
grand  old  cow,  was  seen  in  company  with  the  heifers  near  the 
railway  ;  unfortunately  Mr.  Gorringe  being  on  the  continent,  we  are 
unable  to  obtain  the  names  of  her  companions,  or  the  matrons,  with 
the  exception  of  the  Mistresses. 

For  about  a  dozen  years,  Mr.  F.  Barchard,  has  at  Hoisted, 
nearly  midway  between  Brighton,  and  Tunbridge  Wells,  although 
only  one  mile  from  Isfield  Station,  bred  shorthorns  of  the  Bates, 
and  Knightley  strains,  as  well  as  a  small  herd  of  pure  bred  Black 
Polled  Aberdeen  Angus  from  the  herds  of  the  Earl  of  Airlie,  Sir  G. 
Macpheison  Grant,  Bart,  and  Mr.  McCombie.  With  the  exception 
of  two  or  three  animals,  the  shorthorn  herd  was  dispersed  in  July 
1885,  and  especially  admired  were  the  Fidget,  and  Lady  Worcester, 
families.  Coral  Charm,  offered  at  the  sale  subject  to  a  reserve,  is 
the  dam  of  three  heifers  now  at  Horsted,  named  Coral  Charms, 
Fourth,  Eighth,  and  Ninth  ;  the  first  named  by  the  unfortunate 
Viscount  Oxford  3rd  44208,  burnt  when  the  farm  buildings  were 
destroyed  in  1884,  along  with  his  colleague,  Lord  Winsome  of 
Sussex  2nd  46721.  When  the  Bath  and  West  last  held  their 
meeting  at  Brighton,  Coral  Charm,  was  placed  second  to  Lady 
Georgina  Newcomb ;  the  latter  failing  to  fulfill  the  conditions,  she 
is  naturally  to  be  now  looked  upon  as  the  winner.  The  Cambridge 
Eoses,  have  like  the  Charmers,  done  well  in  the  county,  but  the 
Hose  of  Sharon  branch  were  all  sold  at  the  sale,  excepting  Eed  Eose 
of  Sussex,  a  daughter  of  Eed  Bose  of  Glengarry,  purchased  at 
Dunmore.  Heydon  Eose  llth,  by  Duke  of  Connaught  33604,  and 
the  highest  priced  of  the  Heydon  Roses  at  the  dispersion  of  the 
Audley  End  herd,  has  since  given  birth  to  Horsted  Eose. 


SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND.  185 

Warnham  Court,  the  residence  of  Mr.  C.  T.  Lucas,  is  about  the 
same  distance  from  Horsham,  as  Stammerham,  and  here  we  find  a 
herd  of  Bates  bred  cattle  bred  chiefly  from  the  stocks  of  Messrs. 
Blundell,  Botterill.  Cope,  and  Lloyd.  Viscount  Oxford  8th  50609, 
a  son  of  Lord  Fitzhardinge's  Duke  of  Leicester  3rd  46256,  and 
Viscountess  Oxford  3rd,  bought  as  a  calf  at  the  Castle  Hill  sale,  has 
developed  into  a  masculine  like  bull,  with  a  good  broad  chest,  capital 
loin,  rib,  and  thighs,  but  hardly  so  well  covered  over  his  crops  as 
might  be  desirable.  In  the  first  pasture  is  Elvira  llth,  bred  in 
Cumberland,  a  good  cow,  excepting  a  somewhat  plain  head,  and  her 
daughter,  Duchess  Elvira,  a  nice  straight  heifer,  by  Duke  of  Airdrie 
27th  41351  ;  Lady  Secresy,  and  Lady  Silence,  own  sisters,  by  Duke 
of  Oxford  32nd  36527,  from  Silence,  were  bought  at  the  dispersion 
of  the  AVoodside  herd,  and  are  a  pair  of  prepossessing  young  animals 
of  precisely  the  same  character,  which  should  breed  some  good  stock 
for  their  owner.  Strawberry  Countess,  tracing  to  the  old  Hartforth 
blood,  and  in  addition  to  a  somewhat  gaudy  red  and  white  calf 
running  by  her  side,  has  another  daughter,  Strawberry  Queen,  in  the 
same  pasture,  suckling  a  thick  well  made  youngster,  by  the  Oxford 
bull.  Rosy  Countess  3rd,  hailing  from  Harewoods,  like  Strawberry 
Countess,  has  Duke  of  Airdrie  27th  41351,  for  sire,  and  on  the 
dam's  side  is  of  the  Knightley  "Walnut  tribe.  The  last  to  be  noticed 
is  Lady  Fortunate  5th,  a  grand  old  cow,  bought  at  Wauldby. 
Passing  on  to  the  farm  at  Warnham  Place  we  have  a  stylish  heifer 
in  Skittish,  bred  in  Ireland,  by  Mr.  Cope,  and  of  the  Revelry  tribe, 
once  popular  at  Dunmore  ;  in  her  company  are  Vestris  125th,  from 
Summersbury  ;  Lady  Cowslip,  out  of  Lady  Fortunate  5th;  and  a 
pretty  yearling  daughter  of  the  older  of  the  two  Surmise  sisters. 
In  a  yard  under  cover  are  seen  Millie,  and  her  bull  calf  of  the  Sultana 
family,  formally  at  Wateringbury.  Clydesdales,  find  favour  at 
Warnham  Court,  where  Mr.  Lucas'  son,  Mr.  C.  J.  Lucas,  has  a  select 
stud.  Before  returning  to  Horsham,  we  walk  across  to  the 
Biomhall  Farm,  consisting  of  240  acres,  where  a  capital  set  of 
buildings,  highly  finished  in  every  respect,  have  recently  been 
erected  by  Mr.  Lucas. 


186  SHORTHOKN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

Rowfant,  famous  in  recent  days  for  its  herd  of  shorthorns,  is 
now  more  so  for  the  flock  of  Southdowns  possessed  by  Mr.  H.  Perry 
Keene,  but  the  nucleus  of  a  herd  has  already  been  got  together,  and 
as  might  be  expected  Mr.  Perry  Keene  has  secured  one  or  two  of 
the  old  Rowfant  herd.  The  Surmises  were  in  the  late  Sir  Curtis 
Lampson's  hands  for  many  years,  although  Surmise  Duchess  26th, 
and  har  daughter,  by  Grand  Duke  37th  43307,  now  at  Rowfant, 
are  descended  from  Lady  Surmise,  by  Duke  of  Hillhurst  28401, 
bought  from  Col.  Kingscote  at  a  more  recent  date.  Colleen  Celia 
5th,  sired  by  one  of  Mr.  Larking's  Euschia  bulls,  traces  to  Mr.  Jonas 
Webb's  stock  of  Babraham,  and  the  sire  selected  by  Mr.  Perry  Keene 
was  Rowfant  Duke  of  Oxford  4th  47011,  a  robust  looking  son  of 
Duke  of  Cornwall  2nd  43082,  and  Grand  Duchess  of  Oxford  llth, 
previously  used  in  the  late  Rowfant  herd  to  assist  Grand  Duke  37th. 
Vestris  81st,  and  Vestris  07th,  purchased  at  Summersbury,  descend 
from  Vestris,  bought  by  Mr.  T.  J.  Drake,  at  Capt.  Dilke's  sale  in 
1 853,  from  which  we  re  bred  a  herd  of  fifty  two  animals  sold  in  December 
1883,  at  an  average  of  twenty  nine  pounds.  When  Mr.  Hales 
dispersed  his  old  established  Noith  Frith  herd,  Lady  Bates  Gwynne, 
a  good  thick  specimen  of  the  Cumberland  "  Pollies  "  came  into  this 
county,  and  has  since  bred  a  bull  calf. 

Beaching  Horsham,  our  first  visit  is  to  the  Stammerham 
estate,  about  1,000  acres  in  extent,  recently  purchased  by  the 
Aylesbury  Dairy  Company  Limited,  two  miles  distant  from  the 
town ;  passing  through  the  newly  erected  lodge  gates,  we  find 
carts,  horses,  and  men,  even  the  managing  director  himself  with 
spade  in  hand,  all  busy  helping  to  give  the  finishing  touches  to  the 
improvements,  now  nearly  complete,  in  making  the  residence  of 
Mr.  G.  M.  Allender  very  attractive.  The  Company  is  already  well 
known  to  the  public  for  its  prosperous  career  in  London,  where  it 
supplies  the  inhabitants  with  all  kinds  of  farm  produce  of  the  best 
description  under  the  management  of  Mr.  Allender.  About 
two  years  ago  the  managing  director  considered  that  by  acquiring  a 
suitable  estate  within  a  reasonable  distance  of  London,  the  operations 
of  the  Company  might  be  considerably  enlarged  and  accordingly  the 


SUOKTIIORN    HKJIDS    OF    ENGLAND.  187 

estate  at  Stamineihain  be^ng  in  the  market  was  purchased.  It  is  Mr. 
Allender's  intention,  not  as  might  be  supposed  to  make  this  entirely 
a  source  of  milk  supply  for  the  London  depot,  but  to  utilise  the 
greater  portion  of  it  in  rearing  pure  bred  stock  of  every  description  ; 
aheady  six  breeds  of  cattle  have  been  collected  together,  in  addition 
to  the  sheep,  horses,  pigs,  and  numerous  sorts  of  poultry. 

The  home  buildings,  as  those  may  be  called  situate  behind 
Mr.  Allender's  residence,  have  been  completely  remodelled,  and 
rebuilt,  and  in  the  course  of  a  year  or  two  it  is  intended  to  do  this 
with  all  the  buildings.  Every  advantage  is  taken  of  the  largeness 
of  the  undei  taking,  and  contracts  are  naturally  entered  into  for  the 
various  supplies  with  many  advantages  over  those  of  the  ordinary 
tenant  farmer.  A  timekeeper,  and  clerk,  are  necessities  with  so 
much  on  hand  ;  at  present  a  clerk  of  works  is  superintending  the 
building  operations,  and  the  many  alterations  to  fences,  and  new 
drinking  ponds.  At  the  Home  buildings,  the  seven  stud  bulls  are 
kept  in  excellent  substantial  boxes,  with  a  good  sized  yard  for  every 
three,  so  that  the  occupants  can  be  let  out  in  turn  for  additional 
exercise,  dumber  one  is  a  Swiss  bull  purchased  from  Professor 
Long.  Linley,  a  two  year  old  son  of  Beecher,  and  Dolly,  does  duty 
for  the  Montgomeryshire  females.  Zulu,  and  Gilderoy,  the  former 
out  of  Lilian,  a  cow  that  gave  679  gallons  of  milk  in  30  weeks  ;  and 
the  latter  a  son  of  Dairy  Pride  4th,  is  a  large  animal  of  his  breed, 
with  gie.it  substance.  The  Kerries,  have  a  sire  of  each  of  their 
two  colours  ;  and  the  shorthorns,  have  Sir  Kainald  52171.  a  straight 
level  bull,  bred  by  the  Exors.  of  Mr.  E.  Pease,  and  a  great  grand- 
son of  the  Eev.  J.  Storer's  Fawsley  Violet,  of  the  Knightley  Quickly 
tribe.  A  covered  shed,  one  hundred  and  twenty  feet  long,  and 
sixty  in  width,  with  its  glass  roof,  can  be  seen  for  miles.  In  the 
numerous  divisions,  we  find  several  of  the  recent  shorthorn  purchases, 
not  many  sales  have  supplied  them,  and  the  herds  at  Dingley 
Griange,  North  Frith,  and  Stoney  Lane,  were  those  resorted  to. 
Dingley  Blanche,  and  Dolly  Vaiden,  are  together,  the  latter  being 
extremely  pretty  and  the  former  of  the  Vestris  tribe,  which  passed 
through  the  Townley  heid  in  its  palmy  days.  Next  we  have  a 


188  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

heifer  descended  from  Moss  Eose,  by  Favourite  252,  bred  by  Mr.  T. 
Harris,  and  one  of  the  half  dozen  bought  at  his  sale.  A  red  and 
white  calf,  sired  by  Sir  Curtis  Lampson's  Duke  of  Huntsland  4th 
47769,  came  with  the  mother,  Mary  20th,  a  family  formerly  bred  in 
Westmoreland,  from  the  dispersion  of  Mr.  Hales'  herd  ;  opposite 
to  her  are  a  charming  group  of  red  polled  heifers. 

Then  commences  a  pleasant  drive  round  the  estate  with  the 
managing  director,  when  the  afternoon  being  lovely,  a  most  enjoy- 
able, but  somewhat  too  brief  time  is  spent,  for  the  numerous 
interesting  things  to  be  seen.  The  meadows,  not  of  great  extent, 
are  snugly  placed  in  valleys,  between  delightful  woodlands,  and 
here  cattle  can  most  assuredly  take  no  harm  however  cold  the 
wintry  blasts  may  blow.  Here,  there,  and  everywhere,  it  may  be 
almost  said,  are  new  houses  placed  on  the  estate,  and  yet  kept  in 
this  way  the  damage  done  by  them  is  little,  and  the  system  might 
be  copied  with  advantage  by  many  farmers.  Numerous  fancy  breeds 
are  kept,  eggs  of  course  being  sold  for  setting,  and  quantities  of 
chickens  reared.  From  the  poultry,  we  turn  to  the  farming  gene- 
rally, which  by  the  reduction  of  the  number  of  fences  and  straight- 
ening of  those  left,  advantage  can  now  be  taken  of  steam  cultivation. 
Near  one  large  field,  a  storage  warehouse  and  siding  has  been 
arranged  for  by  the  Company,  and  is  of  gr^at  facility  for  the  carriage 
of  manure  &c.  ;  this  field  is  to  be  devoted  entirely  to  the  growing  of 
crops  for  the  London  markets,  and  will  be  kept  supplied  by  manure 
brought  from  thence. 

Coming  to  the  dairy  cows,  the  shorthorn  reigns  supreme,  and 
there  are  many  large  framed  fine  cows  with  excellent  udders  to  be 
seen  in  company  with  the  Red  Polls ;  unfortunately  Mr.  Webb  who 
has  charge  of  the  cattle,  is  not  at  hand  with  his  herd  book,  so  we 
have  to  be  content  with  considering,  to  which  of  the  best  and  more 
useful  looking,  we  could  attach  the  names  of  the  Surmise,  Honey,  and 
G wynne  cows,  bought  at  North  Frith.  The  smoky  faced  Mont- 
goineryshires,  are  seen  in  company  with  the  Swiss  cows,  near  to  a 
third  set  of  buildings,  where  they  are  lodged;  the  Welsh  cattle, 
were  many  years  bred  by  Mr.  Pugh.  Mr.  Alleuder's  especial  pets, 


SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND.  189 

are  the  Jerseys,  originally  bred  by  him  before  being  parted  with  to 
the  Company,  and  which  have  been  very  successful  in  the  showy ard. 
On  returning  homewards,  are  seen  the  pretty  Kernes,  browsing  on 
the  hill  sides,  on  the  higher  lying  portion  of  the  estate.  As  to  the 
hitherto  unmentioned  pigs,  the  Tamworths,  are  highly  thought  of  by 
Mr.  Allender,  and  considered  quite  the  coming  breed. 


CHAPTEE  VIII. 

The  Surrey  Herds. — Summersbury  Hall. —  Harewoods. — Xorbury 
Park. — Buckinghamshire  Herds. — Terrick. —  Walton  Grange. — Tile 
House. — Warwickshire  Herds. — Canley. —  Berkswell  Hall. —  Whoberley 
Hall. — The  Hollies. — Ashorne  Hill. — Alveston  Pasture. — Stoney 
Thorpe. —  Brailes  House. — Weston  Park. — Studley  Castle. —  Fox 
Hollies  Hall— The  Oaklands.—Yardley. 

Surrey  is  proverbially  a  charming  residental  county,  and 
Summersbury  Hall,  Mr.  Edwin  Ellis'  country  seat,  is  delightfully 
situate  amidst  the  sylvan  scenery  of  the  Surrey  Hills,  three  miles 
from  the  old  coaching  town  of  G-uildford.  Shorthorns,  were  only 
introduced  to  Summersbury  at  the  sale  of  the  first  portion  of  Mr. 
E.  C.  Tisdall's  herd  in  1882 ;  shortly  afterwards,  a  number  of  other 
purchases,  chiefly  good  animals,  without  any  pretensions  to  high 
breeding  were  made.  In  May  of  last  year,  Mr.  Ellis  adopted  the 
extremely  wise  plan  of  effecting  a  general  clearance  of  all  his 
miscellaneous  pedigrees,  only  one  being  uncatalogued.  He  has  now 
gathered  together  a  thoroughly  good  Bates  herd  in  an  incredible 
short  space  of  time,  and  it  requires  but  the  use  of  high  class  bulls 
to  make  the  Summersbury  herd,  and  its  enterprising  owner,  as  well 
known  to  shorthorn  breeders,  as  he  has  already  made  the  South- 


190  SHoiiTHony  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

down  sheep  to  flockmasters.  Certainly  Mr.  Ellis  deserves  every 
praise  for  the  unsparing  hand  with  which  he  pruned  his  herd  twelve 
months  ago,  and  may  he  reap  the  benefit  of  it  in  years  to  come.  On 
walking  over  the  400  acres  farmed  by  Mr.  Ellis,  it  is  shown  no  man 
knows  better  the  value  of  having  everything  of:'  the  best  in  each 
department  than  Mr.  Ellis. 

We  find  the  Fidget,  and  Craggs  tribes  the  strongest  in  point  of 
numbers,  but  'tis  the  former  which  enjoy  most  favour,  as  this  is  the 
only  herd  where  pure  English  bred  Fidgets  are  to  be  found,  they 
are  deserving  of  more  than  ordinary  mention  :  like  the  Craggs,  and 
Kirklevingtons,  they  were  formerly  bred  by  the  Messrs.  Bell,  and 
crossed  with  Mr.  Bates'bulls,  when  the  brothers  left  the  neighbourhood 
of  Kirklevington,  we  find  Eidget's  daughter,  Faith,  by  4th  Duke  of 
Northumberland,  goes  to  Mosbro'  Hall  with  Mr.  Robert,  and  Mr. 
Thomas,  takes  Eidget  2nd,  by  the  famous  .Duke  of  Northumberland, 
both  bred  to  4th  Duke  of  York,  and  Erantic,  and  Fidget  4th,  were 
the  result ;  from  these  two  animals,  almost  own  sisters  in  blood,  Mr. 
Ellis  has  eleven  female  descendants.  Erantic,  went  to  the  States, 
and  her  daughter,  Frantic  4th,  by  Duke  of  Oxford  33703,  had  two 
heifers,  Fidelitys,  Second,  and  Third,  by  Millbrooke  34851,  a  son  of 
Sixth  Duke  of  Thorndale,  and  Lady  Susan,  a  grand-daughter  of  Red 
Rose  2nd,  bred  by  Mr.  Stephenson,  of  Wolviston,  of  his  favourite 
Princess  tribe ;  both  sisters  were  imported  into  this  country  by  Mr. 
R.  Gribson  in  1873,  and  found  eventually  their  way  into  Mr.  Botterill's 
possession,  but  it  is  only  from  the  elder  there  are  living  descendants. 
At  Mr.  Botterill's  sale  the}  were  purchased  by  Mr.  W.  Ashburrer, 
from  whom  Mr.  Ellis  obtained  them.  Lady  Fidget  Bates  3rd,  by 
Col.  Townley's  Oxford  le  Grand,  out  of  the  imported  cow,  is  the 
dam  of  four  daughters  in  the  herd,  between  herself  and  the  second 
one,  a  wonderful  family  likeness  exists,  even  as  to  colour,  they  aie 
two  cows  of  excellent  style,  and  character,  the  daughter  being  a  shade 
neater,  but  her  elder  own  sister,  Lady  Fidget  Bates  5th,  by  4th 
Fordham  Duke  of  Oxford,  is  a  very  neatly  made  gay  looking  young 
cow,  in  her  prime  of  life,  of  a  most  attractive  light  roan,  evidently 
she  has  taken  at  the  sire,  and  the  younger  more  at  the  dam  ;  it  is 


SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND.  191 

curious  to  note  so  wide  a  contrast.  Fidget  8th,  the  third  daughter, 
by  Baron  Oxford  10th  42839,  is  a  well  developed  heifer,  and  the 
youngest  of  the  four,  Fidget  9th,  a  red,  by  Kirklevington  Beau  51484, 
is  full  of  style.  As  to  the  second  branch,  Fidget  4th,  passed  from 
Mr.  Bell's  hands  eventually  into  Capt.  Blathwayt's,  who  sending 
her  to  Seventh  Duke  of  York,  bred  the  Sixth,  and  she  only  had  one 
heifer,  the  Seventh,  by  the  American  Third  Lord  Oxford,  which  at 
her  breeder's  sale  in  1871  sold  for  210gs.  to  Mr.  F.  Leney,  who  after 
breeding  them  for  several  years,  sold  Sixth  Duchess  of  York,  at  one 
of  the  Wateringbury  sales,  to  Mr.  Barchard,  and  when  the  latter 
breeder  dispersed  his  herd  last  summer,  Mr.  Ellis  took  the  opportunity 
of  securing  the  whole  family  of  the  English  bred  Fidgets,  including 
Sixth  Duchese  of  York,  her  three  daughters,  and  two  grand-daughters, 
the  old  cow  is  still  looking  blooming  and  is  what  we  may  term  a 
grand  specimen  of  a  Bates  shorthorn,  having  immense  substance, 
and  undeniable  constitution;  the  oldest  daughter,  Hoisted  Duchess 
of  York,  is  rather  the  reverse  to  her  dam  as  she  is  somewhat  small, 
but  a  heavy  milker,  and  good  breeder.  Horsted  Duchess  of  York 
2nd,  resembles  the  old  cow  in  every  respect,  and  is  the  mother  of 
the  Fifth,  the  youngest  of  the  Horsfced  purchases  ;  it  was  a  stiff 
contest  between  England  and  Canada,  but  the  mother  country  once 
more  asserted  her  supremacy,  and  we  may  congratulate  Mr.  Ellis  on 
doing  a  good  stroke  of  business  in  being  content  with  nothing  less 
than  the  whole  of  the  family,  as  such  purity  of  blood  will  be  sought 
after  another  day. 

The  Craggs,  seven  in  number,  include  Carolina  9th,  by  Col. 
Kingscote's  Lord  Red  Eyes  4th  26730,  from  Carolina  6th,  a  large 
framed  handsome  cow,  one  of  the  finest  in  the  herd,  with  a  wonder- 
ful back  and  loin,  and  a  great  amount  of  substance  ;  it  is  difficult  to 
find  a  cow  of  her  immense  size  so  well  proportioned.  Duchess  Craggs 
5th,  from  \V  hittlebury,  has  bred  a  beautiful  roan  heifer  to  Winsome 
Duke,  one  of  the  most  promising  of  the  yearlings,  which  include  a 
roan  from  Carolina  9th.  Duchess  Wetherby  Craggs,  at  present  newly 
calved,  is  the  deepest  milker  in  the  herd,  two  years  ago  she  was 
purchased  on  account  of  her  promising  show  for  milk  at  the  Uffington 
sale,  along  with  her  cow  calf,  by  Second  Duke  of  Hindlip  46426, 


192  SHORTHORN  HKRD3  OF  ENGLAND. 

The  Cherry  Duchesses,  came  from  Lathoni,  and  Sholebroke,  and 
at  the  latter  sale,  Mr.  Ellis  undoubtedly  got  the  choice  in  Cherry 
Grand  Duchess  13th,  a  very  handsome  roan.  Cherry  Duchess  28th, 
a  compact  little  cow,  has  both  daughter,  and  grand-daughter,  in  the 
herd,  and  a  bull  calf  by  Mr.  Lloyd's  Grand  Duke  41st.  The 
Waterloos,  from  Givendale  originally,  have  Lady  Waterloo  26th,  a 
thirteen  years  old  short  legged,  heavy  fleshed  animal  at  their  head  ; 
they  appear  in  a  fair  way  for  multiplying,  as  both  the  mother,  and 
oldest  daughter,  have  cow  calves  to  Winsome  Duke,  the  younger 
cow  by  a  Waterloo  bull,  has  much  the  same  character  as  the  dam. 
Kirklevington  Queen,  from  Hindlip,  is  a  lengthy  young  cow,  but 
not  to  be  compared  with  the  recent  purchase,  Kirklevington 
Duchess  19th,  by  2nd  Duke  of  Gloucester  28392,  out  of  Kirk- 
levington 14th,  and  no  greater  compliment  can  be  paid  her  than  to  say 
she  is  as  handsome  as  she  is  well  bred.  Prom  Sir  H.  Allsopp's 
came  also  Duchess  of  Hindlip  2nd,  and  Oxford  26th,  the  fo:  iner 
probably  in  virtue  of  her  rank,  has  a  separate  compartment  allotted 
her  in  an  old  barn,  divided  for  the  occupation  of  the  younger  heifers ; 
she  is  a  dark  red  very  lengthy  heifer,  by  Duke  of  Cornwall  4th, 
from  Duchess  of  Hindlip  3rd.  Oxford  26th,  a  grand-daughter 
of  Grand  Duchess  of  Oxford  18th  (the  first  Oxford  that  passed  the 
coveted  four  figures  at  any  of  the  great  Holker  sales),  is  very  level, 
and  with  age  will  develop  into  a  still  finer  cow.  Upon  Wild  Erin 
Duke  of  Connaught  has  improved  his  great  merit  as  a  sire,  and  in 
addition  she  has  verified  the  old  adage  of  u  like  producing  like  "  by 
breeding  one  of  the  best  heifers  to  Duke  of  Ormskirk  3rd  46260, 
which  with  Duchess  Craggs  7th,  shares  the  honours  of  the  old  barn. 
Wild  Eyes  J,  a  lengthy  red  and  \vhite,  tracing  to  Mr.  C.  W.  Harvey's 
Wild  Eyes  22nd,  has  much  improved  in  appearance  during  the  past 
year,  and  a  very  useful  roan  bull  owns  her  for  dam.  Winsome 
Duke  48968,  a  dark  roan,  by  Mr.  Lloyd's  Grand  Duke  41st  46438, 
from  Winsome  Countess,  a  thick  massive,  short  legged  bull,  has 
been  at  the  head  of  the  herd  since  his  purchase  at  the  Harewoods 
sale  for  ISO  gs.,  under  the  twelve  months  ;  but  a  colleague  is  shortly 
to  arrive  in  the  shape  of  Barrington  Grand  Duke  52500,  bred  at 


SHORTHORN     HKKDS    OF    ENGLAND.  !!).'> 

Xoith  Firth,  the  offspring  of  Mr.  Hales'  fine  old  cow  Princess  of 
Barrington,  and  Grand  Duke  37th  43307.  Fait-  Gwynne,  with  her 
daughter,  Furry  G\vynne,  are  a  choicely  bred  pair  of  Biddenham 
Gr  wynues  ;  and  another  very  old  established  family  is  represented  by 
Dahlia  Daisy,  a  handsome  young  cow  of  the  Fairy  branch  of  the 
Old  Daisy  tribe,  afterwards  seen  at  Harewoods,  where  she  had  been 
sent  to  Seventh  Duke  of  Gloucester. 

The  iSouthdowns  have  been  selected  from  the  noted  flocks  of 
Loid  Walsingham,  Mr.  Henry  Webb,  and  Mr.  Botting,  to  which 
have  been  used  rams  from  the  flocks  of  Lord  Walsingham,  Mr. 
C.iie\v  Gibson,  and  Mr.  J.  J.  Colman.  A  range  of  shedding  has 
been  fitted  up  for  the  show  sheep,  and  considering  that  every  pen 
of  sheep  which  were  exhibited  by  Mr.  Ellis  last  year,  personally,  or 
by  purchasers  from  his  flock,  received  either  a  pi  i/,e.  or  a  commen- 
dation from  the  judges;  it  is  not  unreasonable  that  the  owner 
should  have  great  hopes  of  success  for  the  future,  and  it  is  his 
intention  to  hold  annual  ram  sales,  commencing  in  August  next. 
We  found  the  ewe  flock  400  strong,  wTith  a  lot  of  very  promising 
lambs,  and  at  the  farm  where  the  ewes  are  kept,  are  also  fed  in 
rotation  the  bullocks  which  by  liberal  and  judicious  feeding  are 
turned  out  at  from  15  to  18  months  old  as  the  choicest  of  young 
beef  at  the  Guildford  Markets,  making  from  £20  to  <£24  per  head, 
and  being  eagerly  sought  after  by  the  butchers  on  account  of  their 
excellent  quality. 

Redhill  Junction,  is  five  miles  distant  from  Harewoods,  where, 
nine  years  ago.  Mr.  A.  H.  Lloyd  laid  the  foundation  of  what  is  now 
one  of  the  most  fashionable  bred  herds  of  the  present  day  by  going 
to  his  neighbour  Mr.  Gr.  M.  Tracy's  sale,  and  purchasing  five  cows 
and  heifers  of  good  old  blood ;  but  September  of  the  same  season 
witnessed  Mr.  Lloyd,  a  keen  competitor  for  fashion's  favourite 
tribes,  and  the  close  of  the  Stone  Cross  sale  found  him  the  pos- 
sessor of  an  Oxford  heifer  calf,  two  Kirklevingtons,  a^d  Duke  of 
Airdrie  27th  41351.  Pu; chases  weie  made  fiom  time  to  time, 
until  on  the  last  day  of  May,  three  years  ago,  a  large  portion  of 


194  sHoirnioRX  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 


the  herd  numbering  fifty  head  were  sold  at  an  average  of 
fifty  and  sixty  pounds  ;  and  females  representing  six  leading  tribes 
were  retained.  By  the  addition  of  two  Grand  Duchesses  from 
Sholebroke,  a  seventh  tribe  has  been  added,  and  Grand  Duchess  40th, 
a  charming  red  and  little  white  daughter  of  Duke  of  Underlay  3rd 
33103,  has  a  son,  and  daughter,  the  former,  a  dark  red,  is  now  five 
months  old,  and  the  latter,  a  pretty  light  roan  by  Duke  of  Con- 
naughfc  3-3604,  is  a  sweet  heifer,  and  no  doubt  highly  prized  by  her 
owner,  as  being  the  first  Duchess  of  Surrey.  The  Oxfords,  are  but 
mother,  and  daughter.  Queen  of  Oxford  2nd,  of  medium  size,  and 
good  at  the  pail,  is  half  sister  to  the  highest  priced  heifer  at  the 
Harewoods  sale,  being  by  Duke  of  Cornwall  2nd  43082,  from  the 
calt  bought  at  Stone  Cross  in  1878.  She  is  the  darn,  of  the  lengthy 
roan  Q.ueen  of  Oxford  4th,  in  addition  to  Oxford  King  51814,  sold 
to  Lord  Braybrooke  to  use  on  his  Thorndale  Roses,  and  since  become 
the  property  of  Mr.  T.  A.  Titley. 

Mr.  Lloyd  was  one  of  the  four  breeders  who  secured  a  Thorn- 
dale  Rose  on  the  fiist  occasion  of  their  being  offered  to  the  public 
at  Audley  End.  Thorndale  Rose  14th,  the  youngest  of  the  five, 
has  now  grown  into  a  handsome  dark  roan  animal,  with  no  lack  of 
constitution,  but  unfortunately  she  has  onty  bred  bulls  as  hitherto. 
As  if  to  make  sure  of  retaining  a  better  hold  on  this  valuable  tribe, 
Worcester  Rose  2nd,  was  bought  with  her  dam  at  the  dispersion  of 
the  Hindlip  herd.  The  Kirklevingtons  have  in  Grand  Duchess  of 
Kirklevington  (a  granddaughter  of  Sir  Curtis  Lampson's  Kirk- 
levington  Duchess  5th),  a  fine  old  cow  for  their  matron,  worthy  of 
her  sire,  Royal  Lancaster  29870,  a  son  of  the  400  guinea  Moss  Rose. 
She  is  the  dam  of  a  promising  young  bull,  and  Kirklevington 
Countess  3rd,  the  name  appropriated  at  Harewoods  for  the  females, 
while  the  males  are  known  as  Kirklevington  Counts.  Kirklevington 
Countess,  half  sister  to  Grand  Duchess  of  Kirklevington,  being 
from  Kirklevington  Duchess  15th,  exported  to  Kansas,  and  re- 
imported  for  sale  at  Stone  Cross,  is  the  dam  of  Kirklevington 
Countess  4th,  a  yearling,  ty  Grand  Duke  37th,  hardly  so  good  as 
might  be  expected  from  the  repute  of  the  sire  ;  and  a  white  calf  of 


SHOUTHOHN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND.        J-     195 

January  last.  Certainly,  the  Kirklevingtons,  at  Hare  woods,  are  of 
a  favourite  branch  :  and  so  are  the  Winsomes,  which  are  known  as 
Winsome  Countesses,  except  Wisdom  3rd,  one  cf  the  original 
purchases,  bought  at  Berkeley,  and  naturally  sired  by  Duke  of 
Connaught,  in  addition  to  being  good  looking  in  herself,  she  is  the 
dam  of  Winsome  Countess  3rd,  newly  calved  ;  Winsome  Countess 
5th,  the  grandest  heifer  in  the  herd  ;  and  Winsome  Countess  6th, 
by  Grand  Duke  41st.  Winsome  Countess,  a  massive  short  legged 
cow,  is  by  Duke  of  Airdiie  27th,  from  Winsome  12th,  an  extremely 
handsome  cow  bought  at  Papillon  Hall  for  810gs.,  but  bred  at 
Holker. 

As  in  Kirklevingtons,  and  Winsomes,  Mr.  Lloyd  has  obtained  as 
highly  bred  Waterloos  as  can  be  had  in  England  at  ths  present  day, 
Originally,  Duchess  of  Waterloo  2nd,  was  bought  for  490gs.  at 
Mr.  Sartoris'  sale.  Her  daughter,  Countess  of  Waterloo,  a  fine 
old  cow,  is  the  dam  of  the  Second,  Third,  and  Foiuth,  all  by  the 
Airdrie  bull,  and  now  in  Mr.  Lloyd's  possession,  with  the  Third  as 
best  of  the  trio. 

The  Princesses,  are  the  most  line  bred  of  the  English  and 
American  branches,  Princess  of  Airdrie,  being  the  last  calf  of 
Primula,  when  in  her  sixteenth  year,  and  the  dam  of  a  heifer  of 
nice  character,  by  Grand  Duke  41st.  Princess  of  Airdrie  2nd,  and 
Princess  of  Airdiie  4th,  are  own  sisters,  from  TJnderley  Princess, 
descended  from  Princess  2nd,  sold  at  Killhow  in  1868  for  300gs. 
The  dark  red  Duke  of  Gloucester  7th  39735,  in  his  twelfth  year,  is 
as  fertile  and  active  as  ever,  and  still  retains  that  straight  outline 
which  he  possessed  when  at  Hindiip  and  Holker ;  as  a  sire  his 
heifers  are  generally  considered  superior  to  the  males,  the  latter 
being  somewhat  deficient  in  masculine  character.  Duke  of  Aiidiie 
27th  36460,  is  what  we  may  term  a  bull  all  over,  he  stands  near  the 
giound,  and  is  the  sire  of  many  a  good  youngster  of  both  sexes.  In 
breeding  he  is  half  brother  to  Mr.  Fox's  Twenty-fourth  Duke  of 
Aiidiie,  being  by  Fouiteenth  Duke  of  Thorndale  28459  from  Ninth 
Duchess  of  Airdrie. 


196  SHORTHORN"    HERDS    OF     KXULAXTX 

Norbury  Park,  familiar  to  admirers  of  Surrey  sconeiy,  lies 
midway  between  Dorking,  and  Leatherhead,  and  is  the  seat  of  Mr. 
Grissell,  who  is  the  possessor  of  a  number  of  beautiful  Darlington*, 
bred  from  Darlington  Duchess  8th,  purchased  at  the  dispersion  of  the 
late  Mr.  J.  J.  Stone's  herd,  and  July  Darlington,  and  her  two 
daughters,  at  that  of  Mr.  F.  Dodd's  in  1883.  July  Darlington,  by  Mr. 
R.  P.  Davies'  Grand  Prince  of  Claro  28781,  is  six  years  the  senior  of 
Darlington  Duchess  8th,  and  has  been  in  milk  14  to  15  months  :  of 
December  Darlington,  and  December  Darlington  2nd,  her  two 
daughters,  born  at  Bush  Court,  both  by  Mr.  Thompson's  Lord 
Darlington  14th  40149,  of  another  branch  of  the  family,  the  older  is 
perhaps  the  prettier  cow,  as  the  younger  might  be  more  perfect  in  her 
hind  quaiters.  All  the  females  bred  at  Norbury  Park  are  named 
Darlington  Empresses,  and  the  Twelfth  has  already  been  reached. 
Darlington  Duchess  8th,  and  her  first  born,  Darlington  Empress,  aie 
much  alike  in  character,  and  a  pair  of  wealthy  fleshed  animals. 
Amongst  the  younger  members,  are  some  smart  attractive  heifers,  by 
Grand  Duke  of  Airdrie,  and  Winsome  Count,  likely  for  developing 
into  as  good  looking  matrons  as  are  seen  to-day. 

Flippant  Gwynne,  from  Killhow,  has  a  grandly  filled  udder, 
and  is  the  dam  of  a  nice  heifer  by  Grand  Duke  of  Airdrie,  named 
Fickle  Gwynne,  in  turn  the  mother  of  a  red  and  white  cow  calf,  by 
Knight  of  Norbury.  Marigold,  in  addition  to  carrying  a  lot  of 
good  flesh  on  her  squarely  made  frame,  is  an  excellent  milker.  A 
good  looking  Ursula  youngster,  by  Count  Waterloo,  has  a  pedigree 
very  highly  topped  with  Bares  blood.  Wetherby's  Kirklevington 
Duchess,  by  the  2,000  guinea  Fifth  Duke  of  Wetherby  31033,  out 
of  the  imported  Duchess  of  Kirklevington  3rd,  has  had  nothing  but 
males  in  Mr.  Grissell's  possession,  having  had  Knight  of  Norburv, 
when  sent  to  Sir  Curtis  Lampson's  Grand  Duke  37th  43307.  now 
in  service,  along  with  Lord  Winsome  Hudson,  and  Knight  of 
Norbury  2nd,  by  the  Winsome  bull  from  Hare  woods.  The  recent 
purchase  from  Mr.  T.  Hands,  of  Canley,  was  selected  on  account  of 
the  great  milking  properties  of  his  dam,  Miss  Hilda,  a  Bell  Bates 
cow.  from  Lady  Hilda,  bred  by  Mr.  A.  Dugdale.  Previous  to 


SUOJtTllOJIN    HKJIDS    OF     KN(iLAM).  ll>7 

Knight  of  No i- bury,  Winsome  Count  47295,  bred  at  ilarewoods, 
and  Count  AVuterloo  4281)3,  bred  at  Hindlip,  two  highly  bred 
bulls  of  the  Winsome,  and  Waterloo,  tribes,  had  been  used  by  Mr. 
Giissell,  at  Norbury  Patk,  where  pure  bred  shot  thorns  have  been 
bied  dining  the  past  forty  yeais  for  dairy  purposes,  and  all  animals 
not  excelling  as  milkers,  have  been  systematically  discarded. 

Tenick,  four  miles  fiom  Aylesbury,  has  become  known  to 
fi-equeuteia  of  the  various  shows,  dining  the  last  three  years,  by  the 
exhibits  sent  forth  by  the  Hon.  L.  Ponsonby,  and  ii?.  his  first  season 
he  gained  an  impiecedented  success  at  the  London  Dairy  Show, 
\\he.e  at  the  October  Show  of  1884,  he  was  a\\ aided  the  first  prizes 
in  classes  of  14,  and  20,  entiies,  for  the  best  cow,  and  heifer,  eligible 
for  th  ;  Heid  book,  with  Leila  2nd,  and  Magic,  the  former  also 
winning  the  Lord  Mayor's  Champion  Cup,  for  the  best  shorthorn 
cow  or  heifer,  either  eligible  or  otherwise.  Many  honours  have  since 
been  won,  and  several  promising  young  animals  are  in  training  for 
the  coming  season,  one  of  the  prettiest,  and  most  even,  being  Jennv's 
Bawbee,  a  daughter  of  Mr.  Game's  Prince  JFoggathorpe  4th  51886, 
and  Jenny  4th,  a  family  of  which  Mr.  Ponsonby  has  several  good 
animals,  and  the  dam  of  this  young  heifer  has  the  additional 
qualification  of  a  well  filled  udder.  Jenny  7th,  and  Terrick  Beauty, 
are  half  sisters,  out  of  Jenny  5th,  the  latter  is  one  of  Prince 
Foggathorpe  4th's  get,  and  the  former  of  Col.  Kingscote's  Lotd 
Calcot  7th  49880.  Walnut  2nd,  a  beautiful  bred  Knight  ley,  is  out 
of  Recluse,  born  at  Audley  End.  Magic,  the  winner  in  the  heifer 
class  at  the  Dairy  Show,  although  a  nice  young  cow,  will  never  grow 
into  the  equal  of  Leila  2nd,  a  handsome  roan,  with  every  appearance 
of  doing  her  duty  at  the  pail ;  her  four  top  crosses  are  a  combination 
of  Bates  and  Booth,  beginning  with  Mr.  Sheldon's  Duke  of  Darlington 
3rd,  and  ending  with  Mr.  Booth's  Vanguard,  the  intervening  ones 
being  the  celebrated  Duke  of  Geneva,  and  Marmaduke,  used  by  Lord 
Penryhn,  at  Wicken.  Duchess  Sarah  13th,  came  with  her  own  sister, 
the  Eighteenth,  seen  in  the  yard,  from  Althorp,  and  are  of  Mason 
foundation,  while  Sabrina  12th,  like  the  Duchess  Sarahs,  has  a  Grand 
Duke  tor  sire,  and  on  the  dam's  side  is  of  the  old  Seraph iria  tribe. 


U)8  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

In  the  buildings,  the  great  attraction  besides  Jenny's  Bawbee  is 
Prince  Arthur  51869,  exhibited  at  Bingley  Hall,  when  he  stood  second 
to  Kinsman's  Butterfly,  and  was  bought  by  Mr.  Ponsonby,  he  has  it' 
anything  improved  since  then,  and  is  a  very  level  compact  animal, 
covered  with  abundance  of  hair,  and  of  excellent  quality.  He  is  from 
the  same  cow  as  Prince  of  Nunwick,  and  Prince  Oxford,  well  known 
in  Cumberland,  and  Westmoreland  showyards.  Rose  water,  a 
Knightley  Furbelow  heifer,  was  bought  privately  from  Lord  Moreton 
after  winning  in  her  class  at  Cirencester  last  year;  unfo  tunately 
her  hindquarters  have  not  improved,  and  now  detract  greatly 
from  her  numerous  good  qualities,  which  will  prevent  her  competing 
successfully  in  the  future,  which  is  very  grievous,  as  her  foiequarters 
are  most  excellent.  Another  of  the  tribe  is  Lady  Oxfoid  Rose,  bred 
at  Kettering,  a  very  useful  heifer,  without  being  exactly  suitable  for 
exhibition  purposes.  Both  the  Dairy  Show  prize  animals  of  1884 
have  had  heifer  calves,  this  season,  white,  and  roan,  respectively,  if 
they  turn  out  so  fortunate  as  their  dams,  Mr.  Ponsonby  will  have  no 
reason  to  be  dissatisfied.  Sweetbriar  10th,  purchased  from  Mr. 
Aikell,  having  Prince  Frogmore's  Seal,  for  sire,  is  naturally  half 
sister  to  Petted  Pansy  ;  Nancy  Lee,  another  purchased  calf,  with  the 
young  bull  Unionist,  out  of  Magic,  intended  to  b^  exhibited  towaids 
the  end  of  the  season,  brings  the  herd  of  Mr.  Fonsonby  to  a  close, 
and  considering  the  recent  foundation  of  it,  some  very  good  cattle 
are  found  at  Terrick  Farm. 

In  the  Yale  of  Aylesbury,  at  Walton  Grange,  and  the  adjoining 
farm  of  Broughton  Pastures,  Mr.  H.  Wyatt,  has  an  extensive  dairy 
of  cows,  the  milk  of  which  is  sold  to  the  Condensed  Milk  Company's 
Manufactory,  and  it  is  satisfactory  to  learn  that  none  has  been 
returned,  on  account  of  the  silage  being  fed  to  the  cows  in  milk,  and 
Mr.  Wyatt  adds  his  testimony  to  the  usefulness  of  it  as  a  milk 
producer  during  the  winter  months.  Pedigree  males  have  long  been 
used,  and  Duke  of  Barrington  14th  41)413,  the  present  sire,  was  a 
private  purchase  from  Brailes,  he  is  a  capital  red,  and  will  no  doubt 
leave  a  favourable  impression  when  he  departs,  both  in  this  respect, 
and  many  others,  if  he  follows  the  good  example  of  his  sire,  Duke  of 


SHORTHORN  HKRDS  OF  ENGLAND.  199 

Bariington  10th.  For  tha  service  of  the  heifers  during  the  winter, 
Royal  Favour  53588,  a  son  of  that  beautiful  eow,  Blight  Ruby,  was 
hired  fi-om  Mr.  E.  Heinemann.  (Jotswold  Lass,  a  lengthy  young  cow, 
of  the  favourite  Roan  Duchess  branch  of  the  Blanche  tribe,  stood 
second  to  Petted  Pansy,  at  the  London  Dairy  Show  last  Autumn, 
but  being  now  in  full  milk,  will  hardly  be  in  condition  to  compete 
successfully  until  towards  the  close  of  the  season.  Baron  Blanche, 
a  daik  red  young  bull,  and  his  sister,  of  a  different  branch  of  the 
tribe,  ate  also  intended  to  be  sent  to  the  local  shows,  as  well  as 
S\veetbtiar,  a  daughter  of  the  Bingle}  Hall  Champion  Prince  Saturn 
4(51)^(3.  In  a  field  with  the  calves  we  find  a  vevy  level  red  Silence 
or  Surmise  cow,  and  passing  on  to  a  neighbouring,  pasture,  out  of 
the  yearlings,  we  prefer  a  pair  of  Mr.  Wyatt's  own  breeding,  to  either 
of  the  purchases  made  at  the  final  dispersion  of  Lord  Hindlip's  herd. 
Unfortunately  the  herdsman  not  being  at  hand  we  are  unable  to 
obtain  the  names  of  any  of  the  dairy  cows,  which  togather  with 
graziers,  make  up  the  number  of  58  animals  seen  in  one  pasture, 
and  on  looking  over  the  buildings,  we  must  congratulate  Mr.  Wyatt 
on  having  most  excellent  accomodation  for  the  cattle. 

The  herd  belonging  to  Mr.  A.  J.  Robarts  was  bred  more 
according  to  the  strict  lines  of  fashion  in  its  earlier  years,  than  at 
the  present  day,  when  it  consists  entirely  of  the  Seraphina  tribe, 
descended  from  the  Rev.  R.  Pointer's  Old  Darlington,  numbering 
between  fifty  and  sixty  females,  and  to  which  duiing  the  last  ten 
years,  the  herd  has  been  entirely  limited.  Bulls  of  Bates  blood 
have  been  used,  Cherry  Grand  Duke  6th  33348,  in  service  at  the 
last  sale,  being  followed  by  Mr.  Bowly's  Lord  Siddington  38664, 
then  Col.  Kingscote's  Lord  Sandgrove  6th  41921,  a  son  of  Duke 
of  Hillhurst  28401,  and  Senora,  bred  at  Lillingstone  Dayrell. 
Beeswing  45967,  combining  the  Fuschia,  and  Honey  strains  of  blood, 
is  the  sire  of  a  nice  lot  of  heifers,  and  Lord  Digby  49898,  a  son  of 
Grand  Duke  4 1st  46349,  from  Daphne,  of  the  Darlington  tribe,  was 
the  predecessor  of  the  present  very  useful  Duke  of  Charmingland,  bred 
by  Mr.  H.  J.  Sheldon,  whose  calves  have  just  begun  to  arrive. 
The  sires  in  early  years  comprised  the  Duke  bulls,  Grand  Duke  3rd 


2<>()  SHOKTIiOKN    HERDS    OF    ENGLAND. 

101S2,  Grand  Duke  16th  24063,  Second  Duke  of  Claro  21576,  and 
Duke  of  Tiegunter  26061,  and  the  females  included  the  fashionable 
Barrington,  Craggs,  Euschia,  Darlington,  and  Wild  Eyes  tribes,  but 
the  sales  of  1871,  and  1877,  saw  these  dispersed. 

The  late  Mr.  E.  Clarke,  who  had  the  management  of  Mr. 
Robarts'  shorthorns,  in  addition  to  breeding  on  his  account,  considered 
after  long  experience,  the  Seraphinas  the  very  best  family,  in  his 
opinion,  for  milk  and  flesh  combined,  and  certainly  it  would  ba 
difficult  to'flnd  so  grand  a  lot  of  cows,  with  such  shapely  well  filled 
uddei  s,  of  any  one  tribe,  as  we  have  the  pleasure  of  seeing  in  Mr. 
Robarts*  possession.  Simla,  Seaforth,  Sumatra,  Sweet  Pea,  Salamis, 
Strathspey,  Sunflower,  Silky,  and  Susan,  are  our  favourites  of  the 
matrons,  and  with  the  exception  of  Strathspey,  Sumatra,  and  Susan, 
they  areall  by  Lord  Siddington,  with  Simla,  and  Salamis,  as  considered 
the  choice  of  the  half  dozen,  for  good  looks,  and  the  light  roan  Silky, 
we  are  told  is  one  of  the  best  at  the  pail.  Susan,  a  short  legged 
wealthy  sort,  is  one  of  the  last  of  Cherry  Grand  Duke  6th's  get, 
and  the  oldest  animal  in  the  herd,  while  Sumatra,  is  a  very  handsome 
red,  and  Strathspey,  a  white,  daughter  of  the  Kingscote  Seraphina 
bull.  Many  of  ths  heifers  by  Beeswing  15967,  and  Lord  Digby 
49891,  promise  to  replace  the  older  cows  with  no  discredit  when 
their  turn  arrives. 

When  visiting  Coventry,  we  are  not  intent  on  buying  one  of 
the  machines  for  which  the  town  is  so  famous,  but  to  find  our  way 
to  Canley,  which  after  going  by  no  means  the  most  direct  route,  is 
reached  in  safety,  and  Mr.  Hands  found  at  home.  His  name  is  well 
known  in  this  district  by  the  reputation  of  the  cream  cheeses  made 
by  the  family,  his  father,  Mr.  Richard  Hands,  being  appointed 
Cheesemaker-in-Ordinary  to  Her  Majesty  in  1840.  The  foundation 
of  the  herd  was  laid  by  the  late  Mr.  Hands  with  stock  from  Mr. 
Bellamy,  of  Haseley,  Warwick,  and  in  1860-61  were  purchased  four 
cows,  Pearl,  Lavender  2nd,  and  Olive  3rd,  of  old  Lincolnshire  blood, 
and  Chance  2nd,  descended  from  the  herd  of  Mr.  Lovell,  of  Edgcott. 
With  the  exception  of  the  descendants  of  Olive  3rd,  representatives 


BHORTHUiiN    HKIIDS    OF    ENttLANJ).  201 

of  the  others  are  found  at  Cauley.  Since  the  sale  of  the  larger 
portion  of  the  herd  in  1877,  the  purchases  have  inclined  to  be  of 
inoie  fashionable  lineage,  than  the  OLiginal  families,  and  as  cream 
cheese  is  still  made,  and  sent  round  once  a  week  to  the  neighbour- 
ing towns  of  Coventry,  Wai-wick,  and  Leamington,  the  dairy  is  the 
principal  item  in  the  system  of  fanning  carried  on  by  Mr.  Hands, 
and  the  cows  for  supplying  it  must  have  first  notice;  some  animal 
appeals  inoie  attractive  than  the  others  in  every  group,  and  here  it  is 
Miss  Hilda,  a  handsome  Bell-Bates  cow,  possessing  a  shapely  udder, 
with  every  appearance  of  a  good  flow  of  milk  issuing  therefiom  : 
and  another  capital  uddered  co\v  is  Canley  Grwynne,  by  a  prize 
Kirklevington  bull  of  Mr.  Green's,  used  for  some  time  in  the  herd. 
Countess  of  Clarence  3rd,  a  Lily  Bell,  of  unsullied  descent,  is  not 
of  laige  mould,  but  good  at  the  pail,  as  are  also  the  Miss  Pearls,  and 
Lavenders,  as  in  bygone  days  ;  one  of  the  former,  a  fine  shorthorn 
like  cow  is  somewhat  of  a  curiosity,  having  been  born  minus  natme's 
natural  appendage  The  Statiras,  full  of  good  blood,  are  represented 
by  two  sisteis  daughters  of  Kirklevington  Lord,  as  well  as  one  or 
two  younger  heifeis,  the  latter  are  seen  in  several  small  groups,  in 
one  of  which  Miss  Pearls,  4*>rid,  and  43rd,  daughters  of  Viscount 
Bates  (a  son  of  Oxford,  and  Lily  Bell  parents),  are  a  pair  of  very 
useful  heifers,  while  Countess  Nancy  4th,  and  Dowager  Winsome 
Duchess,  both  by  the  Holker  Baron  Winsome  10th,  have  five  excel- 
lent crosses  on  Mr.  Barber's  Duchess  1st,  and  in  another  pasture  is 
the  latter's  half  sister,  Dowager  Waterloo  Duchess,  by  Mr.  Lloyd's 
Waterloo  Count,  along  with  Lavender  16th,  likely  for  keeping  up 
the  reputation  of  the  old  sort. 

The  most  fashionable  bred  animals  are  only  calves  under  a 
year,  a  pretty  little  Kirklevington  Duchess  fiom  East  Donyland  is 
not  so  wrell  grown  as  might  be  wished,  but  the  fact  of  her  being 
"pure"  makes  her  very  attractive  to  an  American  friend  who 
accompanies  UF,  and  as  highly  bred,  if  not  so  fashionable  in  the 
open  market,  is  a  red  and  white  Puschia.  by  Duke  of  Somerset, 
from  Conishead  Fuschia,  out  of  one  of  the  high  priced  cows  at 
Dunmore  in  1875;  then  last  \ve  have  a  roan  Craggs,  very  promising, 


202  SHORTHORN  HKRDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

from  Duchess  Carolina  3rd,  bought  last  year  in  Northamptonshire, 
and  unseen.  Baron  le  Grand  50820,  a  son  of  Grand  Duke  41st 
46439,  and  Baroness  Oxford  4th,  a  long  drawn  stylish  bull  with 
excellent  quality,  walks  from  his  box  with  a  degree  of  command,  as 
if  he  was  well  aware  of  b^ing  Lord  of  the  Hire  in  of  Mr.  Hinds' 
large  herd  ;  so  attracted  was  our  American  friend  by  his  being  one 
of  the  few  well  bred  Bates  bulls,  red  in  colour,  which  he  had  found 
in  this  country,  that  he  induced  his  owner  to  part  company  with 
him  to  cross  the  Atlantic. 

A  pleasant  drive  from  Canley  brings  us  to  the  Home  Farm  at 
Berkswell  Hall,  where  a  few  large  framed,  heavy  fleshed,  deep 
milking  cows,  are  kept  for  dairy  purposes  by  Mr.  T.  Wa'ker,  to  which 
he  is  using  Driffield  4931)0,  a  winner  in  his  younger  days  at  Kingley 
Hall,  and  from  one  of  the  fine  Darlington  cows  bought  for  Studley 
at  the  Hindlip  sale.  The  seven  animals  in  milk  are  certainly  a  good 
lot,  and  it  would  ba  a  pity  to  particularize;  the  Blanches  are  to  the 
fiont  as  usual,  Cherry  Blanche  7th,  bought  fiom  Mr.  (J.  M.  Hamer, 
having  two  nice  daughters  in  Cherry  Blanches,  Eighth,  and  Ninth, 
by  Mr.  T.  Harris'  Prince  of  Caralina  48481,  used  in  the  heid. 
Ursula  of  Ozleworth  5th,  in  addition  to  being  of  the  Ursula  tribe, 
well  known  at  Didmaiton,  is  the  mother  of  one  of  the  piettiest  ot 
the  yearling  heifers,  which  are  all  by  Driffield,  the  best  made  being 
a  red  and  white  out  of  Inmate  3rd,  a  family  which  once  passed 
through  the  old  established  herd  at  Weston  Park. 

Returning  from  Canley,  and  Berkswell,  we  call  at  the  farm  near 
to  the  town  of  Coventry,  belonging  to  Mr.  R.  A.  Dalton,  of  Whoberley 
Hall,  where  he  has  a  few  good  looking  cows,  which  are  usually  sent  to 
Mr.  Hands'  bulls.  Nearly  all  descend  from  Alma  15th,  and  Alma 
16th,  own  sisters,  by  Duke  Dentsdale  33651,  from  Alma  Alba,  a 
pedigree  of  no  great  length  winding  up  with  a  son  of  Mr.  Arbuthnot's 
Anthony  1640.  They  were  obtained  from  Mr.  J.  R.  Winn,  of 
Coundon,  the  older  sister  has  two  heifers,  and  the  younger,  three  ;  of 
the  matrons  we  prefer  the  latter.  In  another  building  we  have 
Xmas  Lily,  a  fine  cow,  with  a  grand  rib  and  loin,  bought  at  Mr.  E. 


SHOItTHOKX    HERDS    OF    KNOLAND.  20'] 

Lythall's  sale,  and  having  a  dash  of  the  famous  Telemachus  blood, 
thiough  her  grandshe;  Lads'  Godiva,  her  calf,  by  the  'Rev.  P. 
Graham's  Turncroft  Cherry  Duke  2nd  45706,  is  very  promising. 
Passing  to  tha  field  across  the  road,  we  have  Alice,  by  Lucky  Boy 
49998  (a  son  of  Alma  15th),  her  sisters,  Ina,  and  Maggie,  fiom 
Alma  16th  ;  Princess  Beatrice,  and  Lucky  Girl,  out  of  the  older 
sister ;  with  the  exception  of  Alice,  and  Ina,  the  latter  being  by  the 
prize  winning  Kirklevington  Lord  4500-3,  the  rest  ate  by  Baron 
Winsome  10th  45951,  bred  at  Holker,  and  of  the  five  heifers  we 
prefer  the  red  and  white  Lucky  Girl. 

Mr.  Bobbins,  of  The  Hollies,  near  Kenilvvorth,  farms  seven 
hundred  ac^es  of  land,  about  four  miles  distant  from  the  town, 
wheie  for  a  period  extending  into  the  teens  of  years,  he  has  been  a 
breeder  of  pedigree  cattle,  his  first  put  chase  of  note  being  Lady 
Waterloo  llth,  when  13  years  old,  and  the  red  and  white  cow  calf 
by  her  side,  sold  after  Sir  W.  H.  Salt's  herd  in  1876  ;  five  yeais  later, 
with  the  exception  of  thiee  or  four  females,  the  entire  heid  was 
dispersed  along  with  Mr.  Wirm's,  and  Mr.  Hauler's.  The  two  young 
Wateiloos  then  retained,  have  increased  to  seven  in  number  of  the 
female  line,  in  addition  to  GivendoJe  Waterloo,  doing  duty  at  one 
of  Mr.  Bobbins'  farms.  Lady  Waterloo  13th,  a  daughter  of  the 
Earl  of  Bective's  Duke  Dentsdale  33561,  a  grand  massive  cow,  has 
not  long  given  birth  to  the  youngest  born,  Lady  Waterloo  19th,  by 
64th  Duke  of  Oxford  49471,  purchased  at  Birmingham,  he  has  been 
lately  used  by  Mr.  Bobbins,  and  the  calf  is  a  beautiful  roan,  altho' 
the  colours,  were  originally  a  not  very  taking  yellow  red,  mixed  with 
white,  but  the  owner  appears  to  have  had  the  good  judgement  to 
part  with  it,  and  substitute  a  good  red  or  roan  by  judicious  selection 
of  colours  in  sires,  as  he  has  but  one  of  the  snuff  coloured  ones 
remaining,  and  that  arises  through  the  grandsire  on  the  sires  side 
being  Ninth  Duke  of  Geneva.  In  addition  to  the  Oxford  bull 
before  mentioned,  the  males  used  by  Mr.  Bobbins  have  been  of  the 
Kirklevington,  and  Darlington  tribes,  and  as  well  as  attending  to 
the  colour,  we  believe  it  is  Mr.  Bobbins'  intention  to  keep  the 
Waterloo  tribe  together,  until  he  obtains  a  choice  herd  of  this 


204  SHOltTlIORX    1IEUDS    OF    ENGLAND. 

fashionable,  family  although  at  present,  he  has  a  pair  of  you:ig  Statira, 
cows,  favourably  known  at  Lowhill,  fiushden,  and  formerly  at  Holker, 
as  a  good  tribe  of  cattle,  and  Fairest  3id,  a  very  handsome  red  cow, 
of  Sir  Charles  Knightley's  Primrose  family,  is  a  great  favourite  of 
her  owner.  In  addition  to  his  shorthorns,  Mr.  Bobbins  has  gathered 
together  a  small  stud  of  thoiough-breds  at  The  Hollies. 

At  Ashorne  Hill, equal  distance  from  Leamington, and  Waruick, 
Mr.  G.  C.  Green  way,  has  bred  shorthorns  for  the  last  fifteen  years, 
and  he  was  numbered  amongst  the  purchasers  at  the  highly  suc- 
cessful sale  held  at  Wicken  Park,  in  1873,  when  Juno  fell  to  his 
share,  in  exchange  for  DOgs.  Five  years  later,  the  larger  portion  of 
his  herd,  were  sold  at  Snitteifield,  along  with  Mr.  S.  Canning's,  and 
an  average  of  thiity  guineas  was  made  for  the  sixty  five  head 
belonging  to  the  joint  vendors.  The  matrons  are  found  grazing  in 
the  park  excepting  Caioline,  a  handsome  red  by  Lord  Penryhn's 
Duke  of  Caiolina  2nd  38127,  ftom  Christmas  Carol,  which  has  newly 
calved  ;  Chailotte,  and  Lady  Clara,  half  sisters,  are  descended,  like 
Caioline,  from  Phoenix,  the  dam  of  Favourite  252,  they  are  a  pair  of 
grand  massive  cows,  especially  the  former,  which  possesses  a  wonderful 
depth  of  frame,  and  substance ;  she  has  two  daughters  representing 
her  in  the  herd,  but.  we  doubt  if  either  will  ever  attain  the 
excellence  of  their  darn.  Lady  Jocelyn  19th,  purchased  fiom  Mr. 
Geo.  Graham,  replenishes  the  herd  with  the  old  J.  blood,  but 
hitherto  has  only  bred  males,  excepting  when  producing  twins,  the 
sex  was  divided.  Bangle  2nd,  a  daughter  of  Janus  36803  (a  son 
of  the  Wicken  Park  Juno),  and  Bracelet  21st,  bought  at  one  of  Mr. 
H.  J.  Sheldon's  sales,  is  the  dam  of  a  red  yearling  by  Lord  Louis 
48212,  bred  by  Lord  Moreton,  of  the  old  Tortworth  Louisa  tribe, 
and  also  of  a  heifer  calf  by  Mr.  Attwater's  prize  winning  Stilton. 
Cheesecake,  a  sweetly  pretty  cow,  is  a  direct  descendant  of  Mr. 
Collings'  Tragedy,  by  Favourite  252.  Prince  of  Lathoni,  is  the 
present  sire,  being  a  son  of  a  Bracelet  bull  bred  at  Ashorne  Hill, 
and  Mr.  J.  Harrison's  Ladv  Jane  8th,  and  although  Mr.  Greenway 
is  fond  of  good  cattle,  he  has  hardly  obtained  a  male  equal  to  the 
cows  grazing  in  his  park. 


SHORTHORN     HKRDS    OF    ENGLAND.  £00 

About  three  miles  from  Slratfoid-upon-Avon  Mr.  P.  Yernon - 
Wadley,  on  his  farm  at  Alveston  Pasture,  has  during  the  last  thiee 
or  four  years  collected  together  specimens  of  many  of  the  fashionable 
Bates  tribes  including  the  Oxford,  Thorndale  Rose,  Wild  Eyes, 
Waterloo,  Fogga^horpe,  and  Fuschia  families,  with  the  Duchess 
bull,  Duke  of  Cornwall  3rd  44665,  bred  by  Lord  Hindlip,  from 
Duchess  117th,  sold  at  the  Dunmoie  sale  of  1879  for  3,200  guineas. 
He  has  many  excellent  points  to  his  credit,  besides  mere  pedigree ; 
his  deep  forequarters  are  something  extraordinary,  which  makes 
him  have  rather  a  lion  like  appearance,  standing  upon  his  short  legs, 
and  being  somewhat  deficient  in  weight  behind.  Tn  the  pasture  we 
have  Conishead  Fuschia,  a  very  handsome  red  cow,  and  Thorndale 
Rose  27th,  a  compact  shapely  heifer,  as  the  most  recent  purchases, 
if  either  should  prove  in  calf  at  the  prices  given,  Mr.  Yernon- 
Wadley  will  have  secured  a  great  bargain,  as  not  only  are  the 
pedigrees  good,  but  the  animals  also  compare  favourably  with  them. 
Dream,  of  Sir  Charles  Knight-ley's  "Walnut  tribe,  was  bought  at  the 
dispersion  of  Lord  Braybrooke's  herd,  and  Turncroft  Belle  of  Oxford 
5th,  and  her  cow  calf,  at  that  of  another  once  fashionable  Bates 
herd,  the  Rev.  P.  Graham's.  Ruddy  Daisy,  of  the  Old  Daisy 
family,  is  short  legged,  and  massive,  being  one  of  the  best  cows  in 
the  field,  and  she  is  the  dam  of  a  nice  red  heifer  seen  under  cover 
by  Mr.  Garner's  Heydon  Duke  11th  48024.  Graffin  Foggathorpe 
12th,  a  fine  old  cow.  was  bought  very  cheaply  at  Drin^houses, 
considering  that  in  her  younger  days  she  had  made  2<SO  guineas  at 
her  breeder's  sale.  Wild  Cherry  Duchess  5th,  a  handsome  Wild 
Eyes,  came  in  companionship  with  Waterloo  Rf-d  Rose,  from 
another  sale  at  Dringhouses,  and  the  latter  has  brought  a  heifer 
e.ilf  to  that  fine  bull  Duke  of  Worcester  10th  40491.  Mr.  Yernon- 
Wadley  made  a  selection  of  four  females  at  the  last  Underley  sale, 
and  Darlington  Duchess  3rd,  considered  somewhat  doubtful,  is  now 
forward  in  calf.  Bush  bury  Nora,  is  a  pretty  daughter  of  Fifth  Duke 
of  Wetherby  31033,  and  Nora  8th,  bred  by  Mr.  Abe  Renick,  in 
Kentucky,  while  Fairy  Dale  has  the  excellent  top  crosses  of  Duke 
of  Underley,  Duke  of  Oxford  17th,  and  Duke  of  York  7th.  on  a 
pedigree  formerly  in  Mr.  Stiles  Rich's  possession. 


SHORTHORN  HKHDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

The  young  heifers  seen  in  a  distant  meadow,  include  thnv 
bought  as  calves  at  Mr.  W.  lv.  Biomet's  sale,  and  two  at  Mr.  K. 
Ellis',  the  Elvira,  by  Duke  of  Oxford  37th,  is  a  thick  good  yearling, 
likely  for  growing  into  a  substantial  cow.  Jersey  Duchess,  a  stylish 
young  cow,  has  given  birth  to  the  first  heifer  cow  by  the  Duke  bull, 
seen  in  the  buildings,  which  have  been  greatly  improved  by  Mr. 
Yernon-Wadley  since  the  farm  has  bjen  in  his  own  hands,  and  he  has 
laid  down  a  considerable  portion  of  the  arable  land  to  grass,  so  long 
may  shorthorns  flourish  at  Alveston  Pasture. 

For  the  last  half  dozen  yeais,  Mr.  W.  T.  Chamberlayne  has 
bred  pedigree  shoi  thorns  on  his  estate  of  Stoney  Thorpe,  near  to 
Southam,  in  the  south-west  of  the  county,  his  purchases  having  been 
chiefly  made  at  the  sales  of  Messrs.  W.  Bliss,  E.  H.  Cheney,  C.  E. 
Lyon,  and  H.  J.  Sheldon.  Duke  of  Barrington  12th  4011)0,  a  son 
of  Duke  of  Ormskirk  36526,  and  Duchess  of  Harrington,  conse- 
quently half  brother  to  Mr.  Sheldon's  famous  sire  Duke  of  Barrington 
10th,  is  the  sire  of  many  of  the  heifers,  previously  Earl  Beaconsfield 
3rd  52806,  a  Bates  topped  Mason,  bied  by  Earl  Spencer,  had  been 
in  service,  and  the  present  head  of  the  herd  is  the  dark  red 
Cambridge  Duke  18th.  a  neat  level  bull,  which  will  no  doubt 
be  suitable  for  keeping  the  colours  right  after  the  use  of  the 
white  Barrington,  he  is  a  son  of  Knight  of  Oxford  3rd 
43441,  and  Red  Rose  10th,  and  naturally  like  the  rest  of  the  Cam- 
bridge Dukes  of  late  years,  he  was  bred  at  Stroxton.  The 
Charmers,  represented  by  Coral  Duchess  5th,  a  grand  old  cow,  full 
of  shorthorn  character,  standing  near  to  the  ground  ;  Coralline, 
promising  to  in  it  ure  into  as  fine  an  anima.1  as  her  dam;  and  a 
grandson,  Coral  Duke  2nd  ;  form  an  interesting  family  group.  The 
Knightleys,  are  well  to  the  front  with  the  Kubys  ;  Lady  Florentia, 
a  good  looking  red,  has  Mr.  Fox's  famous  Twenty-fourth  Duke  of 
Aiidiie  30460,  for  sire,  and  a  Brailes  bred  cow  for  her  dam.  She 
like  the  Charmer,  has  bred  a  heifer  to  the  Mason  bull,  and  which  in 
turn  had  one  to  Duke  of  Barrington  12th. 

The  Seraphinas,  obtained  from  Graddesby,  are  some  of  the  very 
highest  bred  of  the  sort,  the  original  pui chase  having  four  excellent 
Bates  crosses  on  the  May  Duke  cow.  Kirklevington  Cherry  3rd 


SHOUT HO UN  HKRD8  OF  ENGLAND.  207 

with  the  same  foundation  as  the  Cherry  Duchesses,  only  second  in 
descent  from  Southwick  Cherry  Flower,  was  bought  at  the  Brailes 
sale  of  1881,  and  had  a  daughter,  White  Heart  Cherry,  to  an  Acomb 
bull,  bred  by  Mr.  Sheldon,  and  used  at  lladford  Hall.  Many  of  the 
animals  trace  to  the  purchases  made  at  Mr.  J.  Gr.  Ward's  sale,  which 
have  been  very  prolific.  We  must  not  forget  to  mention  the  most  re- 
cent purchase,  Royal  Gwynne  llth,  a  strong  robust  looking  Polly 
Gwynne,  which  came  from  Killhow.  Mr.  Charnbeiiayne  has 
erected  an  excellent  covered  shed  at  the  Home  Farm  for  his 
cattle,  and  if  we  may  judge  by  the  appearance  of  the  occupants,  they 
are  very  co in foi table  therein. 

Mr.  H.  J.  Sheldon  has  for  more  than  thirty  years  bred  short- 
horns at  Brailes  ;  the  last  of  nine  biennial  sales  was  held  by  him  in 
1883,  and  since,  any  surplus  females,  have  been  sent  annually  to 
Bingley  Hall,  with  the  young  bulls  where  the  success  of  the  latter 
has  been  something  extraordinary,  both  in  gaining  honours,  and 
obtaining  an  average  far  exceeding  any  other  individual  breeder  for 
the  number  of  years  he  has  exhibited,  the  highest  average  being 
reached  in  1883,  when  ten  made  seventy  six  guineas  each.  The 
sires  used  by  Mr.  Sheldon  have  included  Duke  of  Rothesay  36534, 
bred  at  Dunmore,  and  purchased  in  1876  at  a  cost  of  2,000 
guineas ;  Duke  of  Collingham  2nd  23730,  bred  at  Wetherby,  of  the 
same  favourite  line  of  Mr.  Bates'  blood,  and  Duke  of  Oxford  18th 
25995,  bred  at  Holker,  sold  to  Col.  Gunter,  and  afterwards  used 
upon  his  Duchesses.  Duke  of  Rosedale  33721,  was  hired  from  Lord 
Braybrooke  in  1875,  and  since  1878,  Mr.  Sheldon  has  used  almost 
entirely  male  animals  of  his  own  breeding,  fiorn  dams  of  the 
Barrington,  Charmer,  Cherry  Duchess,  and  Princess  tribes,  known 
as  Dukes  of  Batiington,  Charniingland,  Ce.isia,  and  Princes  of 
Brailes  :  the  success  of  this  line  of  breeding  has  been  ample  verified 
by  the  doings  at  Bingley  Hall  of  the  young  bulls  sent  from  Brailes. 
Many  a  well  bred  Bates  female  has  found  a  purchaser  in  Mr. 
Sheldon,  as  well  as  a  number  of  first-class  Knightley  animals  of 
several  strains. 


208  SHORTHORN    HKIiDS    OF    KNULAXP. 

The  Barringtons,  have  had  a  long  ieis:n  in  their  Warwickshire 
home,  Countess  of  Barrington  2nd.  being  purchased  at  the  Holker 
sale  of  1864,  for  135  guineas,  re-sold  seven  years  later  for  more 
than  her  cost,  price,  and  four  of  the  fifteen  females  now  trace  to  her, 
while  as  the  great  merit  of  Duke  of  Barrington  10th — not  however 
a  lineal  descendant  of  the  original  purchase— as  a  sire,  gives  the 
tribe  a  prominent  position  in  the  herd.  Viscountess  Barrington, 
begotten  at  Brailes,  where  the  dam  sold  in  1875  for  655gs..  to  Lord 
Skelsmerdale,  was  purchased  at  the  Lathom  sale  in  1877.  for  130gs., 
and  her  son,  Duke  of  Barrington  13th,  after  being  originally  sold  for 
the  Weston  Park  herd,  is  now  at  Holker.  Princess  of  Barrington 
3rd,  being  a  daughter  of  that  grand  old  cow,  Princess  of  Barrington, 
sold  to  Mr.  Hales,  cannot  well  help  being  the  fine  looking  animal 
she  is,  especially  when  her  sire  is  a  Barrington,  and  son  of  Duke  of 
Hillurst  28401.  Her  daughter,  Princess  of  Barrington  6th,  by  one 
of  the  Princes  of  Brailes,  is  not  nearly  so  much  to  our  fancy  as  her 
half  sisier,  Duchess  of  Barrington  5th,  a  wealthy  good  heifer. 
Turning  to  the  second  branch,  also  from  Holker,  Countess  of 
Barrington  4th  (from  the  same  dam  as  Countess  of  Barrington  2nd), 
having  bred  many  sons,  and  only  one  heifer,  on  the  shores  oF 
Morecambe  Bay,  was  offered  at  the  Holker  sale  of  1874,  and 
purchased  for  300gs.  Mr.  Sheldon  had  the  good  fortune  to  obtain 
a  roan  heifer  calf,  after  sending  her  to  Duke  of  Connaugbt  33604, 
which  he  named  Duchess  of  Barrington,  and  no\v  one  of  his  hand- 
somest cows,  is  the  dam  of  that  magnificent  bull,  Duke  of  Barrington 
10th,  the  sire  of  many  a  hero  at  Bingley  Hall ;  his  curly  forehead, 
and  massive  frame,  denote  constitution  sufficient  to  withstand  the 
keen  winds,  as  he  grazes  upon  the  steep  banks  on  the  highest  point 
of  Warwickshire.  Duchesses  of  Barrington,  Fourth,  and  Eighth, 
are  his  half  sisters,  the  former  by  Mr.  Mclntosh's  Prince  of 
Havering  5th  42203.  and  the  latter  by  Lord  Hindlip's  Duke  of 
Cornwall  4th  47726.  We  imagine  that  we  could  have  prevailed 
upon  the  owner  to  part  with  one  of  the  sisters,  but  our  host  readily 
informs  us  such  things  cannot  be.  without  opening  the  purse  strings 
very  wide,  and  when  he  talks  of  hundreds  for  the  vouno-er.  it  remind* 


SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND.  209 

us  of  the  tueii  palmy  days,  but  perhaps  the  owner  is  right  in 
attaching  high  value  to  the  tribe,  as  the  Barringtons  have  certainly 
not  only  left  their  mark  at  Brailes,  but  elsewhere,  which  induced 
Mr.  Sheldon  to  purchase  another  branch,  descended  from  Mr. 
Phillips'  Lady  Barrington  2nd,  by  the  Eoyal  winner  Weathercock 
9815,  but  little  heard  of  for  a  quarter  of  a  century,  having  been  bred 
quietly  by  the  Messrs.  Horswell,  in  Devonshire.  In  1884,  when  the 
Misses  Barnttt  sent  the  larger  portion  of  their  herd  to  be  sold  at 
Chipping  Norton,  three  animals  found  their  way  here,  and  have 
since  been  very  prolific  in  adding  four  females,  and  two  males. 
Duchess  of  Graddesby  2nd,  one  of  the  original  purchases,  is  an 
extremely  pretty  cow,  and  a  very  good  bull  from  her  was  purchased 
for  Belgium  last  March,  while  Duchess  of  Barrington  7th,  is  equally 
as  good  a  female. 

The  Charmers,  twenty  seven  in  all,  are  the  most  numerous,  and 
form  quite  a  herd  of  themselves.  The  grand  cows  formerly  to  be 
seen  at  Milcote,  and  Wateringbury,  gave  the  family  a  reputation, 
which  has  been  well  maintained  by  Mr.  Sheldon,  who  is  justly  proud 
of  his  Charmers — with  the  exception  of  five,  all  trace  to  the  well 
known  Twin  Duchesses,  and  Choruses,  daughters  of  Fourth  Duke  of 
Thorndale,  and  Charming — and  the  way  they  have  been  bred, 
as  he  considers  that  they  are  superior  in  breeding  to  many  of  the 
more  fashionable  families ;  they  are  descended  from  a  cow  by  Hubback 
319,  and  the  pedigree  may  certainly  be  said  to  b'3  one  of  the  most 
ancient  in  descent,  and  purest  in  existence.  The  matron,  Charming 
Duchess  7th,  by  Duke  of  Barrington  6th  33576,  from  Twin  Duchess 
3rd,  has  bred  eight  calves  in  ten  years  ;  her  daughters,  the  Sixteenth, 
Forty-first,  and  Forty-third,  being  seen  in  the  pastures,  and  the 
Sixteenth,  by  Duke  of  Kothesay  36534,  a  lengthy  deep  bodied  cow, 
standing  near  to  the  ground,  is  following  the  good  example  of  her 
dam  by  having  six  calves  in  seven  years ;  the  two  last  being  a  promising 
pair  of  red  twins,  Dukes  of  Charmingland,  Forty-third,  and  Forty- 
fourth,  entered  for  the  October  sale  at  Bingley  Hall.  Charming 
Duchess  9th,  with  Duke  of  Connaught  for  sire,  is  a  beautiful  white, 
with  a  particularly  attractive  head  and  horn,  and  it  seems  a  pity  to 


210  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

part  her  three  daughters,  by  sending  the  oldest  with  the  two  red 
bulls  to  Bingley  Hall.  Charming  Duchsss  12th,  a  grand  cow  of 
large  scale,  and  the  best  of  half-a-dozen  together,  is  half-sister  to  the 
Seventh,  and  the  dam  of  Duke  of  Charmingland  46th,  a  dark  red 
young  bull  of  considerable  merit,  which  his  o\vner  not  unnaturally 
looks  forward  to  winning  high  honours  with  next  March,  after  using 
him  for  the  heifers  during  the  winter  months.  It  is  almost  a  pity, 
that  there  is  not  a  class  for  the  mother  and  son  to  be  exhibited 
together,  which  in  addition  to  being  of  value  to  the  public,  would  in 
this  instance,  assure  Mr.  Sheldon  of  an  easy  victory.  Charming 
Duchess  13th,  another  excellent  daughter  of  Duke  of  Eothesay,  seen 
in  company  with  the  three  Harrington  cows,  has  a  good  deep  chest, 
with  grand  b.ick  and  loin,  and  the  Thirty-third,  a  nice  young  cow, 
owns  her  for  dam,  while  her  latest  addition,  has  been  a  pair  of  twins, 
one  of  each  sex.  Double  Duchess,  and  her  two  heifers,  by  Duke  of 
Barrington  10th,  are  the  only  descendants  of  Chorus,  the  rest  of  the 
Charming  Duchesses  going  back  to  Turn  Duchess.  The  Coral 
Duchesses,  descend  from  Coral,  bought  at  Sir  C.  Knightley's  sale  for 
Holker,  where  Charming  Girl,  by  Ninth  Duke  of  Oxford,  the  great 
grand-dam  of  Coral  Duchess  9th,  the  oldest  of  the  branch  at  Brailes, 
but  not  so  good  looking  as  the  older  of  the  Charming  Duchess  cows, 
was  born.  Coral  Duchesses,  Fourteenth,  Fifteenth,  and  Sixteenth, 
are  seen  together  in  a  pasture  containing  thirteen  of  the  heifers, 
eleven  of  which  are  red,  or  red  and  little  white,  and  of  this  trio,  the 
best  is  the  Fifteenth,  a  daughter  of  the  Ninth. 

The  Sweethearts,  with  the  same  foundation  as  the  Charmers, 
were  obtained  at  Lathom,  where  Saturnia  was  purchased,  which 
afterwards  proved  the  dam  of  Prince  Saturn  46926,  winner  of  the  .£50 
prize,  and  Champion  Cup  in  1881,  and  Saturnia  2nd,  a  short  legged 
massive  cow,  is  quite  woithy  to  take  a  place  among  her  more  purely 
bred  relations.  In  Saturnias  6th,  and  7th,  we  have  the  combination 
of  both  the  Charmer,  and  Sweetheart  strains,  with  a  most  satisfactory 
result.  The  Roses,  eight  in  number,  comprise  Lady  Fawsley  6th, 
her  three  daughters,  and  grand-daughter,  which  family  have  been  in 
Mr.  Sheldon's  possession  for  many  years,  except  the  temporary 


SHORTHORN    HERDS    OF    ENGLAND.  211 

sojourn  of  Lady  Fawsley  6th,  at  Cockfield  Hall,  from  whence  she 
returned  in  calf  to  Mi*.  Cheney's  Lord  Oxford  13th  and  produced 
Lady  Fawsley  7th.  Rose  Knightley  of  Naseby  2nd,  and  her 
daughter,  Lady  Fa \vsley  8th,  combine  the  Rosy  with  the  Walnut, 
and  Barrington  blood,  and  Knightley  Lactea,  a  nice  young  co\v, 
bought  at  Woodside,  is  practically  a  "double"  Eosy,  having  been 
sired  by  Earl  of  Fawsley  9th  40291).  The  Rubys,  have  like  tho  last 
family  been  many  years  at  Brailer, — excepting  Havering  Euby  Bid, 
and  her  heifer,  by  Duke  of  Cornwall  3rd  44655 — and  are  known 
as  Lady  Florences ;  Lord  Garland  12th,  out  of  Lady  Florence 
llth,  was  the  winner  of  the  .£50  prize  in  March,  and  afterwards 
the  highest  pricad  animal  in  the  Hall.  There  are  also  three  Walnuts, 
Guinevre  4th,  tracing  to  Gionetta,  purchased  by  Mr.  Sheldon  at 
the  sale  held  after  Sir  C.  Knightley's  death,  and  Fleda,  and  her 
daughter,  descended  from  Fleda,  sold  at  the  Fawsley  sale  of  1856, 
appear  to  retain  the  milking  propensities  of  the  tribe. 

The  Princesses,  here,  as  in  other  herds,  have  been  more  addicted 
to  breeding  males,  than  females,  and  although  several  purchases  were 
made,  only  Princess  of  Brailes  4th,  is  to  be  found  in  the  herd  ;  while 
the  Minstrels,  a  sub-division  of  the  tribe,  through  Princess'  daughter, 
Nell  Gr wynne,  have  an  excellent  representative  in  Minstrel  Gwynne, 
both  highly  bred,  and  well  put  together.  A  good  old  sort  are  the 
Cowslips,  of  the  same  ancsstry  as  the  Royal  winner  Malachite,  of 
which  are  seen  Cowslip  5th,  and  her  descendants  in  the  first  and 
second  generation.  Mr.  Sheldon's  name  has  long  been  associated 
with  the  ownership  of  the  best  of  the  Acombs,  and  the  tribe  cannot, 
be  said  to  have  degenerated,  when  we  behold  Africa  2nd,  a  wealthy 
fleshed  grand-daughter  of  America,  unfortunately  now  the  solitary 
specimen  at  Brailes.  The  Bell  Bates  Capsicums,  and  Georgianas, 
have  each  two  females,  but  Countess  9th,  and  Lady  Brockton, 
belonging  to  the  former,  are  certainly  regarded  as  the  better  animals. 
The  last  family  of  the  extensive  herd  at  Brailes  are  neither  Bates  nor 
Knightley,  but  descend  from  Sir  Charles  Tempest's  Young  Tragedy, 
by  Wynyard  703,  and  Bank  Note,  a  very  excellent  heavy  milking 
cow,  with  Duke  of  Barrington  10th  for  sire,  and  several  Knight.W 


212  SHORTHOBN    HERDS    OF    KKGT.AXD. 

Crosses  beyond,  lias  b:cd  Oroesus,  one  of  the  most  promising  of  the 
young  males,  and  a  b3autiful  rich  roan  heifer,  by  Duke  of  Charming- 
land  26th,  own  brother  to  the  red  bull  out  of  Charming  Duchess 
12th.  Since  our  visit  the  March  sale  has  been  held  at  Bingley  Hall, 
and  we  cannot  but  record  the  extraordinary  success  attained  by  Mr. 
Sheldon  with  the  seven  young  bulls  sent  by  him.  and  being  the  on'y 
males  on  his  farm  between  the  ages  of  12  and  21  months,  none 
having  been  steered,  only  one  sold  privately,  and  that  at  150gs. ; 
he  obtained  the  first  prize  in  the  three  classes  he  exhibited  (including 
the  £50  prize  for  the  fifth  time  in  10  years),  a  2nd,  4th,  and  h.  c., 
leaving  only  one  animal  unnoticed,  and  in  addition  winning  the 
Champion  prize  for  the  best  bull  in  the  Hall,  as  well  as  being 
Reserve,  and  also  carrying  off  the  Bell's  Weekly  Messenger's  special 
for  the  5  best  bulls,  bred  by  exhibitor,  amounting  in  all  to  <£140, 
and  the  seven  realized  an  average  of  88gs.,  Duke  of  Charmingland 
46th,  being  sold  for  230gs.  to  Mr.  J.  I.  D.  Jefferson,  thus  not  only 
beating  the  Brailes  "record"  for  the  price  of  a  single  animal,  but 
also  the  average,  and  it  is  evident  that  however  depressed  ag'-iculture 
may  be,  there  is  a  gleam  of  hope  for  those  who  breed  good  shorthorn 
young  bulls  like  Mr.  Sheldon.  Duke  of  Barrington  10th,  was  the 
sire  of  six  out  of  the  seven  animals  above  mentioned,  and  he  is  also 
the  sire  of  40  out  of  the  total  of  the  75  females  which  compose  the 
present  Brailes  herd. 

Shorthorns  have  been  bred  at  Weston  Park,  three  miles  distant 
from  Brailes,  for  nearly  half  a  century,  and  the  Knightley  blood  both 
in  the  past,  and  at  present  is  the  prevailing  element  in  th^  herd. 
Animals  were  purchased  at  Fawsley  Park  in  1865,  Havering  Park, 
1867,  Milcote,  1868,  Wateringbury,  1871,  and  almost  needless  to 
add  at  the  sales  held  by  Mr.  Sheldon,  and  to  those  were  used  no  less 
than  three  Cherry  Duke  bulls,  two  bred  at  Wicken,  and  one  at 
Sholebroke ;  Cherry  Fawsley  30711,  bred  at  Milcote,  however 
intervened  between  the  first  and  second  of  them.  Grand  Duke  29th 
88372,  was  afterwards  purchased  atacostbf  l,000gs.,from  Sholebroke, 
and  afterwards  sold  to  go  to  France.  Barrington  males  have  been 
in  favour  of  late,  Grand'Duke  of  Barringtonia ;'5th "43*11 1.  also  bred 


SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND.  213 

by  Mr.  E.  E.  Oliver,  having  succeeded  the  Grand  Duke,  was  followed 
by  Duke  of  Harrington  13th  46191,  from  Brailes,  not  long  since 
departed  for  Holker,  many  of  the  cows  being  still  iucalf  to  him. 
We  now  find  Duke  of  Oxford  62nd  47778,  a  son  of  Baron  Oxford 
8th  41057,  and  Grand  Duchess  of  Oxford  32nd,  in  service,  he  being 
the  first  of  his  line  that  has  ever  reigned  at  Weston  Park,  and 
previously  was  so  highly  thought  of  by  Mr.  Drewry  as  to  be  used  at 
Holker,  bis  masculine  head,  upon  a  somewhat  small  frame,  yet  sub- 
stantial carcase,  is  quite  an  ornament  to  his  box.  Naturally  with  a 
history  of  nearly  half  a  century,  it  has  been  necessary  to  hold  several 
sales,  as  the  herd  increased  from  time  to  time,  the  most  successful 
may  be  considered  those  held  in  October,  1870,  when  47  brought 
£44  3s.  7d.  each,  and  July,  1875,  when  63  averaged  but  four  shillings 
short  of  sixty  pounds.  Since  1883,  Mr.  Sheldon's  example  has  been 
followed  in  sending  the  surplus  females  to  Bingley  Hall  with  the 
young  bulls,  which  unless  privately  disposed  of,  find  their  way  to 
that  great  sale. 

According  to  the  order  of  the  private  catalogue  issued  twelve 
months  ago,  the  Surmises,  Fuchias,  Gazelles,  and  J.'s,  are  all  con- 
sidered to  have  precedence  of  any  of  the  six  Knightley  families. 
One  of  the  first  half  dozen  is  Supreme,  out  of  Surprise  Duchess  4th, 
bought  from  Mr.  Blundell,  and  of  the  Tacita  branch  formerly 
connected  with  Messrs.  Harward  and  Downing's  herds ;  her  dam, 
afterwards  seen,  is  a  greit  milker,  and  as  a  consequence  is  not  so 
blooming  as  soma  of  her  companions.  Weston  Surmise,  and  her 
excellent  daughter,  are  according  to  breeding  the  choicest  of  the 
several  branches  of  the  tribe,  as  Sir  Curtis  Lampson's  Waterloo  bull, 
Worth  23244,  appears  in  the  pedigree,  instead  of  the  half  Booth 
cross  of  May  Duke  13320,  bred  by  Mr.  S.  E.  Bolden,  and  the 
celebrated  Fourth  Duke  of  Thorndale  17750,  is  only  introduced 
directly  into  the  pedigree  of  the  animals  descended  from  Surmise's 
daughter,  Fancy,  like  the  two  above  mentioned.  Havering  Fuschia, 
and  Weston  Fuschia,  have  each  had  a  cow  calf  to  Duke  of  B.irrington 
13th,  during  the  current  year,  the  younger  cow  has  been  materially- 
improved  in  the  spring  of  her  rib  by  the  infusion  of  Booth  blood 


214  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

brought  in  by  her  sire,  Mr.  Pugh's  General  2nd  51297.  The  Gazelles, 
once  so  famous  at  Siddington  are  descendants  of  Nelly  Gazelle, 
bought  at  the  dispersion  of  Mr.  J.  W.  Larking's  herd  in  1878 ;  of 
Weston  Gazelle,  Polly  Gazelle,  and  Polly  Gazelle  2nd,  the  matrons 
of  the  family,  we  are  inclined  to  prefer  the  last  named,  a  lengthy 
young  cow.  The  J.  tribe  has  been  very  prolific,  and  is  the  strongest 
in  numbers  of  any  of  the  families  in  the  Countess  of  Camperdown's 
ownership.  Joy  bells  2nd,  a  good  roan  cow  seen  in  the  Park,  has  in 
Joy  4th,  what  is  considered  the  second  best  of  the  group  of  yearlings, 
and  in  an  older  daughter,  Joy  3rd,  an  excellent  two  year  old,  of  good 
character,  while  in  her  company  is  Janet,  another  capital  heifer,  and 
several  more  are  not  far  behind  in  merit. 

In  addition  to  Nelly  Gazelle,  at  the  Ashdown  House  sale,  Eose 
of  June,  was  purchased  for  105gs.,  and  Rose  of  the  Forest,  for  200gs., 
the  latter  being  the  highest  priced  of  the  Knightleys  sold  that  day  ; 
both  we.e  Eosys,  the  produce  of  the  latter  have  all  been  parted  with, 
and  the  former  retained,  now  number  seven  ;  Eose  of  Warwick,  we 
notice,  follows  the  popular  tradition  of  the  Knightleys  in  milking  so 
hard  as  not  to  have  time  to  put  on  flesh,  it  is  a  pity  but  that  all 
pedigree  cattle  would  do  the  same,  and  then  we  should  hear  less 
complaints  of  the  uselessness  of  pedigree  cattle,  excepting  for  show 
purposes,  from  the  unbelievers.  In  the  catalogue  order,  the  Charmers, 
followed  by  the  Sweethearts,  rank  next  to  the  Eosys,  but  the  numbers 
are  the  reverse  to  what  we  found  at  Brailes,  the  Charmers  being  in 
the  minority,  though  Countess  6th,  bred  at  Wateringbury,  is  a  fine 
cow,  and  likewise  is  Weston  Sweetheart,  another  good  old  sort, 
found  in  a  quiet  sequestered  field  between  two  woods,  she  is  the  dam 
of  six  heifers,  four  of  which  are  now  at  Weston  Park.  Fawsley 
Cherry  7th,  sister  to  a  heifer  sold  to  Dr.  Frias,  at  a  high  price,  is 
the  only  female  left  of  a  branch  of  the  Walnuts,  whose  name  has 
been  associated  with  the  Weston  Park  herd  since  the  name  of  Fawsley 
Cherry  was  given  to  the  calf  by  Duke  of  Geneva  3rd  21502,  from 
Fawsley.  Walnut  Grand  Duchess  2nd,  has  the  honour  of  being  the 
dam  of  Graceful,  a  remaikable  pretty  heifer  of  the  true  Knightley 
type.  Fairest  2nd,  from  Farewell,  bred  by  Mr.  Sheldon,  and  Weston 


SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND.  215 

Primrose  2nd,  mother,  and  daughter,  respectively,  do  not  disgrace 
the  Primrose  tribe,  as  they  graze  side  by  side ;  and  lastly  are  the 
Furbelows,  Furbelow  Princess,  one  of  the  two  females  being  the  dam 
of  a  very  handsome  bull,  Prince  of  Weston,  placed  third  in  the  £50 
class  at  Birmingham  last  March. 

Studley  Castle,  about  a  dozen  miles  from  Shakespeare's  birth- 
place, is  the  seat  of  Mr.  T.  Eades  Walker,  who  for  some  years 
represented  East  AVorcestershire,  and  is  also  well  known  as  an 
owner  and  breeder  of  racehorses.  During  the  past  few  years  his 
name  has  frequently  appeared  in  the  prize  lists  of  the  cattle  classes 
at  various  Society's  Shows,  and  in  the  last  two  seasons  nearly  100 
of  his  exhibits  have  been  noticed,  and  a  good  beginning,  has  since 
our  visit,  been  made  in  the  present  season.  The  Park  and  rich 
pastures  of  Studley  have  been  famous  for  their  shorthorns  as  long 
as  the  oldest  inhabitant  can  remember.  Mr.  Walker  was  a  purchaser 
at  the  dispersion  of  Sir  F.  L.  H.  Goodrick's  herd  in  1861,  and  when 
two  years  later,  the  property  came  into  his  family  by  purchase,  very 
little  time  was  lost  in  laying  the  foundation  of  the  herd  which  now 
numbers  over  100.  Grand  Duke  9th  19879,  was  knocked  down  to 
Mr.  Walker's  father  at  the  historical  sale  held  in  Willis'  Booms 
in  1867,  he  was  in  service  many  years  at  Berkswell,  and  after  the 
sale  which  took  place  in  1872  many  of  the  best  specimens  went  to 
Stadley,  since  which  time  no  trouble  or  expense  has  ever  been  spared, 
and  by  ignoring  fashion,  and  even  pedigree,  except  when  combined 
,with  the  milking  and  feeding  properties,  a  herd  of  cattle  has  been 
exhibited,  which  not  only  holds  its  own  in  the  various  showyards  of 
the  country,  but  pays  its  way  in  the  dairy,  and  provides  the  markets 
of  the  Midland  Counties  with  beef,  which  is  their  pride  at  Xmas 
time.  Young  bulls  are  annually  sent  to  the  March  show  and  sale 
in  Bingley  Hall,  where  they  have  made  satisfactory  averages  every 
year  since  its  establishment,  and  many  have  at  different  times  been 
•exported  to  Canada,  and  the  States,  as  well  as  to  Belgium  and  other 
parts  of  Europe ;  while  many  a  Warwickshire  tenant  farmer  has 
improved  his  stock  by  taking  advantage  of  the  opportunity  offered 
to  them  of  acquiring  a  well  bred  bull  at  a  moderate  price.  Not  long 


216  SHORTHORN'  HERDS  OF  KXOLAXD. 

after  the  Berkswell  sale,  Ursula  29th,  was  purchased  from  Lord 
Fitzhardinge  incalf  to  Grand  Duke  of  Waterloo  28760,  and  the 
produce.  Grand  Duke  of  Studley,  followed  Lord  Royal  34002 
ia  *on  of  Grand  Duke  9th),  as  the  principal  sire,  he  was  succeeded 
by  the  following  home-bred  bulls,  Grand  Duke  of  Studley 
2nd  39954.  and  his  son,  Referee  46966,  from  a  Dido  cow ;  Bi  omsgrove 
4448U,  by  Waterloo  Prince  35945,  and  his  half  brother,  Stoney  Lane 
-47156,  by  Grand  Duke  of  Studley  2nd,  out  of  a  very  fine  cow  bought 
rl  :•.  Harris'  sale  ;  and  Red  Duke  48553,  another  son  of  Grand  Duke 
of  Studley  2nd,  but  out  of  Countess,  a  daughter  of  Ursula  29th. 
In  1884,  Mr.  Sheldon's  Fernandez  2nd  49382,  was  bought  after 
distinguishing  himself  in  the  Champion  class  at  Bingley  Hall,  where 
he  made  the  highest  price  in  the  sale,  and  since  he  has  been 
extensively  and  successfully  used. 

At  the  dispersion  of  his  father-in-law's  celebrated  herd  at 
Hindlip  in  1885,  Mr.  Walker  secured  all  the  females  of  the  popular 
Darlington  tribe,  as  well  as  Denmark  51070,  a  white  yearling  son 
of  Knight  of  Oxford  4th,  and  that  grand  old  cow  Darling,  bred  at 
Lillingstone  Dayrell,  and  acquired  by  the  late  Lord  Hindiip  at  a 
cost  of  275gs. ;  since  corning  to  Studley  he  has  remained  very  true 
and  level  on  his  top,  and  grown  into  a  nice  animal,  possessing  a  fine 
masculine  head,  but  now  having  been  forced  appears  to  lack  the 
substance  of  his  dam.  The  Darlingtons  have  not  increased  in 
numbers  since  their  acquisition,  but  Darlington  Belle  2nd  (dam  of 
the  Bingley  Hall  prize  bull,  and  Berkswell  sire,  Driffield),  came  into 
Warwickshire  with  a  cow  calf  by  her  side,  and  has  since  added 
another  by  Mr.  Sheldon's  bull.  Darlington  Belle  3rd,  half  sister  to 
Denmark,  is  not  only  "  Queen  "  of  the  tribe,  but  of  the  entire  herd,  she 
carries  herself  with  all  the  style  and  freedom  of  a  Bates  animal,  and 
as  she  uas  admired  at  Hindlip,  so  will  she  be  if  sent  forth  to  the 
Show  yards  as  a  representative  of  the  Studley  Castle  herd.  The 
TJisulas  (thirty  in  all),  are  the  most  numerous  tribe  at  Studley,  and 

e-d  in  the  Kingdom  contains  so  many  specimens.  Their  owner 
thinks  more  highly  of  them  than  any  of  his  other  families,  on  account 
.of  their  prolific  habits,  sound  constitutions,  and  general  usefulness, 


SHORTHOIJN    HEEDS    OF    EKGLAXD.  217 

both  for  milk,  and  the  great  weight  acquired  at  early  maturity,  when 
made  into  beef.  The  daughters  of  the  original  purchase  were  called 
Countesses,  which  name  has  been  invariably  followed  for  the  heifers, 
excepting  when  a  daughter  of  Countess  4th,  was  named  Baroness, 
and  her  female  progeny  have  simply  had  numerals  affixed  thereto; 
the  cow  herself  was  a  noted  prize  winner,  and  Baroness  3rd,  has 
often  occupied  a  prominent  position.  Countess  4th,  is  a  rare  lengthy 
sort,  with  a  capital  udder,  like  most  other  full  grown  members  of 
the  family  possess.  Countesses,  Tenth,  Fourteenth,  and  Baroness, 
occupy  adjoining  boxes  in  the  expensive  and  well  ventilated  buildings 
at  the  Castle  farm,  where  there  is  accommodation  for  150  head. 
Baroness  3rd,  was  unfortunate  to  meet  Lady  Golightly,  and  Molly 
Millicent,  on  her  first  introduction  to  public  life,  as  she  was  a  good 
thiid  to  them,  and  has  since  been  successful,  it  is  unnecessary  to 
add  anything  further  with  reference  to  her.  Two  older  matrons, 
grazing  with  their  companions  in  front  of  the  house  occupied  by  Mr. 
Beattie  (who  has  been  the  trusted  agent  for  25  years,  and  whose  two 
sons  now  take  the  chief  management  of  the  cattle),  quite  hold  their 
own  with  the  rest  of  the  family,  and  Countess  12th,  suckling  a  neat 
and  handsome  red  cow  calf,  and  her  sister,  are  both  good  specimens 
of  the  sort.  The  younger  animals  being  chiefly  by  a  son  of  that 
famous  stock  getter,  Duke  of  Barrington  10th,  cannot  well  help 
being  full  of  quality. 

Of  the  Didos,  a  favourite  family  of  the  late  Mr.  J.  C.  Adkins. 
and  of  good  old  blood,  nothing  is  more  even  and  promising  than  the 
roan  heifer  calf  picked  up  for  a  mere  trifle  at  Bingley  Hall,  and  now 
a  very  sweet  heifer.  The  Red  Eoses,  have  only  Red  Rose  of  Studley 
(the  reserve  calf  at  the  Yorkshire  last  year),  to  represent  them,  her 
dam,  Red  Rose  of  Hindlip  6th,  having  died  in  giving  birth  to  her, 
and  as  regards  this  heifer,  a  little  more  firmness  in  the  loin  would  bo 
desirable  if  intended  to  be  carried  on  for  exhibition  purposes,  Red 
Rose  of  Virginia  (the  grand-dam  of  this  heifer),  made  250gs.  at  th<* 
dispersion  of  the  Dunmoreherd,  and  was  afterwards  considered  the 
roost  beautiful  cow  at  Hindlip.  Fanchette,  a  nice  dark  red  heifer, 
of  Mr.  C.  Hobbs'  breeding,  is  another  solitary  individual,  but  bein<; 


218  SHOKTHOKN    HERDS    or    KNOLA.ND. 

by  Devonshire  47686 — a  son  of  Darling — is  related  to  the  Darling- 
tons.  Minnie,  a  winner  of  several  first  prizes,  and  a  fifty  guim-a 
purchase  from  Mr.  T.  Harris,  proved  a  most  profitable  investment, 
as  put  to  Fernandez  2nd,  the  result  was  Ada,  the  winner  of  8  first, 
and  7  second  ptizes  ;  she  is  at  present  perhaps  the  most  attractive 
of  Mr.  Walker's  heifers  in  training,  and  in  the  owner's  opinion 
ought  only  to  have  been  beaten  by  Petted  Pansy,  which  he  considers 
the  best  heifer  of  her  age;  but  more  success  will  probably  await  Ada's 
half-sister,  Princess  Royal  6th,  occupying  the  next  box  ;  this  is  really 
a  good  wealthy  animal  of  true  shoi  thorn  character  and  will  be  found 
hard  to  beat,  indeed  he  is  a  lucky  m:m  who  owns  a  better.  When 
Christmas  Rose — half-sister  to  Ada — with  her  white  cow  calf 
came  into  the  market  last  summer,  no  one  was  surprised  that  they 
were  promptly  secured  for  Studley,  and  they  look  like  keeping  green 
the  family  fame.  The  Princsss  Royals  are  now  limited  to  the  Fifth, 
and  hsr  two  heifers,  the  Sixth,  and  S3V3iith,  the  former  favourably 
noticed  has  come  to  the  front  since  these  notes  were  taken,  having 
won  premier  honours  in  large  classes  both  at  the  Bath  and  West  of 
England,  and  Essex  County  Shows,  and  she  will  be  heard  of  again  as 
the  season  advances  ;  her  descent  is  not  very  ancient,  but  there  was 
a  good  foundation  in  Sir  Charles  Knightley's  Bull's  Bay  23490,  and 
the  stock  originally  came  from  Mr.  Dugdale's,  of  Wroxall  Abbey. 
The  recorded  pedigree  of  the  Lady  Louisa  like  that  of  the  Princess 
Royals  is  somewhat  short,  but  their  appearance  justifies  their 
introduction,  and  particularly  noticeable  is  a  nice  young  cow  which 
has  not  long  had  twins.  Lovely,  from  Lady  of  Lyons  is  of  the  old 
Farnley  blood,  tracing  through  the  herds  of  Weston  Hall,  and  Waulby, 
she  has  not  had  the  best  of  luck,  but  has  now  a  promising  son,  Cid- 
Bivar.  Red  Duchess  8th,  of  the  Townley  Roan  Duchess  branch  of  the 
Blanches,  is  but  a  recent  acquisition,  but  looks  like  keeping  up  the 
reputation  of  the  tribe  if  suitably  mated.  Columbine,  a  heavy  fleshed 
roan,  bred  at  Hindlip,  with  her  bull  calf  by  Droitwich,  is  the  last 
matron  we  see,  as  time  pressed,  and  Mr.  Walker  having  2,000  acres 
of  his  estate  in  hand  the  herd  is  rather  widely  scattered. 


SHOKTHORN  HERDS  OE  ENGLAND.  219 

Before  reaching  Birmingham,  by  alighting  at  Acocks  Green,  we 
have  the  nearest  railway  station  to  Fox  Hollies  Hull,  the  residence 
of  Mr.  Z.  Walker,  where  on  his  adjoining  farms,  that  gentleman  has 
long  bied  pedigree  cattle,  his  first  collection  selected  from  Mr.  Jonas 
Webb's  and  other  good  old  herds  was  dispersed  by  Mr.  Strafford  in 
August,  1873.  During  the  past  few  years,  a  second  herd  has  been 
gathered  together  under  the  management  of  Mr.  Walker's  son,  and 
Duke  of  Oxford  75th  52772,  a  very  promising  roan  son  of  Grand 
Duke  4Gth  49671,  and  Grand  Duchess  of  Oxford  32nd,  of  the 
purest  line  of  the  Holker  Oxfords,  is  now  in  service,  and  shows 
every  prospect  of  growing  into  a  stylish  Bates  bull,  equal  to  his  high 
breeding.  Out  of  half-a-dozen  cows  gathered  together,  Charming 
Duchess  31st,  from  Brailes,  is  the  first  to  hand,  then  we  have 
Raspberry,  bred  by  the  late  Mr.  W.  T.  Carrington,  which  is  con- 
sidered the  best  in  the  field.  Milcote  Sweetheart,  is  a  combination 
of  the  blood  of  the  two  famous  Warwickshire  homes  of  the  Knightleys, 
being  bred  at  Milcote,  and  by  Mr.  Sheldon's  Lord  Garland  7th 
43511.  As  we  make  for  the  entrance  into  the  next  enclosure  we  see 
Pride  of  Geneva,  of  the  old  Broadmoor  Pye  family,  taking  shelter 
under  the  fence,  and  when  finding  the  heifers  in  the  adjoining 
pasture,  they  are  doing  likewise  from  the  pitiless  storm,  and  we 
must  say  they  augur  well  for  the  second  herd,  a  heavy  fleshed  white 
out  of  Duchess  of  York  3rd,  is  our  favourite,  and  of  the  remaining 
five  composed,  of  three  Sweethearts,  a  Pye,  and  a  daughter  of  Norah, 
bought  at  the  Stoney  Lane  sale  of  1878.  we  prefer  the  last  named, 
and  Sweetmeat,  out  of  Milcote  Sweetheart.  When  the  Hyron  Hall 
homestead  is  reached,  a  handsome  roan  cow  at  once  attracts  our 
attention,  and  is  found  to  be  Wedding  Gwynne,  of  Mr.  Bassett's 
breeding.  Princess  Norah,  half  sister  to  the  good  heifer  in  the 
pasture,  has  the  curiously  named  Quality  Fogg  35194,  for  sire. 
At  these  buildings  we  have  Marguerite,  and  Duchess  of  York  3rd, 
the  latter  a  particularly  large  framed  fine  cow,  purchased  from  Mr. 
T.  Harris.  Lastly,  in  the  byre  behind  Mr.  Walker's  residence,  we 
have  Bushbury  Premium  2nd,  and  Zazel  2nd,  the  latter  of  the  Old 
Daisy  tribe,  and  both  obtained  at  the  Low  Hill  sale,  and  Countess. 


220  SHOHTHORN  BERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

Nonsuch,  a  lineal  descendant  of  Mr.  Robert  Colling's  Golden  Pippin, 
with  Duke  of  Gonnaught  for  sire,  has  a  good  looking  daughter, 
Duchess  Nonsuch,  by  Grand  Duke  34th. 

In  addition  to  the  herd  of  shorthorns,  Mr.  Walker  has  several 
very  promising  cart  and  hunter  colts  of  various  ages,  bred  and  reared 
on  the  farms,  and  both  varieties  are  worthy  the  notice  of  a  visitor. 
The  last,  although  perhaps  not  the  least  object  of  interest,  at  Fox 
Hollies  Hall,  consists  of  a  large  kennel  of  highly  bred  dogs  of  the 
Old  English  Mastiff  breed,  which  like  most  of  the  other  animals  are 
descended  from  pure  pedigree  stock,  and  are  without  doubt  very 
fine  specimens. 

Mr.  G-.  Graham  began  shoi-thorn  breeding  under  the  guidance 
of  the  late  Mr.  J.  C.  Adkins  with  whom  he  visited  the  leading  herds 
of  the  kingdom,  and  selected  his  purchases  from  time  to  time,  so  it  was 
no  surprise  to  visitors  to  find  at  The  Oaklands,  four  miles  from  the 
capital  of  the  Midlands,  a  large  preponderance  of  Sir  Charles 
Knightley's  blood  in  the  pedigrees  comprised  in  Mr.  Graham's  herd, 
and  still  the  Knightley  blood,  although  not  represented  by  a  male 
animal  reigning  at  the  head,  has  been  introduced  more  or  less  into 
most  of  the  tribes  that  are  now  seen.  Many  sales  have  been  held 
by  Mr.  Graham  in  the  course  of  his  career  as  a  breeder,  but  none  so 
successful  as  the  one  which  took  place  during  the  week  of  the  Royal 
Agricultural  Society's  Meeting  in  1876,  when  the  selection  then 
offered  brought  an  average  of  .£112  15s.  3d.,  six  Foggathorpes 
reaching  within  a  few  pence  of  <£150.  A  large  draft  sold  two  years 
ago  considerably  reduced  the  herd  in  numbers,  but  the  Foggathorpes 
remain  the  most  important  feature  in  the  herd,  as  they  have  done 
since  their  purchase  in  1862,  when  Lady  of  the  Lake  was  obtained 
from  Mr.  Sanday,  she  bred  Grafin  Foggathorpe,  and  Lorelei,  some 
of  the  descendants  of  the  former  branch  have  always  been  retained 
by  Mr.  Graham,  but  Lorelei  was  sold  to  Mr.  Y.  R.  Graham,  who 
has  bred  many  animals  from  her.  Grafin  Foggathorpe  20th,  sired  by 
a  Fantail  bull,  named  Frogmore,  suckling  a  roan  bull  calf,  is  the  first 
of  the  female  members  to  be  seen,  then  the  Nineteenth,  also  un- 
fortmuitely  a  white.  ha«  Mi«.  Oliver's  Cherry  Grand  Duke  9th,  for  sire, 


SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  EKQLAHD.  221 

and  is  the  mother  of  a  roan  heifer,  while  the  best  is  not  arrived  at  until 
the  Eighteenth,  a  handsome  roan,  which  a  South  American  buyer 
who  had  recently  been  at  The  Oaklands  had  coveted,  but  we  are 
glad  to  learn  that  Mr.  Graham  was  not  induced  to  part  with  so  good 
a  cow,  her  son,  Garter  King,  by  Bull  Ring  50932,  is  considered 
good  enough  for  the  future  sire  in  the  herd.  Violetta  6th,  of  the 
Clifton  Pastures  branch,  is  not  equal  to  the  Grafin  Foggathorpes,  but 
has  had  a  cow  calf,  last  season,  thus  the  hopes  for  the  future  prosperity 
of  the  tribe  are  promising. 

The  Polly  Gwynnes,  favourably  known  in  the  North,  were 
obtained  at  Mr.  Hetherington's  sale  in  1880,  when  four  females 
were  purchased,  the  eight  making  the  excellent  average  of  85gs, 
although  Polly  G-wynne  15th,  a  nice  old  cow,  is  the  only  one  of  the 
Middle  Farm  purchases  remaining;  in  the  same  pasture,  is  her 
daughter  the  Nineteenth,  considered  the  handsomest  of  the  family 
at  the  Oaklands.  The  Twentieth,  Twenty  -second,  and  Twenty-third, 
all  dark  reds,  are  sired  by  home-bred  Fantail  and  Wild  Eyes  males, 
while  the  white  Twenty-first,  newly  calved,  is  thought  a  straight 
heifer,  likely  for  developing  into  a  good  cow,  as  are  all  the  three 
reds  .and  it  is  evident  the  tribe  have  not  deteriorated  by  coming  into  the 
Midlands.  The  direct  descendants  of  Sir  Charles  Knight-ley's  tribes 
are  now  quite  overshadowed  in  numbers  by  the  Foggathorpes  and 
Grwynnes,  the  favourite  Charmers  being  represented  by  the  very 
pretty  Duchess  8th,  out  of  Duchess  6th,  bought  at  the  dispersion  of 
Mr.  W.  Angerstein's  herd,  and  Lady  Clara  7th,  her  half-sister  on 
the  sire's  side,  a  compact  young  cow,  and  descended  from  Lady  Clara, 
by  Fourth  Duke  of  Thorndale  17750;  while  Weston's  Columbia  3rd,  is 
a  beautiful  specimen  of  the  Walnuts,  but  unfortunately  her  breeding 
career  being  ended,  she  is  now  in  preparation  for  the  great  Xmas 
Exhibition  held  in  the  capital  of  the  Midlands.  Mr.  Bates'  Wild 
Eyes  family  wore  introduced  from  one  of  Mr.  Lovatt's  sales; 
Glancing  Eyes,  by  Lord  Bective's  Grand  Duke  31st  38374,  the 
younger  of  the  two  purchases  has  bred  a  bull  and  a  heifer,  the  older 
named  Torpedo,  has  grown  into  a  very  level  compact  two  year  old, 
and  reigns  as  the  Lord  of  the  harem,  while  the  heifer  has  Mr.  T. 


222  SHORTHORN    IIKLIDS    OF    ENGLAND. 

Hertford's  Lord  Bright  Eyes  2nd  48078,  for  sire.  Another  highly- 
bred  family,  are  the  Cleopatras,  bought  at  Mr.  Angerstein's,  and 
Caroline  9th,  is  certainly  a  beautiful  type  of  an  animal  to  represent 
any  tribe.  The  flock  of  Shropshire  ewes  must  not  be  omitted  notice, 
as  numerous  honours  have  fallen  to  their  share  at  the  Royal, 
Smithfield,  and  other  shows  when  exhibited. 

The  Tardley  Stud  farm  is  well  known  for  its  thoroughbreds, 
Shropshires,  and  the  grand  heavy  fleshed  Eoggathorpe  cows,  almost 
unequalled  for  size,  and  constitution,  displayed  at  the  occasional 
sales  held  by  Mr.  Y.  R.  Graham,  and  so  much  admired  by  the 
public.  The  tribe  have  been  more  given  to  breeding  heifers  at 
Tardley,  than  at  The  Oaklands,  but  in  addition  to  Lorelei,  bought 
from  Mr.  G.  Graham,  another  purchase,  British  Belle,  by  the  im- 
ported Second  Duke  of  Thorndale  17748,  was  obtained  at  Clifton 
Pastures,  on  the  same  day  as  Col.  To \vnley  bought  British  Beauty, 
afterwards  the  dam  of  the  Royal  winner,  Baron  Oxford's  Beauty, 
sold  for  SOOgs.  to  Messrs.  Walcott  and  Campbell.  Returning  to 
the  family  in  the  lifetime  of  the  late  Mr.  T.  Bites,  we  find  that 
Foggathorpe  was  bought  by  the  owner  of  Kirklevington  at  Mr.  H. 
Edward's  sale  of  Market  Weighton,  in  1839,  for  over  a  hundred, 
her  daughters,  Golden  Drop,  and  Dahlia,  selling  for  135gs..  and 
loOgs  each,  Malibran.  out  of  an  own  sister  to  Foggathorpe 
reaching  the  high  figure  of  310gs.,  and  being  the  highest  priced 
animal  at  the  sale,  so  ifc  is  evidjnt  thit  tha  tribe  in  bygone  days, 
were  not  lacking  in  the  good  looks  th.^y  now  possess.  Certainly 
Mr.  Graham  has  the  most  line  bred  of  the  Eoggathorpes.  as  since 
coming  into  his  possession  he  has  added  some  of  the  best  of  the 
Knightley  blood,  and  more  recently  other  sires  have  been  of  Mr. 
Bates'  own  tribes,  Baron  Fantail  37790,  a  son  of  the  3,000  guinea 
Third  Duke  of  Hillhurst  38975,  was  followed  by  Mr.  R,  E.  Oliver's 
Cherry  Grand  Duke  9th  42922,  and  Mr.  T.  Holford's  Lord  Bright 
Eyes  2nd  48170  (a  son  of  that  grand  bull  Duke  of  Leicester  431 12), 
and  at  the  Birmingham  sale  of  1884,  lOOgs.  was  given  for  Mr.  J.  H. 
Cas  well's  Laughton  Duke  7th  515 13,  considered  one  of  the  handsomest 
youngsters  in  the  Hall,  and  he  has  fulfilled  expectations  by 


SHORTHORN    HERDS    OF    ENGLAND.  223 

developing  into  a  massive  bull,  very  level,  and  now  looking  extremely 
well.  He  is  a  grandson  of  the  imported  Duchess  of  Kirklevington, 
by  Fourth  Duke  of  Geneva  ,30958,  so  well  known  in  Mr.  Abe 
Renick's  herd,  in  Kentucky,  and  a  great  grandson  of  Kirklevington 
llth,  bred  by  Mr.  Harvey,  and  exported  to  the  States.  The  Lady 
Margarets  form  a  most  excellent  group  of  cows,  the  Second,  a  fine  old 
white,  is  full  of  shorthorn  grace  and  character,  she  was  sold  at  the 
late  sale  to  Mr.  Hoddell,  but  Miss  Isabella  Graham,  who  has  also 
bred  a  small  herd  at  the  stud  farm  in  addition  to  her  brother,  loth 
to  see  so  fine  a  cow  depart  from  Yardley  purchased  both  the  cow 
and  calf  as  an  addition  to  her  herd.  The  Fourth,  having  a  Charmer 
sire,  and  the  Sixth,  a  Fantail,  are  a  grand  pair,  particularly  the  latter, 
which  combines  flesh,  scale  and  substance  in  wonderful  proportion. 
The  Eighth,  is  the  first  born  of  the  Sixth,  and  then  Patience  3rd, 
descending  from  Lorelei's  daughter,  Frivolity,  and  Violetta  4th,  of 
the  Clifton  Pastures  branch,  complete  the  bevy  of  Foggathorpe 
matrons,  and  in  no  other  herd  in  England  are  such  a  choice  collection 
to  be  found.  The  herd  which  numbered  nearly  ninety  head  have 
been  considerably  thinned  by  the  large  draft  offered  in  April,  and 
now  consists  almost  entirely  of  Foggathorpes  so  far  as  Mr.  Y.  R. 
Graham's  portion  is  concerned,  considering  how  well  they  have  bred, 
he  might  do  worse  than  attempt  to  rear  a  herd  of  this  one  tribe,  like 
Mr.  Eobaits  has  done  with  the  Seraphinas.  Unfortunately 
time  did  not  permit  of  seeing  some  of  the  heifers  in  a  distant 
meadow.  In  addition  to  the  two  Lady  Margarets  before  mentioned, 
Miss  Graham's  het  d  consists  of  the  Lady  Jocelyn  branch  of  the  J's — 
formerly  at  The  Oaklands— of  which  Bella  Jocelyn  3rd,  and  Lady 
Whitecroft  2nd,  are  two  well  grown  handsome  c^ws,  not  disgraced 
in  the  company  of  the  Foggathorpes,  and  some  fine  dairy  like 
animals  known  a?  Marie  Stuarts  tracing  to  a  red  cow  bred  by  Mr. 
Bates  of  King's  Heath,  which  gave  for  a  considerable  period  after 
calving,  32  quarts  per  diem,  and  her  descendants  now  possess  six 
and  seven  crosses  of  Knightley  and  Bates  blood. 

The  Shropshires,  at  Yardley,  are  bred  from  the  flocks  of  Mr. 
Geo.  Graham,  and  other  noted  breeders,  some  of  the  owes  having 


224  SHORTHORN    HERDS    OF    ENUL.YXI). 

cost  upwards  of  20gs.  each,  and  Mr.  John  Darling's  prize  pen,  and 
the  choice  pen  from  The  Oaklands,  have  been  added  to  the  flock 
during  the  past  season,  Miss  Graham,  whose  special  property  they 
are,  sparing  no  expense  to  obtain  the  best,  and  although  not 
exhibited  for  honours  are  as  well  known  as  the  herd,  but  the  stud 
has  obtained  the  highest  fame,  and  Sterling,  bred  by  the  Messrs. 
Graham,  being  the  grandest  specimen  of  a  sound  weight  carrying 
thoroughbred  sire  in  the  world,  in  his  first  season  at  the  stud,  out  of 
Isola  Bella,  he  begat  Isonomy,  one  of  the  garnest,  stoutest,  and  best 
animals  ever  known  on  the  British  turf ;  the  success  of  Sterling  has 
been  very  great,  and  it  is  considered  by  his  owners  that  time  will  prove 
this  branch  of  the  Birdcatcher  strain  to  ba  the  most  valuable  in 
existence. 


CHAPTER  IX. 

The  Warwickshire  Herds  (continued).  —  The  Wolds.  —  Church  Lawford 
Lodge.  —  Thurlaston.  —  Northamptonshire  Herds.  —  Whittlebury. 
Rothersthorps.  —  Cottesbroke.  —  Overstone  Park.  —  Broughton. — 
Kettering. —  Clapton.  —  Rushdtn,  —  Stanwlck.  —  The  Grange.  - 
Thenford. — East  Haddon. — Leicestershire  Herds. — Calthorpe  Towers. 
— Thurniaston. — Bar  don  Hill. — Bean  Manor.  — MapleweU. — Rutland 
Herds. — Burghlei/. — Extern.- — Whitwell. 

The  village  of  Snitterfield  has  long  been  associated  with  pedigree 
cattle,  both  the  names  of  Mr.  S.  Canning,  and  Mr.  C.  M.  Hamer, 
having  been  connected  with  it  as  well  as  that  of  Mr.  C.  C.  Garner, 
whose  herd  we  have  the  pleasure  of  visiting  a  few  weeks  previous  to 
its  dispersion,  which  is  to  take  place  owing  to  the  giving  up  of  his 
several  farms.  Although  the  Knightley  blood,  as  in  many  of  tru^ 
large  herds  of  the  County  predominates  amongst  the  females,  the 
males  for  many  years  were  of  fashionable  Bates 'families,  until  Royal 


SHORTHO&K  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND.  225 

Wine  52070,  the  purest  Knightley  bull  in  existence  was  bought  at 
the  dispersion  of  Mr.  J.  H.  Blundell's  herd,  for  the  use  of  the  heifers, 
as  Hey  don  Duke  llth  48024 — a  grand  massive  son  of  Duke  of 
Con  naught — purchased  from  Lord  Braybrooke,  is  the  sire  of  many 
of  them.  Mr.  Garner's  herd  numbering  between  seventy  and  eighty, 
Laughton  Duke  llth,  was  also  bought  at  Bingley  Hall  in  March. 
Our  first  visit  is  naturally  to  the  farm  buildings,  and  we  have  shown 
us  half-a-dozen  yearling  heifers  by  Sir  H.  Allsopp's  Knight  of 
Worcester  2nd  45024,  which  do  credit  to  him  as  a  sire;  the  Walnuts 
claim  tha  best  in  the  deep  fronted  Gladsome,  who  is  also  very  good 
in  her  rib  and  wide  across  her  loin.  Lilac  2nd,  and  Queen  Dido 
2nd,  both  red  and  little  white,  are  of  the  Lumley  and  Dido  tribes, 
the  latter  when  first  led  out  is  considered  the  best  of  the  three,  but 
on  more  carefully  comparing  their  merits,  we  are  compelled  to 
decide  in  favour  of  Gladsome,  a  really  pretty  heifer.  Marchioness 
Knightley  3rd,  a  well  bred  specimen  of  the  Primroses,  is  full  of  good 
flesh,  and  shows  signs  of  also  combining  the  milk  producing  qualities 
for  which  the  Knightley s  have  been  so  famous,  here  we  have  the 
best  of  several  Darlingtons,  unfortunately  a  white,  or  Mr.  Garner 
might  have  expected  the  top  price  of  his  sale  to  have  been  realized 
by  her,  as  she  has  every  prospect  of  growing  into  a  nice  cow. 
Another  good  heifer  seen  at  the  buildings  is  Gazette  5th,  a  grand- 
daughter of  Gazelle  27th,  sold  for  over  300gs.  at  the  Broadway  sale. 

Driving  down  to  the  Oxhall  farm,  where  the  land  is  contiguous 
to  the  Avon,  and  naturally  of  superior  quality  to  that  at  The  Wolds, 
the  animals  are  found  in  two  different  meadows,  a  square,  deep 
bodied,  round  ribbed,  good  coloured  heifer,  named  Constance,  is  the 
first  observed,  and  in  her  companionship  is  her  younger  own  sister. 
Two  more  own  sisters  out  of  the  Walnut  cow,  Symbol,  are  together  : 
white,  and  roan,  are  their  colours,  and  they  are  a  pair  of  very  useful 
heifers.  Gladys,  a  fine  red  cow,  by  Marquis  of  Oxford,  is  likewise 
a  Walnut,  and  half  sister  to  Eose  Walnut  2nd,  successfully 
exhibited  at  Bingley  Hall.  Five  and  twenty  is  the  number  of  the 
occupants  of  the  other  meadow,  and  here  again  the  Walnuts  are 
well  to  the  front,  Glendora  (the  mother  of  Gladys),  is  wonderfully 

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*2'2(i  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

thick  and  good,  and  so  is  Symbol.  The  Lumleys  are  here  very 
numerous,  their  matron,  Lottie,  being  sister  to  Lord  Bective's  "dun  " 
cow,  and  a  good  looking  specimen  of  a  shorthorn,  standing  near  to 
the  ground,  and  of  her  breeding  capabilities,  her  daughters  and 
grand-daughters  surrounding  her  are  sufficient  evidence;  and  another 
old  family,  the  Jessicas  (introduced  into  the  County  in  1836  by  the 
late  Mr.  E  Lythall),  ate  well  represented  by  Jove,  a  straight  level 
daughter  of  the  Duinnore  Marquis  of  Oxford,  used  for  some  time  by 
Mr.  Gar  nor. 

Two  miles  from  Dun  church,  we  find  another  herd,  newly 
established  at  Church  Lawford  Lodge,  by  Mr.  J.  Cave.  Lord 
Oxford  Harrington,  purchased  as  a  calf  at  the  dispeision  of  Mr. 
Lovatt's  fine  heid.  from  the  handsome  young  cow,  Lady  Oxford 
Bates  2nd,  purchased  first  to  go  to  Canada,  and  thence  re-sold  to  Mr. 
C.  H.  Bassett,  is  intended  for  the  head  of  Mr.  Cave's  heid.  The 
first  of  the  females  seen  is  Duchess  Charlotte  llth,  a  red  calf,  out  of 
Duchess  Charlotte  9th,  bought  at  Earl  Spencer's  sale,  and  Elegance 
5th,  is  another  pretty  little  miiden,  out  of  an  Althorp  purchase, 
both  being  by  Baron  Laughton  4th,  who  is  next  brought  forth,  he 
is  a  neat  level  bull  of  an  attractive  red  colour,  was  bred  by  Mr. 
Casswell,  being  out  of  a  daughter  of  Tregunter  Grwynne,  purchased 
by  him  from  Mr.  Slye  at  a  cost  of  nearly  300  guineas  as  a  heifer. 
Watercress  2nd,  a  handsome  red  roan,  bred  by  the  late  Mr.  E. 
Lythall,  has  only  a  day  or  two  previous  had  a  fine  heifer  calf ; 
passing  on  to  the  pastures  where  are  found  the  dairy  cows  ;  Duchess 
of  Darlington,  a  Knightley  Walnut  fiom  Burghley,  is  the  most 
admired,  and  is  without  doubt  a  very  sweet  cow,  but  purer  in 
breeding  is  the  Ruby  Duchess  of  Uist  4th,  bred  at  Yardley ;  Clarissa, 
and  Bride's  Beauty,  bought  at  the  final  dispersion  of  Mr.  Bland's 
herd,  are  of  the  ancient  Dido,  and  Blanche  families,  and  the  dams 
of  the  Duchess  Charlotte,  and  Elegance  calves,  are  here  also  bearing 
their  share  of  producing  milk  for  the  dairy,  as  every  pedigree 
animal  should  be  expected  to  do.  Purity,  is  of  a  good  local  family, 
known  as  the  Miss  Pearls  in  connection  with  the  Canley  herd,  and 
in  a  by  no  means  luxuriant  pasture  two  fields  away,  we  have  her  red 


SHORTHORN    HEIUJS    OF    ENGLAND.  2^7 

daughter  in  companionship  with  the  red  and  whit3  Duchess  of 
Elford  5th,  of  the  once  fashionable  Duchess  Nancy  tribe.  Princess 
of  York,  a  nice  Walnut,  and  Duchess  Charlotte  10th,  occupying  the 
adjoining  field.  In  a  distant  meadow,  one  of  the  best  in  Mr.  Cave's 
holding  of  400  acres,  we  find  Syren,  of  the  same  family  that  produced 
Telemachus ;  Watercress  3rd,  out  of  the  handsome  cow  from  Radford 
Hall ;  and  Bushbury  Countess  Harrington  4th,  of  the  favourite 
Laurel  branch  of  the  Harrington  tribe,  bought  with  the  Lady  Bates 
bull  calf  at  the  dispersion  of  Mr.  Lovatt's  herd. 

At  Thurlaston,  about  two  miles  from  Dunchurch,  on  the  North 
Western,  between  Leamington  and  Rugby,  we  find  Messrs.  Sutton 
and  Stanley  since  they  began  breeding  in  1880,  have  gathered 
together  a  herd  of  between  sixty  and  seventy  strong,  of  various 
Bates  families,  and  even  the  Booths  are  represented  by  the  Brights, 
so  famous  at  Aylesby,  while  a  Grand  Duke,  bred  at  Sholebroke, 
assisted  by  a  Wild  Eyes,  are  at  the  head  of  the  herd,  and  it  is 
intended  to  send  the  Bright  heifers  to  a  Booth  bull,  in  order  to 
conform  to  fashion's  decree.  Mr.  F.  S.  Stanley,  who  is  joint  owner 
of  this  extensive  herd  with  the  Misses  Button,  is  a  son  of  the  late 
Mr.  W.  T.  Stanley,  of  Leamington,  well  known  as  one  of  the 
cleverest  veterinary  surgeons  in  the  Midland  Counties,  while  the 
son's  extensive  practice  in  London,  will  be  ample  evidence  of  the 
skill  displayed  by  him  when  his  professional  abilities  have  been 
called  into  requisition  by  his  clients,  and  if  he  succeeds  as  well  in 
breeding  shorthorns,  he  will  have  no  reason  to  complain  of  the  time 
devoted  to  the  herd  at  Thurlaston.  Previous  to  purchasing  Grand 
Duke  35th  34065,  at  the  dispersion  of  the  Althorpe  herd,  Surprise 
Duke  3rd  52230,  a  well  bred  Surmise  bull,  had  been  bought 
from  Mr.  J.  H.  Blundell,  and  extensively  used.  The  Grand  Duke 
in  his  ninth  year  has  the  grand  head,  crest,  and  neck  of  a  "  Duke," 
with  a  straight  level  top,  but  a  little  more  depth  would  be  desirable. 
After  seeing  the  noble  Duke  we  have  two  of  his  sons  out  of  Lady 
Celia  8th,  and  Countess  of  Clarence,  the  former  a  particular  straight 
calf  will  no  doubt  find  more  than  one  eager  to  secure  him  at  the 
next  Bingley  Hall  March  sale.  Before  leaving  the  buildings  we 


±^$  SHORTHORN    HERDS    OF    ENWLA.ND. 

have  a  box  full  of  cow  calves,  and  although  three  Knightley  families 
are  represented,  we  have  no  he8itation  in  pronouncing  the  prettiest 
to  be  a  roan  out  of  Charming  Duchess  10th.  bred  by  Mr.  H.  J. 
Sheldon. 

Passing  down  the  village,  we  come  to  an  orchard  in  which  out 
of  Acomb,  Walnut,  and  Hosy  heifers,  we  prefer  the  last  mentioned, 
a  handsome  light  roan,  appropriately  named  Thurlaston  Fawsley, 
out  of  one  of  the  Oxford  Fawsleys  of  Waterinbury  fame.  Still  on- 
wards, a  second  set  of  farm  buildings  are  reached,  and  we  have  Wild 
Dukeof  G-eneva  26th  53861,  ashort  legged  compact  yearling,  bought  at 
Dringhouses  last  autumn  when  sent  for  sale  by  his  breeder,  Sir  W. 
G.  Armstrong:  his  sire  is  the  Holker  Duke  of  Oxford  62nd,  and 
dam  a  Wild  Duchess  of  G-eneva,  which  realized  such  high  figures  in 
the  old  days  at  Gf-addesby.  Entering  the  first  of  the  pastures, 
Dentsdale  5th,  and  Waterloo  55th,  the  new  purchases  from  Wicken, 
will  have  a  chance  of  improvement  on  the  richer  land  around 
Thurlaston ;  Lowland  Lassie  2nd,  and  Harrington  Lally  5th,  a  pair 
of  nice  young  cows,  bought  last  May  at  East  Donyland,  and 
Osgodby,  have  both  brought  bull  calves.  Out  of  a  mixed  assembly 
of  pedigree  and  non-pedigree  heifers,  a  dark  red  out  of  the  Bell 
Bates  Countess  of  Clarence,  attracts  our  attention.  In  company 
with  Duchess  Fawsley  6th,  a  highly  bred  Rosy, bought  at  Whittlebury, 
and  her  newly  born  red  c.  c.,  is  a  sweet  Charmer  yearling,  own  sister 
to  the  pretty  calf  already  alluded  to.  The  double  cross  of  Mr. 
Sheldon's  Duke  of  Barrington  10th,  has  produced  a  stylish  dark  red 
in  Barrington's  Georgie  2nd,  and  Verbena  17th  is  of  the  sort 
formerly  in  Mr.  Phillips'  possession  :  Bright  Florence,  and  Bright 
Hope,  out  of  mother  and  daughter  respectively,  were  obtained  at 
the  dispersion  of  Mr.  Ackers'  herd ;  much  alike  in  colour,  a  slight 
drooping  in  the  quarters  spoils  the  shapliness  of  Bright  Florence, 
but  Bright  Hope  is  wonderfully  level  and  true  throughout,  with  the 
grand  Booth  rib.  Yet  another  pasture  before  arriving  at  the  cows 
in  milk,  and  in  this  we  find  but  Duchess  Fawsley  4th,  and  Verbena 
loth,  the  former  is  similarly  bred  on  the  sire's  side  as  Duchess 
Fawsley  6th,  excepting  the  addition  of  the  well  known  Lord  Oxford 


SHOllTHOJtX    HKRDS    OF    ENGLAND.  221) 

2nd,  to  the  three  Grand  Dukes,  upon  Sir  0.  Knightley's  Coquelicot,  by 
Duke  of  Cambridge  12742;  when  sold  at  Mr.  Loder's,  she 
was  one  of  the  highest  priced  of  the  family,  being  originally  bought 
for  Tort  worth.  The  Brailes  herd  is  well  represented  amongst  the 
dairy  cows,  quite  the  handsomest  being  Charming  Duchess  10th,  a 
beautiful  daughter  of  the  2,000  guinea  Duke  of  Eothesay,  and  closely 
allied  to  Mr.  Sheldon's  Duke  of  Charminglands.  Barrington's 
Georgie,  and  Coral  Duchess  1 1th,  a  pair  of  reds,  were  also  bred  at 
Brailes.  Countess  of  Clarence  2nd,  a  purely  bred  Lily  Bell,  is  a 
very  deep  milker;  Lady  Celia  8th,  a  fine  shapely  cow,  has  bred  some 
good  bulls  for  her  owners,  and  her  daughter,  Lady  Celia  12th,  bred 
at  Streetly  Hall,  is  of  the  same  type ;  Eowfant  Brunette  and 
Walnut  Blossom,  hailing  from  the  southern  Counties  of  Sussex  and 
Surrey,  are  of  the  Blanche,  and  Walnut  families. 

Whittlebury  in  future  years  will  be  famous  as  the  birthplace 
of  numerous  Dukes  and  Duchesses  of  Whittlebury,  as  Thorndale  and 
Geneva,  the  homes  of  Mr.  S.  Thorne,  and  Mr.  J.  O.  Sheldon,  have 
been  in  the  past.  Mr.  E.  Loder  began  his  herd  14  years  ago,  with 
an  extensive  purchase  of  Sir  Charles  Knightley's  Eosys  descended 
from  Fawsley  3rd,  bred  at  PTavering  Park.  Many  fashionable  bred 
animals  of  the  highest  Bates  blood  were  secured  within  the  next  few 
years,  notably  some  grand  Darlington  cows  at  Underley  in  1874, 
and  in  addition  to  the  two  thousand  paid  for  specimens  of  the 
Duchesses,  at  the  Wateringbury  and  Lathom  sales,  the  extraordinary 
price  of  4,100  guineas  was  given  for  Duchess  of  Hillhurst  3rd,  on  the 
memorable  day  at  Millbeckstock  in  1877,  for  a  few  minutes  only  she 
was  the  highest  female  ever  sold  in  this  country,  as  almost  immediately 
afterwards,  Lord  Bective  gave  two  hundred  more  for  the  Fifth 
Duchess.  The  first  sire  used  at  Whittlebury  was  Grand  Duke  22nd 
34062,  bred  by  Mr.  E.  E.  Oliver,  at  Sholebroke  Lodge,  which 
occupation  form  part  of  Mr.  Loder's  estate ;  he  was  followed  by 
Grand  Duke  25th  34065,  bought  at  Mr.  Garfit's  sale,  although  as  his 
name  implies,  bred  at  the  late  home  of  the  Grand  Duchesses. 
Grand  Duke  of  Oxford  3rd  39953,  a  son  of  Grand  Duchess  of 
Oxford  7th,  sold  at  Holker  as  far  back  as  1871  for  915gs.,  to  Lord 


1;:>O  SHOltTHOKN    HERDS    OF    ENGLAND. 

Pern  hy  11,  has  been  in  service  since  his  purchase  at  Wicken  Park, 
first  as  assisting  the  Grand  Duke,  afterwards  Duke  of  Cornwall  4th 
4776^1,  hiied  from  Hindlip,  and  now  in  his  10th  year  having  Duke 
of  Whittlebury  47788,  for  his  colleague,  he  is  still  active  and  healthy, 
and  since  the  Hindlip  bull's  departure,  is  being*  freelv  used  to  the 
Duchesses.  Mr.  Loder  has  only  had  one  sale,  and  that  could  hardly 
be  looked  upon  as  a  draft  with  an  average  of  over  a  hundred  but 
three  years  ago. 

The  Duchesses,  are  bound  to  have  first  notice  in  the  herd,  both 
on  account  of  their  ancient  and  honourable  descent,  and  in  this 
instance,  because  they  are  the  most  numerous  of  any  family  at 
Whittlebury,  numbering  14  females, and  5  males,  certainly  Mr.  Loder 
may  have  pleasure  in  comparing  the  breeding  record  of  his  Duchesses 
with  any  other  leading  Bates  or  Booth  tribe  in  the  kingdom,  and 
from  what  we  see  the  "  health  "  record  also,  as  out  of  the  thirteen 
Duchesses  of  Whittlebury  bred  by  him.  only  the  Second  and  Third 
fail  to  put  in  an  appearance,  here  at  any  rate  the  tribe  do  not  appear 
to  die  off  at  an  early  period  of  their  existence,  nor  be  given  to  breeding 
a  larger  proportion  of  males  over  females,  as  fifteen  of  the  latter  have 
been  born  in  Mr.  Loder's  possession  as  against  eight  of  the  former, 
and  yet  no  extra  pampering  in  the  rearing  of  the  offspring  of  the 
noble  parents  is  allowed,  Knightleys,  Gwynnes,  Darlingtons,  and 
Red  Roses,  all  sharing  alike.  Duchess  of  Hillhurst  3rd,  after  being 
purchased  by  Mr.  Loder,  was  sent  to  Duke  of  Tregunter  7th  38194, 
at  Over  Darwen,  and  the  produce,  the  first  Duchess  of  Whittlebury, 
grazes  contentedly  with  her  dam,  and  a  grand-daughter,  by  Grand 
Duke  41st  46439,  out  of  the  Second.  The  Millbeckstock  purchase 
although  looking  blooming  and  well,  is  unfortunately  idle ;  in 
addition  to  the  cow  already  mentioned  she  bred  the  Second, 
Third,  and  Fifth,  before  having  Duke  of  Whittlebury,  to  Grand 
Duke  41st,  now  assisting  the  Oxford  bull  at  the  stud.  The  oldest 
daughter  followed  her  dam's  example  by  adding  the  Fourth,  Ninth, 
and  Twelfth,  and  the  Ninth  is,  if  anything,  better  looking  than  the 
dam,  and  her  half-sister  the  Seventh,  by  Grand  Duke  41st,  from  the 
Third,  is  very  lengthy  with  excellent  fore  quarters.  The  Fourth,  and 


SHOJtTUORN    HEllDS    OF    ENGLAND.  2J5J 

Fifth,  aie  the  result  of  sending  mother,  and  daughter,  to  JDuke  of 
Connaught,  unfortunately  the  latter  declines  to  breed,  but  the  former 
is  the  most  beautiful  of  all  Mr.  Lodei-'s  Duchesses,  in  addition  to  a 
good  frame,  her  head,  and  horns  are  indicative  of  great  character, 
like  every  shorthorn  ought  to  bo ;  but  alas  !  how  seldom  ate  they 
found  perfect  in  this  respect ;  already  the  Eleventh,  and  Thirteenth, 
a  pair  of  nic3  heifers,  have  baen  added  by  the  Fifth,  and  the  Twelfth, 
of  excellent  quality,  arid  great  substance,  is  as  before  mentioned  the 
youngest  daughter  of  Duchess  of  Whittlebury.  Grand  Dnchess  of 
Geneva  5th,  purchased  in  Kent,  still  occupies  one  of  the  Whittlebury 
stalls,  she  has  bred  Duchess  of  Wappenham,  sold  at  the  sale  to  Mr. 
J.  J.  Hill's  agent  for  600  guineas,  and  a  white  two  year  old,  by  Duke 
of  Wittlebury  2nd  47789  (sold  to  go  into  Mr.  A.  J.  Alexander's 
famous  Kentucky  herd  for  l,500gs.),  as  well  as  several  males. 
Duchess  of  Buckingham,  out  of  the  Lathoin  purchase,  has  the  Sixth 
Duchess  of  Whittlebury  (her  produce  by  Grand  Duke  41st),  a  level 
young  cow  in  the  adjoining  stall  in  the  Byre,  and  the  Eighth  Duchess, 
by  Mr.  Alexander's  bull  is  from  the  Duchess  of  Ormskirk. 

The  Winsomes  were  obtained  at  Heybridge,  and  the  name  of 
Winsome  Wild  Eyes  commenced  by  Mr.  Phillips  has  been  continued 
by  Mr.  Loder  for  many  of  the  tribe.  Winsome  Wild  Eyes  5th.  a 
lengthy  squaie  good  uddered  cow,  is  suckling  a  roan  bull  calf  by 
Duke  of  Whittlebury,  and  Winsome  Wild  Eyes  9th,  and  Winsome 
10th,  the  Wild  Eyes  appearing  to  be  omitted  for  the  future,  are  a 
pair  of  good  sized  heifers,  which  will  probably  grow  nearer  to  the 
ground  as  they  mature.  Duchess  Velvet  Eyes  5th,  sired  by  Grand 
Duke  25th,  is  the  only  descendant  of  Velvet  Eyes,  a  daughter  of 
Col.  Kingscote's  Eoguish  Eyes. 

At  Underley  in  1874,  seven  Darlingtons  averaged  just  over 
£400,  and  the  six  Gwynnes  fifty  pounds  less,  Mr.  Loder  secured 
what  was  considered  the  best  specimens  of  each  family.  The  red 
roan  Grand  Duchess  Darlington,  was  the  first  of  Grand  Duke  25th's 
get,  after  coming  from  Scothern ;  Duchess  Darlington  4th,  and 
Duchess  Darlington  6th,  are  half-sisters  out  of  the  650  guinea 
Darlington  19th,  and  Duchess  Darlington  13th,  by  the  Oxford  bull, 


232  SHORTHORN    HERDS    OF    ENGLAND. 

is  a  deep  wealthy  heifer.  The  descendants  of  Duchess  Gwynne  4th 
did  not  suffer  any  loss  in  their  numbers  by  the  sale  two  years  ago; 
Grand  Duchess  Gwynne  3rd,  stands  near  to  the  ground,  and  is 
like  her  daughter,  Grand  Duchess  Gwynne  4th,  compactly  put 
together,  and  the  latter  especially  has  abundance  of  grand  hair. 
Turning  to  the  Rosys,  Treble  Fawsley  has  bred  a  calf  every  year,  and 
is  now  almost  thirteen  years  old :  the  last  is  a  good  coloured  bull, 
and  previously,  Duchess  Fawsley  llth,  seen  amongst  the  heifers: 
but  as  the  family  contributed  nearly  a  third  of  the  females  to  Mr. 
Loder's  sale,  we  cannot  expect  to  see  them  in  their  old  abundance. 
Minnie  9th,  imported  from  Kentucky  by  Sir  Curtis  Lampson,  has 
been  a  most  beautiful  cow  in  her  younger  days,  and  a  grand-daughter, 
Red  Rose  of  Whittlebury  7th,  so  far  as  colour  is  concerned,  is  very 
similar  in  her  markings,  and  in  addition  to  the  dam,  we  see  the  aged 
Red  Rose  of  Killiecrankie,  bred  at  Dunmore  from  an  imported  cow, 
and  by  an  imported  sire,  as  well  as  a  heifer  from  her  known  as 
Red  Rose  of  Whittlebury  6th. 

At  Rothersthorpe,  two  miles  from  the  well  known  junction  at 
Blisworth,  a  herd  of  pedigree  cattle  was  founded  over  sixty  years 
ago  by  the  father  of  the  present  owner,  Mr.  W.  Faulkner,  and 
during  that  long  period  only  two  sales  have  been  held,  one  in  1848, 
the  first  season  of  the  late  Mr.  Strafford's  career  as  a  Shorthorn 
auctioneer,  being  composed  of  16  females  offered  after  Sir  G. 
Knightley's  bull  sale  held  at  Weedon,  and  the  other  in  1873,  when 
between  forty  and  fifty  pounds  each  was  made  of  a  selection  of  thirty- 
three  head.  The  herd  has  been  carefully  bred  from  the  old  sorts  so 
long  on  the  farm,  and  crossed  of  late  years  with  Booth  bulls,  one  of 
the  first  being  Knight  of  Branches  20076,  a  son  of  Lady  Grandison 
of  the  Bliss  tribe;  while  Royalty  35412,  Athelstane  23331,  Fair 
Thane  31127,  Earl  of  Aylesby  2nd  39813,  and  Baron  Dereham 
49066,  bred  by  Messrs.  Pawlett,  Torr,  Ackers,  and  Aylrner,  have 
been  amongst  the  more  recent  ones,  and  the  last-named,  the  joint 
property  of  Mr.  W.  Hawkes  and  Mr.  Faulkner,  is  now  seen  afc 
Rothersthorpe,  as  well  as  a  deep  red  yearling,  Sir  Kenneth  53679, 
hired  from  Mr.  G.  Britten,  bred  by  Mr.  Welsted,  and  a  son  of  the 


SHORTHORN*  HEEDS  OF  ENGLAND.  233 

"Wailaby  Lord  Provost,  out  of  a  Master  of  Arts  cow,  of  Mr.  Maynard's 
blood,  although  heavily  topped  with  the  Waclaby  sires  used  at 
Bally  waiter.  Worley  45829,  now  in  his  seventh  year,  is  thus  the 
only  one  of  the  three  sires  absolutely  Mr.  Faulkner's  own  property, 
he  is  a  short  legged,  massive,  heavily  fleshed  ball,  and  was  bred  on 
the  premises,  being  by  the  home  bred  Rupee  39069,  out  of  Wine,  des- 
cended from  Dewberry,  sold  to  Lord  Penryhn,  whose  granddaughter. 
Lucy  Anne,  by  Sir  C.  Knightley's  Lovemore  10470,  Mr.  Faulkner  re- 
purchased in  calf  to  Marmaduke  14897,  and  half  a  score  of  the 
herd  trace  to  the  produce  of  this  well  known  bull  and  Lucy  Anne, 
one  of  the  nicest  being  the  rightly  named  Wee  Pet,  half  sister  to 
Worley,  whose  stock  it  must  be  said  are  a  grand  lot,  and  with  few 
exceptions,  dark  reds.  Butter  making  is  carried  on  by  Mr.  Faulkner, 
and  the  fine  dairy-like  cows,  nearly  twenty  in  number,  appear  well 
equal  to  the  work  of  producing  the  necessary  ingredients. 

The  Sweetbriars  descending  from  Favourite,  by  Milton  8315, 
bought  from  Mr.  Clarke,  of  Deansanger,  about  1834,  are  the  most 
numerous  of  the  five  families  at  Rothersthorpe,  and  comprise  25 
females.  All  are  named  Sweetbriars,  with  numerals  attached 
thereto.  The  Seventy-seventh  is  the  oldest,  and  Nos.  97,  99,  101,  and 
102,  are  the  younger  cows  more  particularly  noticed,  but  for  the 
"double"  duties  of  carrying  flesh  as  well  as  milking  heavily,  we  are 
inclined  to  prefer  the  grand  lot  of  red  cows  tracing  to  Fame,  by  Ruf  us 
15216,  obtained  from  Mr.  Caldecott,  of  Rugby,  and  winding  up  a 
long  and  ancient  descent  with  a  son  of  the  illustrious  Hubback. 
Flirt,  not  3|  years  old,  has  had  two  calves,  and  possesses  an 
excellent  udder,  while  Feodora,  as  true  made  and  level  as  any  of 
the  six  "F"  cows,  five  of  which  are  daughters  of  Worley,  and 
Fern,  by  Fair  Thane,  is  also  an  excellent  cow.  The  Dahlias  and 
Rubys,  were  obtained  from  the  same  breeders  as  the  F's  and  Sweet- 
briars,  but  their  numbers  fall  far  short  of  those  two  flourishing 
families,  Ringlet  being  the  only  full  grown  animal  of  the  Rubys, 
and  the  whole  of  the  Dahlias  added  together  only  reach  the  grand 
total  of  four ;  it  is  this  family  that  producsd  Queen  Mary  in 
Mr.  Kennard's  hands,  descended  from  Delight,  the  highest  priced  lot 
m  the  48  sale. 


234  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

On  the  north  of  Northampton,  Cottesbrooke  is  probably  better 
known  as  the  abode  of  the  Master  of  the  Hunt,  than  as  the  home 
of  a  small  herd  of  Bates  and  Knightley  cattle,  with  the  young 
Oxford  bull  bought  at  Killhow,  by  Duke  of  Leicester  6th  41)461, 
out  of  Oxford  Duchess  of  Killhow  3rd,  doing  service.  In  the  first 
paddock  we  find  a  pair  of  well  bred  Cold  Creams,  own  sisters,  by 
Earl  of  Leicester  15th  39826,  from  Harmony,  apparently  both  good 
at  the  pail.  Hose,  a  splendidly  bred  Kosy,  and  very  pretty,  is  from 
a  purchase  in  1876,  at  Lord  Fitzhardinge's  Berkeley  Castle  sale, 
while  the  dam  of  Geranium,  a  four  year  old  roan  of  Mr.  Bowlv's 
Gazelle  tribe,  was  bought  by  Mr.  Sartoris  at  Stone  Cross,  and 
sold  to  Mr.  Larigham.  From  the  pasture  we  walk  acrosst  o  the 
Park,  where  we  find  the  larger  portion  of  the  herd  ;  Hawthorn  4th, 
the  third  daughter  of  Hawthorn,  is  by  Prince  of  Maple  well  3id 
45393,  as  is  also  Chesnut  4th,  one  of  the  favourite  Chorus  branch 
of  the  Charmers,  while  Chesnut  3rd,  has  the  Earl  of  Leicester  for 
sire,  out  of  a  daughter  of  Messrs.  Leney's  Duchess  6th,  got  by 
Grand  Duke  23rd.  The  Gazelles  are  represented  by  two  nice 
heifers,  the  older,  very  square  and  good,  is  own  sister  to  Geranium, 
and  the  younger  has  Grand  Duke  35th  for  sire.  Wild  Plum,  a 
purely  bred  Wild  Eyes,  had  come  as  a  calf  from  Whittlebury,  and 
has  since  grown  into  a  strong  substantial  heifer,  while  Princess 
Hindlip,  of  the  same  family  as  Earl  of  Leicester  loth  39826,  used 
in  the  herd,  has  a  heifer  named  Acacia  in  the  park,  and  a  cow  calf 
in  the  pens,  the  former  by  Duke  of  Cumberland  49439,  now  one 
of  the  sires  at  the  head  of  the  famous  Bow  Park  herd.  The 
Darlingtons,  naiiud  Deodoras,  and  the  most  numerous  in  the  group, 
were  obtained  by  the  purchase  of  Lady  Darlington  4th,  at  Sir 
W.  H.  Salt's  sale ;  we  observe  one  of  the  four  retains  that  most 
peculiar  roan  noticed  in  Mr.  Garner's  herd,  where  some  of  this 
branch  were  seen  descending  from  Lady  Darlington,  by  Cherry 
Duke  25750,  a  steer  having  the  same  roan  is  at  once  "spotted"  as 
being  from  one  of  the  Darlington  cows  without  the  assistance  of 
the  herdsman,  except  for  verification,  but  certainly  Deodora  4th  is 
a  very  nice  compact  heifer. 


SHOKT1I011N    1IEKDS    OF    ENGLAND.  ^3«J 

Lord  Wantage,  better  known  as  Col.  Loyd  Lindsay  to  those 
interested  in  shotthorns,  bred  a  good  herd  in  the  County  of  Berk- 
shire, which  when  dispersed  in  1881  made  .£36  2s.  2d.  for  the  81 
head,  and  he  has  still  a  number  of  useful  cattle  on  his  Overstone 
Park  estate,  \\hich  are  kept  at  the  Stanwick  Hall  Farm,  near  to 
Highain  Ferrers,  founded  on  purchases  made  at  the  Alwalton  Sale 
in  May  1884,  and  Dingley  Grange,  in  October  of  the  same  year; 
many  of  the  former  are  of  Mason  origin,  tracing  to  No.  54,  and  now 
known  as  the  Jennies  ;  several  are  of  Sir  C.  Tempest's  Frill  tribe, 
with  considerable  Bates  blood  on  the  top  of  their  pedigree  ;  and 
the  J's,  so  popular  in  the  County,  have  a  well  bred  specimen  in 
Viscountess  Jersey  3rd,  bought  at  the  dispersion  of  Earl  Spencer's 
herd,  and  several  Lady  Jocelyns,  or  Jessicas,  known  in  connection 
with  Mr.  Geoige  Graham's  name,  were  obtained  at  Dingley  Grange. 
Lord  Mild  Eyes  3rd  48219,  bred  at  Wetherby  Grange,  has  been  in 
service,  and  at  present  are  his  sons,  Lord  of  Stanwick,  and  Stanwick 
Lad,  out  of  two  of  the  Kimbolton  purchases,  and  Lord  Darlington 
24th  49895,  of  the  favourite  Darlington  tribe,  bred  by  Mr.  John 
Thompson,  at  Badminton. 

Near  to  Ketteririg  are  the  herds  of  Messrs.  C.  Bayes,  and  J.  J. 
Sharp,  both  known  to  visitors  at  the  annual  Bingley  Hall  sales, 
where  their  young  males  are  generally  entrusted  to  Mr.  Lythall's 
care,  and  the  latter  breeder  has  won  many  a  prize  at  the  leading 
shows,  especially  with  specimens  of  his  Julia  tribe,  obtained  origi- 
nally from  the  late  Mr.  E.  Wood,  and  during  the  past  seventeen 
years  nearly  £4,000  has  been  won  in  prize  money.  Mr.  Sharp  has 
generally  adhered  to  the  Bates  blood  in  the  selection  of  sires  since 
the  commencement  of  his  herd ;  Cambridge  Duke  5th  30645,  and 
Claro's  Eose  25784,  two  of  the  earlier  ones  being  of  the  famous 
Cambridge  Eose  strain  ;  Duke  of  Darlington  4th  38138,  bred  at 
Brailes  ;  Baron  Shendish  2nd  41061,  arid  Baron  Shendish  5th 
44374,  from  two  of  Mr.  Longman's  Oxford  Eose  cows ;  Oxford 
Eose  3rd  50135,  a  son  of  the  last  named  bull,  and  Julia  ]5th,  has 
been  in  service  the  last  two  seasons,  assisted  by  Connaught  Lad 


230  S1IOHTIIORN    HERDS    OF    ENGLAND. 

47619,  one  of  the  progeny  of  Duke  of  Connaught;  and  at  present, 
Grand  Gwynne  15th,  a  red  and  white,  bred  by  Col.  Webb,  is  doing 
duty  in  Mr.  Sharp's  extensive  herd  of  over  100  head. 

Instead  of  proceeding  immediately  to  Broughton,  we  are  driven 
to  some  distant  fields  to  see  the  heifers,  and  in  the  first  group  of 
ten,  all  by  Oxford  Rose  3rd,  one  or  two  of  the  Julias  are  particularly 
noticeable  for  their  neat  well  laid  shoulders,  which  the  owner 
remarks  have  been  a  special  characteristic  of  the  family  since  he  has 
had  them.  The  most  prominent  in  the  next  pasture  is  again  a  Julia. 
and  a  pair  of  twin  Craggs  cows  that  bear  her  company  descend 
through  Princess  Joan,  bought  at  the  first  of  the  Gaddesby  sales. 
We  find  at  the  buildings  that  the  show  "team  "  are  not  to  arrive  till 
late,  consequently  they  cannot  be  seen  until  the  morning,  but 
two  more  grand  groups  of  heifers  and  young  cows,  are  looking 
remarkably  well,  and  when  such  animals  as  May  Duchess  loth,  who 
can  win  both  at  the  Bath  and  West,  and  at  the  Dairy  Show,  where 
at  the  latter  she  was  not  only  first  in  her  class,  but  the  Champion  of 
all  breeds ;  Julia  14th,  and  Blanche  Duchess  4th,  second  at  the  recent 
meeting  at  Maidstone  for  the  best  pair  of  dairy  cows ;  and  the  fine 
old  May  Duchess  14th,  the  matron  of  one  of  Mr.  Sharpe's  family 
groups,  it  is  needless  to  write  of  the  merits  of  the  other  elder  dames 
after  mentioning  such  well  known  animals,  and  the  progeny  of  May 
Duchess  14th,  and  Julia  14th,  are  too  well  known  in  the  various 
showy ards  to  need  further  mention. 

Mr.  C.  Bayes  has  his  residence  on  the  outskirts  of  the  town  of 
Kettering,  and  his  pastures  just  reaching  the  farm  yard,  stretch 
away  to  the  Eailway,  and  contiguous  thereto  are  fourteen  very  useful 
dairy  cows.  Chaff  10th,  by  the  prize  bull  Satan  27430  (used  by 
Mr.  Bayes),  out  of  Chaff  9th,  bred  at  Kingscote,  is  the  first  noticed, 
then  Virginia,  a  Grand  Duke  of  Darlington  cow,  and  one  of  the 
best  of  the  fourteen,  passes  before  us,  the  family  were  obtained  in 
Lincolnshire,  from  Mr.  Smith,  of  West  Rasen,  about  1862,  and 
Virgin,  another  of  the  same  sort  milking  heavily.  Harmony,  and 
Ruth,  half  sisters,  by  Mr.  G.  Graham's  Lord  Loftus  43537,  are 


SHORT1I011N    HERDS    OF    ENGLAND.  237 

descended  from  The  Bee,  and  Rosa,  bought  from  the  Marquis  of 
Exeter.  Careful,  a  nice  cow,  and  Clematis,  one  of  the  oldest,  sprung 
from  Cytherea,  by  Gold  Nugget  16176,  obtained  at  Wellingboro' 
Grange,  from  Mr.  Abbey,  while  Wisdom,  by  Mr.  Wetherell's  Luinley 
16478,  bred  at  Dane  End,  claims  Wanton,  a  white  of  good  character, 
as  her  descendant.  In  the  pasture  immediately  behind  the  house, 
Lady,  worthily  represents  a  family  hitherto  unmentioned,  and  here 
we  have  Lord  Lally  2nd,  53166,  a  dark  roan  young  bull,  very  full 
of  hair,  brought  forth  for  our  inspection,  his  breeder  was  Mr.  R. 
Briggs,  and  his  name  denotes  his  lineage.  Previously  Mr.  Bayes 
has  used  Centre  Bit  47561,  a  fine  old  white  son  of  Duke  of  Connaught 
33604,  and  that  grand  cow,  Lady  Gwynne,  is  still  in  service  in  the 
herd,  and  one  of  his  sons  in  1885  was  the  Champion  at  Bingley 
Hall.  Grand  Duke  of  Darlington  39948,  and  Lord  Loftus  43537, 
two  of  the  previous  sires,  were  of  the  Darlington  and  Charmer 
tribes,  and  in  still  earlier  years  those  well  known  stock  getters, 
Satan  27430,  and  Claro's  Rose  25784,  were  used  in  the  herd. 

Clapton,  in  the  clays  of  the  late  Mr.  Rowland  Wood,  was  famous 
for  its  steers,  but  since  1875,  exhibiting  has  been  discontinued, 
through  the  demand  which  sprung  up  for  the  young  bulls,  and  if 
Kinsman's  Butterfly,  first  in  his  class  at  the  recent  Bingley  Hall 
show,  although  unfortunately  three  months  too  old  to  compete  for 
the  champion  prize,  may  be  considered  a  fair  specimen  of  the  young 
males  bred  by  the  present  Mr.  Rowland  Wood,  then  it  cannot  be 
doubted  but  this  has  al&o  been  a  success.  The  herd  and  the  stock 
are  found  of  a  thoroughly  useful  description,  one  of  the  earliest  sires 
used  at  Clapton  was  Henry  5th  19944,  which  proved  the  sire  of  the 
extraordinary  grand  Ox  that  won  for  the  late  Mr.  Wood  the  Gold 
Medal  at  Birmingham  in  1865,  afterwards  exhibited  three  months 
at  the  Crystal  Palace.  Britannicus  17452,  bred  by  Mr.  Sartoris,  out 
of  Surmise,  also  distinguished  himself  as  the  sire  of  prize  winners, 
five  of  his  stock  taking  premier  honours  at  London  and  Birmingham, 
Mr.  Jonas  Webb's  Lord  Chancellor  20160,  the  Royal  winner  at 
Plymouth,  proved  very  successful  as  a  sire,  and  likewise  did  Mr. 
Sheldon's  Duke  of  Barrington  5th  33575.  Great  attention  has  been 


238  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

paid  by  the  present  owner  to  the  milking  properties,  with  a  view  to 
more  fully  develope  these,  he  purchased  from  Mr.  G.  Hobbs, 
Wellesley  4th  45768,  a  son  of  the  well  known  Matchless  5th. 
Kinsman  49829,  a  massive  thick  fleshed  bull,  and  the  older  of  the 
two  present  sires,  was  bought  at  Ballywalter,  he  is  a  son  of  Royal 
Mowbray  42330,  from  Englannd's  Kate,  a  cow  tracing  to  the  late 
Mr.  A.  L.  Maynard's  blood,  and  is  the  sire  of  forty  seven  animals 
in  the  Clapton  herd.  Lord  Randolph,  a  very  straight  thick  fleshed 
fourteen  months  youngster,  with  splendid  hair,  has  not  long  been 
bought  from  Mr.  Ayscough  Fawkes,  he  combines  the  "  Aberdeenshire" 
blood,  through  his  sire,  Mr.  W.  Duthie's  Lord  Rector  51639,  and  the 
old  Farnley  blood  through  his  dam,  Lady  Ramsey.  The  Louisas, 
well  known  to  fame  at  B'irghley,  are  numerously  represented  in  the 
first  pasture  we  enter,  out  of  the  Twenty-third,  Twenty-fourth,  and 
Twenty-fifth,  we  prefer  the  second  mentioned,  a  very  good  dark  red, 
and  one  of  the  best  of  the  fourteen.  In  the  dairy  cows,  the  Townley 
Vestris's  are  to  the  front,  with  the  home  bred  Lady  Harrington 
Butterfly  at  their  head,  and  two  daughters,  the  Second  and  Third, 
very  useful  animals,  bear  their  dam  company.  Lady  Brunette,  is 
from  a  Blanche  cow,  bred  at  Rowfant ;  and  a  very  good  red  and 
white,  unfortunately  has  not  enough  crosses  for  registration.  With 
some  of  the  older  heifer  calves  we  are  shown  Lady  Ross,  half-sister 
to  Lord  Randolph,  by  the  Northumbrian  St.  Swithin  43986,  she  is 
very  level,  and  one  of  the  best  shaped  animals  on  the  farm,  while 
Lady  Birrington  Butterflys,  Eleventh,  and  Twelfth,  are  considered 
two  of  the  best  calves  Mr.  Wood  has  bred  for  some  time,  certainly 
of  the  steers  and  heifers  seen  near  to  Thrupston  Station,  the  Tenth 
is  considered  the  best  looking  in  the  few  minutes  we  have  at  our 
disposal,  but  we  must  not  omit  notice  of  several  good  descendants 
of  a  family  descended  from  Laura,  purchased  of  Mr.  W.  Stopf'ord 
Sackville,  nor  May  Flower  3rd,  half-sister  to  Master  of  Arts,  a 
winner  at  Bingley  Hall  in  1884.  Joan  9th,  a  grand-daughter  of 
Joan,  purchased  by  the  late  Mr.  Wood  fioni  Mr.  F.  Saitoris,  and 
the  dam  of  the  Gold  Medal  Ox  of  1865,  was  unwell  at  the  dispersion 


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of  the  Clapton  herd  in  1875,  and  afterwards  bred  several  good 
animals,  and  the  family  is  still  retained  by  the  present  owner,  some 
nice  heifers  being  seen  of  it. 

Mr.  F.  Sartoris  has  bred  shorthorns  at  Eushden  Hall  since  the 
year  1844,  the  bulk  of  one  herd  was  dispersed  in  1861,  and  in  1878, 
a  second  one,  composed  largely  of  the  Knightley  blood,  was  brought 
before  the  public,  with  the  creditable  result  that  the  females  averaged 
over  three  figures,  and  the  third  herd  now  at  Eushden  is  composed 
of  about  a  score  of  females  chiefly  of  the  old  families'  blood,  Lady 
Geneva  Rosy  2nd,  a  daughter  of  Ninth  Duke  of  Geneva,  and  Poly  thorn, 
the  mother  of  Lord  York  Fawsley  34709,  so  long  and  successfully 
used  in  the  late  herd,  was  repurchased  when  Mr.  Blundell's  choice 
collection  of  Knightleys  came  into  the  market,  as  well  as  Knightley 
Rose,  by  Mr.  Sheldon's  Earl  of  Fawsley  9th,  out  of  Eose  of  Farndish, 
and  at  Woodside,  Eich  Wine,  one  of  the  purest  bred  Knightleys 
then  in  existence  was  also  obtained.  From  Mr.  Jennings'  sale,  the 
Waterloos  were  re-introduced  by  Lady  Oxford  Waterloo  and  her 
daughter,  coining  to  Eushden,  but  two  of  the  handsomest  cows  are 
Lady  Eothesay  Barrington,  the  oldest  of  the  favourite  family,  which 
were  so  keenly  competed  for  at  North  Frith  between  the  Messrs. 
Leney,  Mr.  Sartoris,  the  Agent  representing  Canada,  and  the 
States  ;  and  the  heavy  fleshed  Great  Eyes  7th,  a  daughter  of  Duke 
of  Tregunter  5th  33743,  winner  at  Northampton  and  Peterborough, 
when  in  the  hands  of  her  breeder,  the  Hon.  C.  W.  Fitzwilliam, 
Duke  of  Huntsland  4th  47769,  the  last  produce  of  the  celebrated 
Kirklevington  Duchess  5th,  after  being  used  to  the  heifers  at  North 
Frith,  came  to  Eushden  for  service,  previously  the  cows  had  been 
sent  over  to  Grand  Duke  33rd,  at  Alwalton,  but  unfortunately  a 
very  large  proportion  of  the  calves  by  this  fine  bull  have  been  males. 
AVhen  at  Kimbolton  a  few  days  afterwards  we  saw  Lady  Wellesley 
2nd.  a  beautifu1  daughter  of  Ninth  Duke  of  Geneva,  and  of  Mr. 
E.  Ceiling's  Princess  tribe,  belonging  to  Mr.  Sartoris,  visiting  one 
of  the  Oxford  males  in  service  there,  and  in  a  few  years  hence  we 
doubt  not  but  visitors  to  Eushden  will  find  as  good,  or  even  a  better 


240  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

herd  than  has  ever  been  seen  here  before,  when  the  materials  now 
collected  together,  have  been  a  short  time  in  the  hands  of  so  ex- 
perienced and  successful  a  breeder. 

Not  far  distant  from  Rushden  Hall  is  Stanwick,  and  here  Mr. 
J.  R.  Crawley  has  a  small  herd  containing  five  lines  of  blood  to 
which  he  has  used  Bates  and  Knightley  sires.  The  first  purchase 
was  made  at  the  dispersion  of  the  late  Mr.  Rowland  Wood's  herd  in 
1875,  when  Duchess  of  Harrington,  descended  from  Mr.  Dudding's 
Dorcas,  by  Earl  Stanhope  5966,  of  good  old  Lincolnshire  strains, 
which  afterwards  passed  into  the  hands  of  Mr.  R.  Searson  of 
Market  Deeping,  for  whom  the  family  won  several  prizes.  Mr. 
Crawley's  purchase  had  Duke  of  Barrington  oth  21588  for  her  sire, 
and  after  the  use  of  Waterloo  Duke  40893,  Lord  Shipston  2nd  45261, 
and  Lord  of  the  Grange  43553,  of  Sir  Charles  Knight-ley's  Walnut 
tribe,  bought  from  his  neighbour,  Mr.  T.  Nichols,  Mr.  Crawley 
afterwards  bought  a  highly  bred  Barrington  bull — Grand  Duke  of 
Barrington  1st  46442 — from  Mr.  H.  Lovatt,  thus  re-introducing 
this  popular  tribe  in  his  herd,  then  mainly  composed  of  the  daughters 
and  grand-daughters  of  his  Clapton  purchase,  she  having  now  bred 
eight  heifers  to  one  bull,  and  at  present  is  hoped  to  be  in  the  right 
way  for  producing  a  "  tenth  "  calf.  Mr.  W  .  Faulkner's  Rothersthorpe 
herd  supplied  a  very  nice  cow  in  Fair  Maid,  of  the  F.  tribe,  already 
noticed  in  the  mention  of  his  cattle,  she  has  left  two  daughters  at 
Stanwick,  and  the  same  number  have  been  produced  by  an  excellent 
dairy  cow,  Superb  Ruby  4th,  bred  by  Mr.  W.  Lavender.  A  well 
bred  Revelry — formerly  popular  at  Dunmore  and  Underley — has 
had  a  couple  of  bulls,  and  the  latest  purchase,  Rose  of  Hilden,  of 
the  once  fashionable  Rosys,  supposed  to  be  in  calf  when  purchased, 
has  not  yet  added  to  the  Stanwick  herd,  to  which  Rowfant  Wild 
Duke  52016,  bred  by  the  late  Sir  C.  M.  Lampson,  of  the  Holker 
Winsome  branch  of  the  Wild  Eyes  tribe,  is  being  used. 

Mr.  T.  Nichols,  at  The  Grange,  RauiuU,  has  raised  quite  an 
extensive  herd  of  the  Knightley  blood,  from  two  animals,  viz: 
Formosa,  bred  by  Mr.  H.  J.  Sheldon,  and  by  his  Duke  of  Brailes 
23724,  her  first  produce  at  The  Grange,  was  a  red  heifer  to  her  own 


SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND.  241 

sire,  named  Lady  Brailes,  born  in  1872,  and  so  rapid  was  the  increase 
of  the  females  descended  fioin  this  calf  that  Lady  Biailes  22nd,  was 
registered  in  Vol.  31,  while  the  descendants  of  the  daughters  of  the 
original  purchase  were  named  Forniosas.  In  1 876,  another  addition 
in  the  shape  of  a  Primrose  heifer,  Lady  Edith  2nd,  was  bought  at 
"Wicken  Park  for  265gs.,  likewise  having  the  Duke  cf  Brailes  for 
grandsire,  she  is  still  seen  in  Mr.  Nicholls'  possession,  and  her  oldest 
daughter,  by  Duke  of  Wellington  9th,  bears  her  company,  but  the 
handsomest  in  the  pasture  and  the  herd,  is  Lady  Brailes  5th,  also  by 
the  Penryhn  Waterloo  bull,  out  of  a  daughter  of  Lady  Brailes, 
several  other  capital  specimens  combining  both  flesh  and  milk,  are 
seen,  and  with  judicious  selection  of  sires,  a  grand  herd  of  serviceable 
cattle  doing  honour  to  the  Knightley  strain  of  blood,  and  to  the 
shorthorn  breed  of  cattle,  will  be  established  at  The  Grange.  In 
the  early  days  of  the  herd,  the  cows  were  sent  over  to  Kiinbolton 
and  Rush  den  for  service;  Duke  of  Wellington  9th  33754,  bred  at 
Pen  thy  n  Castle,  was  purchased  in  1875,  and  Lord  Clarence  Waterloo 
36926,  at  the  Rushden  sale,  afterwards  Lord  of  the  Grange,  by 
Lord  Bective's  Grand  Duke  of  Morcambe  36722,  from  Lady  Brailes, 
and  his  son  Harold  44921,  out  of  his  half  sister,  followed  each  other^ 
so  Mr.  Nicholls  is  evidently  a  believer  in  close  breeding,  when  it  is 
remembered  that  Lady  Brailes,  the  dam  and  grand-dam,  had  Duke 
of  Brailes  for  sire  and  grand-sire. 

The  most  southern  herd  in  the  county  is  that  belonging  to 
Mr.  W.  Hawkes,  at  Thenford,  five  miles  from  Banbury,  but- 
Farthinghoe  is  the  nearest  station,  and  within  a  mile  of  the  farm,  to 
which  a  pleasant  walk  along  a  shady  avenue  of  limes  soon  brings  us. 
Mr.  Hawkes  has  been  a  breeder  since  1858,  when  a  cow  named 
Harmless,  by  Mr.  Lovell's  Risby  35276,  was  bought  from  his 
landloid,  Mr.  Severn,  who  had  used  pedigree  bulls  for  many  years 
previously,  and  with  this  cow  the  foundation  was  begun  of  a  family 
still  afc  Thenford,  and  continued  for  a  time  with  sires  of  Mr. 
Faulkner's  breeding,  followed  by  five  from  Aylesby,  two  of  which 
unfortunately  failed  to  be  stock  getters,  and  Heir  of  Lome  36761 
(a  sou  of  High  Sheriff  26392),  Harper  38407,  Sir  Swithin  40822, 


242  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

and  Harcouit  139977 — a  son  of  Countess  2nd — were  all  bred  at  West 
Dereham  Abbey,  then  Carperby  was  resorted  to,  three  times  in 
succession,  Windsor's  Plum«  42625,  a  son  of  Major  Windsor 
34739 — own  brother  to  Bride  of  Windsor — which  left  only  three 
heifers  ;  followed  by  Benezet  42785,  and  Count  Benedict  46122,  of 
Mr.  Willis'  Rose  tribe.  Warlaby  has  since  been  resorted  to,  and 
Wallace  48899,  Rajah  53750,  and  King  Edwai-d  53058,  hired,  the  last 
named,  a  dark  red  18  months  old  son  of  King  Hal,  and  Manola, 
being  now  in  service,  as  Prince  Ernest  53445,  the  last  purchase 
from  West  Dereham,  although  his  senior  in  age  has  not  yet 
been  of  any  use  to  Mr.  Hawkes.  Between  the  hire  of  Wallace, 
and  Rajah,  Baron  Dereham  49066,  and  Sir  John  50471,  both  of  the 
Calomel  tribe,  had  been  bought  from  Mr.  Aylmer,  and  are  the 
sires  of  the  heifers. 

In  the  first  pasture,  Cherry  Bud,  and  Calisto,  are  of  Carperby 
blood  on  both  the  dam  and  sire's  side,  being  by  Count  Benedict 
and  Benezet,  from  a  daughter  and  granddaughter  of  Cestus,  bred  at 
Carperby,  by  the  Stackhouse  bull  that  did  so  much  for  Mr.  Willis' 
herd,  but  obtained  by  Mr.  Hawkes  from  a  Mr.  Burgess  in  1864,  in 
calf  to  Cherry  Prince  28180,  and  the  produce  named  Cherry,  has 
four  excellent  daughters,  Cheerful,  Cithera,  Camilla,  and  the  one 
already  mentioned,  the  three  former  are  all  seen  in  the  grand  lot  of 
dairy  cows.  Dimple,  a  compact  shapely  cow,  and  Dew,  hardly  so 
good,  tiace  to  Doubtful,  bought  at  Mr.  Langston's  sale  in  1864 ;  but 
of  more  fashionable  blood  are  Kate  Sybilla  2nd,  and  Phillis 
Countess,  of  Mr.  J.  Booth's  Katherine,  and  Mr.  H.  Aylmer's  Phillis 
families,  but  probably  the  best  cow  of  the  lot  is  not  reached  until 
Pansy,  a  very  level  daughter  of  Pink  20th,  of  the  Broadmoor  Pye 
tribe  is  seen.  Two  fields  away  something  like  a  score  are  together, 
comprising  heifers  of  all  ages,  and  the  tribe  last  seen  are  first  at 
hand,  represented  by  two  half  sisters,  out  of  Cherry  Pye  2nd  ;  very 
pretty  is  Lady  Meysey  2nd,  the  produce  of  an  Old  Daisy  bull,  and 
a  cow  bought  at  Mrs.  Severne's  sale,  her  quality  and  hair  being 
excellent.  The  Sweet  Eoses,  originally  from  Mr.  Faulkner's,  have 
two  sisters  very  like  in  colour  by  Sir  John,  and  the  Katherines  have 


SHORTHORN    HERDS    OF    ENGLAND. 


one  of  the  five  daughters  left  by  Wallace,  as  well  as  a  strong  good 
like  heifer  in  Kate  Sybilla  5th,  sired  by  Baron  Dei  chain.  Gracious, 
with  her  daughters,  Grievous  and  Generous,  are  the  sole  specimens 
of  what  are  known  as  the  Graceful  tribe,  descended  from  a  cow  of 
that  name  bought  at  Baron  Rothchild's  sale.  The  Mason  blood, 
tracing  through  Xo.  54  Chilton  sale,  are  of  equal  number  —  half-a- 
dozen  —  with  the  Pyes  ;  and  the  Hoses  have  in  Jazel,  a  daughter  of 
Wallace,  and  Joyful,  bought  at  Mi-.  Laxton's  in  1876,  without  doubfc 
the  grandest  heifer  in  the  pasture,  she  is  a  deep-ribbed  lengthy  level 
heifer  with  great  substance  and  character  ;  and  Juno  is  from  a  half 
sister  to  Jazel,  but  by  >Sir  John. 

The  Aylesby  cattle  claim  the  most  attention  on  account  of  their 
long  connection  with  the  herd,  Mr.  Hawkes  having  many  years 
previous  to  the  great  sale  of  1875  been  a  buyer  of  both  males  and 
females,  the  earliest  being  Fawsley  Garland  5th,  and  her  daughter, 
Fawsley  Garland  6th.  The  name  has  since  been  continued  at 
Thenford,  and  the  Eleventh,  by  Mr.  Aylmer's  Harper  38407,  is  now 
the  oldest  of  the  four,  while  it  need  scarcely  be  added  that  the 
example  set  by  Mr.  To  IT  in  crossing  the  Knightleys  with  Booth  has 
been  followed  by  Mr.  Hawkes.  Only  two  years  previous  to  '75, 
Lady  John,  by  Mr.  T.  C.  Booth's  Lord  Blithe  22126,  from  Lady 
Thornton,  belonging  to  Mr.  Arbuthnot's  Sylphs  —  the  same  family 
which  produced  Lord  Lamech.  sold  for  560gs.  to  Mr.  J.  H.  Pickrell, 
and  considered  one  of  the  b^st  bulls  at  the  sale  —  was  obtained,  but 
Lady  Janet,  and  Lady  Judith,  are  unfortunately  the  only  two  which 
now  claim  her  for  ancestress.  After  Mr.  Hawkes'  previous  pur- 
chases, it  was  hardly  to  be  expected  when  the  entire  herd  were 
dispersed,  but  that  his  name  would  be  found  in  the  buyers  list,  and 
a  Flower,  and  \V,  were  then  obtained;  Foreign  Sultana,  a  very 
handsome  granddaughter  of  the  original  purchase,  after  nearly  four 
yoais  of  idleness  since  breeding  Foreign  Captive,  now  a  very  fine 
young  cow,  has  bred  a  bull  calf,  and  is  again  hoped  to  be  "safe" 
to  King  Edward.  Welfare,  the  only  W.  in  the  herd,  goes  back  not 
to  Waving,  bred  by  Mr.  Torr,  but  is  a  daughter  of  Wreath,  bought 
at  the  dispersion  of  the  Rev.  J.  X.  Micklethwait's  stock.  The 


244  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

milking  cows,  numbering  twenty,  include  some  very  fine  specimens 
of  dairy  shorthorns,  combining  size,  flesh,  and  milk,  especially 
prominent  are  the  three  sisters  and  two  Flowers,  already  noted; 
Pimpernel,  and  Filagree,  the  latter  the  only  daughter  left  of  Pair 
Thane.  Not  of  such  large  scale  are  Birthday,  a  very  stylish  little 
cow,  of  a  family  obtained  from  Mr.  Faulkner,  and  Hardy,  wonder- 
fully well  shaped  and  compact,  descended  from  Harmless,  bought  as 
already  mentioned  in  1858. 

East  Hadclon,  where  Mr.  J.  Cooper  began  a  small  herd  in  1878, 
by  the  purchase  of  some  J.  cows  and  a  bull  from  Mr.  J.  N.  Beasley, 
is  2|  miles  from  Althorp  Park,  and  at  the  present  time  this  tribe 
are  the  most  numerous  family  in  the  herd,  having  been  found  by 
Mr.  Cooper  to  be  both  good  milkers  and  quick  feeders.  Following 
Mr.  Beasley's  bulls  were  two  of  the  same  tribe  bred  at  Weston 
Park,  and  at  present  Royal  Duke  52032,  a  son  of  Grand  Duke 
34th  41642,  and  Lady  Louisa's  Duchess  10th,  of  a  fine  old  line  of 
blood,  is  in  service.  In  the  same  year  as  the  first  cow  was  purchased, 
Mr.  Bagshawe's  old  established  herd  was  dispersed ;  three  females 
were  then  obtained,  and  the  mating  of  these  animals,  and  their 
produce  with  the  bulls  already  mentioned,  has  answered  well.  Two 
of  the  Old  Daisys  bought  from  Mr.  C.  H.  Bassett,  have  multiplied 
into  half  a  dozen,  and  the  cows  are  possessed  of  large  frames  and 
good  udders.  The  herd  is  kept  in  a  natural  state,  the  cows  running 
out  winter  and  summer,  and  it  is  the  owner's  intention  to  have 
them  all  of  one  uniform  red  colour,  and  to  retain  their  present 
milking  properties. 

Catthorpe  Towers,  four  miles  from  Rugby,  is  only  just  within  the 
borders  of  the  county  of  Leicester,  and  Mr.  J.  P.  Cross,  following  Mr. 
Cooper's  example,  contemplates  having  a  herd  of  entirely  red 
shorthorns  from  his  purchases  at  the  dispersion  of  the  Althorp  and 
Killerby  herds,  and  a  fine  red  cow,  Joyful,  brought  from  Mr.  J.  Cooper, 
and  two  or  three  pedigree  animals  he  found  on  the  premises  after 
purchasing  the  estate  in  1880.  Mr.  Cross  first  used  Grand  Gwynne 
4th  41655,  bred  at  Elford,  who  has  left  a  number  of  very  fine  red 
cows  out  of  the  ordinary  stock ;  Lord  Shendish  Fawsley  3rd  53217, 


SHORTHORN    HERDS    OF    ENGLAND.  245 

and  Lord  Churchill  53142,  were  also  reds ;  and  James  53031,  bred 
by  Mr.  Cooper,  out  of  Joyful,  of  the  old  established  J.  family,  a 
straight  even  bull  of  the  same  fashionable  colour,  occupy  one  of  the 
two  commodious  boxes  erected  for  the  male  animals  at  the  Home 
Farm ;  as  the  result  of  using  these  sires  it  is  not  easy  to 
distinguish  the  17  calves  occupying  the  paddock  adjoining  the  yard, 
only  one  being  other  than  red  or  red  and  little  white.  The  build- 
ings are  substantially  constructed,  and  very  convenient  in  every 
respect,  the  only  regret  we  have  on  walking  through  them  is,  that 
it  is  not  within  the  means  of  all  landlords  to  build  such  a  handsome 
set  of  buildings  for  every  good  sized  farm. 

The  Catthorpe  Towers  herd  may  almost  be  said  to  be  a  continua- 
tion of  Earl  Spencer's,  as  eight  of  the  heifers  were  purchased  at  the 
Althorp  sale,  five  of  which,  known  as  the  Duchess  Sarahs,  descend 
from  Snowdrop,  purchased  by  Earl  Spencer  at  the  Tortworth  sale  of 
1853  for  120gs.  Fiom  Primrose,  a  very  fine  cow,  with  Mr. 
Longman's  Lord  Shendish  Fawsley  for  sire,  it  is  intended  to  lay 
the  foundation  of  a  family,  and  her  daughter,  Primrose  League,  by 
Lord  Churchill,  amongst  the  heifers,  is  likely  to  grow  into  as  good 
an  animal  as  her  dam.  Miss  Elford  Pearl,  a  wealthy  good  short- 
legged  sort,  is  considered  the  best  of  the  cows  ;  Joyful  (the  dam  of 
James),  was  a  private  purchase  from  Mr.  J.  Cooper;  and  Celia  6th, 
a  very  heavy  milker  was  bred  at  Coundon ;  Elegance  7th  and  Ele- 
gance 9th,  are  own  sisters,  tracing  to  No.  25  Chilton  sale ;  and 
Viscountess  Jersey  4th,  and  Duchess  Sarah  21st,  are  two  more 
daughters  of  Grand  Duke  35th,  hailing  from  Althorp.  Oi  the  four 
we  are  inclined  to  prefer  the  older  of  the  Elegance  sisters.  After 
a  long  walk  on  the  estate  and  seeing  some  useful  grazing  cattle,  we 
came  to  another  group  of  shorthorns,  consisting  of  three  Duchess 
Sarahs,  and  the  Killerby  Georgie  heifer,  Lady  Gwendoline,  the  last 
named,  is  looking  well,  and  failing  to  hold  to  the  service  given  at 
the  sale,  she  was  put  to  James,  to  which  sire  she  is  now  considered 
safe  in  calf. 

Thurmaston  Lodge,  three  miles  from  Leicester,  has  long  been 
associated  with  the  name  of  Mr.  T.  Allen  in  the  shorthorn  world. 


1:4')  SHORTHOKX  HERDS  OF  KNGLAXD. 

•ind  with  the  breed  of  sheep  for  which  tli3  coinitv  has  bien  so 
famous  amongst  flockmasters.  Naturally  dairying  has  been  the 
principal  object  of  Mr.  Allen  with  the  fast  increasing  county  town 
in  such  near  proximity  to  his  estate,  and  in  the  present  herd  the 
Kiiightley  blood  predominates,  while  it  is  intended  t^  use  the  home 
bred  Duke  of  Oxford  Charmer,  a  promising  well  fleshed  yearling, 
th'3  result  of  sending  the  Sweetheart  cow,  Sybil  3rd,  to  Duke  of 
Oxford  47th,  at  Beau  Manor,  the  dam  tracing  to  the  branch 
which  passed  through  Mr.  Gr.  M.  Tracy's  possession,  and  which 
were  sold  at  Edenbiidge  in  1870  at  an  average  of  ,£96.  The  sire 
recently  in  use  has  been  Baron  Minstrel  3rd  49083.  and  as  his  name 
betokens  h?  is  of  the  Minstrel  branch  of  the  Gwynnes — popular  in  the 
North  as  a  milking  family — and  bred  by  Mr.  Gr.  Ashburner,  out  of 
a  handsome  red  cow,  one  of  the  best  in  his  large  herd.  The  short- 
horns we  see  at  Thurmaston  Lodge  have  been  gathered  together 
since  the  dispersion  of  a  previous  herd  in  1874,  and  have  been 
selected  from  the  stocks  of  Messrs.  E.  H.  Cheney,  T.  H.  Bland, 
R.  Bottereill,  and  the  Rev.  C.  Marshall.  Our  attention  is  chiefly 
directed  to  the  27  dairy  cows,  both  with  and  without  pedigrees,  and 
somewhat  grievous  to  say,  a  beautiful  white,  which  has  come  out  of 
Lincolnshire,  beats  the  herd  book  cattle,  for  good  looks  and  useful- 
ness combined,  but  still  we  have  the  consolation  of  considering  that 
nothing  but  shorthorn  blood  could  have  produced  the  picture  before 
us,  and  that  if  her  ancestors  had  been  carefully  recorded,  we  should 
probably  find  her,  and  many  other  good  cows,  with  pedigrees  as 
good  as  a  great  many  animals  which  are  found  in  Coates'.  Empress 
of  Milcote,  bred  at  what  may  be  termed  the  home  of  the  Didos, 
does  not  disgrace  the  old  sort,  neither  does  Sibyl  3rd,  bred  by  Mr. 
R.  Betts,  who  purchased  her  grandam  at  Edenbridge,the  Sweethearts. 
Rosa,  an  aged  white,  with  a  well  filled  udder,  is  of  the  same 
foundation  as  the  Ribys,  but  lacks  the  passing  through  the 
hands  of  Mr.  Torr,  of  Aylesby,  to  render  her  fashionable  by 
receiving  top  crosses  of  Warlaby  blood,  yet  somewhat  noteworthy 
although  hailing  from  Ripley  Court,  her  sire  is  King  Tom  31521,  a 
son  of  Lord  Blithe,  and  Millicent.  Lady  Hylda  4th,  of  the  Furbe- 


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low  tribe,  is  by  Mi-.  Eose's  Bright  Jason  42832,  an  Aylesby  Bright 
with  the  Cherry  Duke  cross,  so  Lady  Hylda  2nd,  with  Lord  Oxford 
13th  for  sire,  will  probably  be  more  to  the  fancy  of  many  breeders. 
J.  Princess,  one  of  the  Waulby  purchases,  goes  back  to  Mr.  II. 
Ceiling's  Princess,  through  the  herd  of  Mr.  F.  Sartoris  in  more 
recent  years.  After  seeing  the  heifers  which  are  by  the  Minstrel 
bull,  out  of  the  cows  before  mentioned,  with  the  exception  of 
Thurlaston  Hyperia,  by  Duke  of  Oxford  47th,  out  of  Countess 
Hyperia,  we  spend  an  hour  or  two  very  pleasantly  with  the  owner 
walking  round  his  estate  seeing  the  flock,  and  lastly  some  very 
promising  cart  colts. 

At  Bardon  Hall,  about  10  miles  from  the  county  town,  Mr.  W.  T. 
Everard,  has  began  to  form  a  herd  of  Bates  cattle,  and  the  fashion- 
able Kirklevingtons  are  represented  by  Maplewell  4th,  a  giand- 
daughter  of  that  beautiful  Kirklevington  18th,  whose  portrait  adorns 
the  18th  volume  of  Coates' ;  she  was  bought  at  the  dispersion  of 
the  Countess  of  Stamford  and  Warrington's  small  herd  as  a  doubtful 
lot,  and  in  addition  to  having  had  Kirklevington  De  Yere,  a  promis- 
ing roan  young  bull,  by  Oxford  De  Yere  5th  48397,  she  is  now 
again  forward  in  calf  to  him  ;  it  is  not  every  breeder  who  has  the 
luck  to  acquire  a  Kirklevington  upon  the  terms  Mr.  Everard  has 
done,  and  it  is  only  to  be  hoped  she  may  lay  the  foundation  of  a 
family  worthy  of  the  name.  Princess  Morwydd,  sold  at  Millbeckstock 
under  a  month  old  for  40gs.  to  Mr.  Holford,  was  afterwards  sold 
by  him  for  360  to  Sir  H.  Allsopp,  Bait.,  at  \ihose  sale  she  was  claimed 
by  Mr.  Everard,  and  her  son,  Duke  of  Bardon,  is  to  be  used  along 
with  the  Kirklevington  for  the  heifers.  In  the  pasture  containing 
the  dairy  cows  we  have  a  useful  Red  Eose  from  Elrnhurst,  of  the 
same  branch  as  the  heifer  Mr.  Eox  exhibited  two  years  ago  ;  Lady 
of  the  Lake,  a  good  looking  roan,  bred  at  Bearwood,  and  victorious 
in  her  class  at  Birmingham,  when  bought  for  Bardon  ;  Countess  6th, 
of  the  Bell  Bates  Place  tribe,  has  bred  three  excellent  heifers,  and 
Dame  Buttercup,  a  red  and  little  white,  is  of  the  old  Yestris  family. 
In  the  buildings  we  find  Farewell  Duke  49573,  of  the  same  ancestry 
as  Dame  Buttercup,  has  been  used  for  the  dairy  cow?,  and  a  few  of 


248  SHORTHOHX  HKUDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

the  pedigree  cattle,  but  many  of  the  latter  have  been  sent  over  to 
the  Oxford  bull  at  Beau  Manor.  Two  calves  seen  under  cover  are 
from  the  Placi*,  and  Red  Rose  cow,  the  former  is  very  pretty,  and  of 
a  taking  colour.  The  heifers  comprise  the  truly  made  Countess 
Lucy,  out  of  Countess  6th,  considered  the  best  of  the  group ; 
Countess  of  Paris,  bought  at  Dingley  Grange,  and  by  the  Grand 
Duke  of  Waterloo  34077  :  and  last  but  not  least  impoi  tant  is  Duchess 
Carolina  5th,  a  well  bred  Craggs,  fiorn  Mr.  Fisher's. 

When  Mr.  Humphreys  took  over  the  management  of  the  Beau 
Manor  Estate  in  1850,  he  found  Bess,  said  to  have  been  bought  by 
Mr.  Dawson,  Whatton  House,  Loughborough,  from  Mr.  Parkinson, 
of  Ley  Fields,  and  afterwards  purchased  by  Mr.  Herrick  at  the 
Whatton  sale.  Mr.  Humphreys  never  saw  anv  pedigree  belonging 
to  her,  but  she  was  undeniably  a  thoroughly  well  bred  animal ;  she 
bred  at  Bsau  Manor  a  cow  calf  (also  called  Bess)  by  a  bull  bred  by 
Lord  Howe,  of  Gopsall,  and  understood  by  Mr.  Humphreys  to  have 
been  by  2nd  Duke  of  Oxford  9046  ;  from  this  origin  the  Bess  tribe 
of  the  Beau  Manor  herd  are  descended,  and  during  the  period  of  36 
years  which  has  elapsed  since  that  dite,  he  has  reared  a  most 
numerous  family  of  useful  large-framed  dairy-like  cattle  for  Mrs. 
Perry-Herrick,  the  present  owner,  although  occasionally  the  name 
of  Bess  has  been  substituted  by  some  other,  but  in  late  years  all  the 
female  produce  have  had  numerals  added  to  the  original,  until  83  is 
the  last  recorded  in  the  private  Herd  Book,  and  56  the  grand  total 
of  the  females. 

"We  have  the  pleasure  of  roaming  amongst  the  dairy  cattle  in  the 
park,  which  are  found  as  before  mentioned,  with  laige  frames,  and 
good  udders,  showing  the  excellent  results  of  using  shorthorn  bulls  to 
ordinary  cattle;  unfortunately  the  heifers  were  so  widely  scattered, 
that  the  time  at  our  disposal  would  not  permit  us  to  visit  them  ere 
returning  to  Loughborough,  but  if  their  sires  have  been  equal  to  the 
handsome  yearling,  Duke  of  Harrington  14th  52774,  bred  at  Holker, 
a  son  of  Grand  Duke  46th  49671,  and  Countess  of  Harrington  8th, 
purchased  to  assist  Oxford  de  Vere  5th  48397,  bred  by  the  Duke  of 
Manchester,  and  bought  for  IBOgs.  at  the  Sholebroke  sale,  previously 


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having  been  hired  for  service  in  Mr.  Oliver's  herd.  For  the  tenants 
on  the  estate,  Gay  Oxford  51294,  bred  at  Beau  Manor,  and  by 
Duke  of  Oxford  47th  41414,  out  of  Gay  lass  5th,  a  very  serviceable 
looking  animal,  is  retained.  When  Mr.  Humphreys  came  in  1850, 
he  found  in  service,  Gopsall,  whose  parentage  was  supposed  to  be  as 
previously  mentioned,  and  in  the  next  ten  years  the  following 
sires  followed  each  other,  viz.  Mr.  E.  Stokes'  Kingston  2nd  8368 ; 
Dusty  (a  son  of  Mr.  Bates'  Second  Duke  of  Oxford  9046),  Doctor, 
bred  at  Holker,  Salopian  39076  (a  son  of  Mr.  Bolden's  May  Duke 
13320),  whose  daughters  combined  the  two  great  essentials  of  milk 
and  flesh  in  an  especial  degree ;  and  Fancy  Boy  (by  The  Squire 
12217),  bred  at  Panton.  After  the  purchase  of  Zodiac  17628,  and 
Archduke  37738,  in  1860  and  1862,  a  decided  inclination  to  the  use 
of  males  containing  more  or  less  of  Bates  blood,  is  observed  by  the 
purchases  after  that  date.  Bidclenham  was  resorted  to  in  1864  and 
1867,  when  two  Gwynne  sons  of  Fifth  Grand  Duke  19875,  and 
Second  Duke  of  Thorndale  17748,  were  obtained ;  Gaddesby  next 
furnished  Duke  of  Magdala  28418,  of  the  Duchess  Nancy  tribe, 
and  Burghley,  Duke  of  Elvira  30950,  a  son  of  Mr.  Cheney's  Duke 
of  Geneva  9th  28391.  The  names  of  Fifth  Duke  of  Wellington 
33751,  LoidFizclarence  20th  38604,  Duke  of  Worcester  6th  43199, 
Duke  of  Oxfoid  47th  41414,  and  Hindlip  Prince  3rd  44940,  at  once 
bespeak  their  breeders  and  tribes  without  further  comment. 

The  Sandiacres  and  Fans  originate  from  two  cows,  daughters  of 
Mr.  Wilkinson's  Wondeiful  14022,  of  the  Zeal  tribe,  bought  fiom 
Sandiacie.  in  November,  1858,  and  their  descendants  curiously 
number  exactly  eight  each.  Cows  known  by  the  names  of  Red 
No  e,  Dinah,  and  Bi  asshorn,  were  purchased  at  the  Rev.  J.  Robinson's 
sale  at  Widnetpool  in  April,  1857,  and  their  offspring  have  since 
been  classified  into  the  Buttercup,  Azalia,  and  Gay  lass  families,  of 
which  by  far  the  most  numerous  are  the  Azalias.  Although  an 
outsider  might  wonder  that  Mr.  Humphreys,  when  he  has  purchased 
so  many  fashionable  bred  Bates  bulls  of  late,  did  not  also  acquire  an 
occasional  female  to  mate  with  them,  but  breeding  a  herd  of  good 
cattle,  and  trying  to  keep  them  up  to  the  standard  by  the  use  of 


250  S1IOHTIIORN    HERDS    OF    ENGLAND. 

males  of  high  lineage,  and  to  supply  bulls  to  the  neighbouring 
farmers,  has  ever  been  his  object,  yet  on  two  occasions  he  introduced 
fresh  families  by  the  purchase  of  Dolly  and  Cassandra,  of  Mr. 
Adkins'  Dido  tribe,  at  the  Papillon  Hall  sale  of  1878,  and  in  the 
following  year  the  dispersion  of  the  Gaddesby  herd  saw  Countess 
Ketura  and  Seraphina  Duchess,  taken  possession  of  by  the  Agent 
at  Beau  Manor;  the  Didos  have  multiplied  exceedingly,  of  the  later 
purchases  the  same  cannot  be  said,  but  we  must  not  fail  to  add  that 
the  latter  are  some  of  the  best  bred  Seraphinas  that  are  to  be  found 
in  this  country, 

The  flock  of  Leicesters  on  the  estate  is  considered  to  be  one  of 
the  purest  of  the  breed,  the  present  flock  has  had  its  record  kept  as 
that  of  the  cattle  since  1853,  when  a  ram  was  hired  from  Mr.  Stone 
of  Barrow-on-Soar,  and  ten  theaves  bought  from  Mr.  Bradshaw,  of 
the  same  village,  in  Leicester  Fair  :  the  following  year  a  shearling 
ram  came  from  Mr.  Stone's  successor,  and  in  1M52.  and  1863, 
Messrs.  Spencer  and  Cresswell  supplied  them  on  hire.  During  the 
next  ten  years,  rams  were  bought  from  Mr.  J.  N.  Buckley,  in 
1*7:!,  15  owes  and  2  rams  (No.  21 — S2gs.)  were  purchased  at  the 
Rev.  George  Inge's  sale,  in  1877  ten  Burgess  th eaves  were 
bought  at  Aylesby,  and  five  years  later,  twenty-nine  were  added  at 
the  dispersion  of  the  Eavenstone  flock,  while  rams  have  since  been 
hired  from  Messrs.  J.  E.  Singleton  and  T.  H.  Hutchinson,  and 
bought  from  Messrs.  J.  Borton,  W.  Brown,  11.  Harrison,  and  F.  J. 
Jordan. 

A  couple  of  miles  beyond  Beau  Manor  brings  us  to  Maplewell, 
where  Sir  W.  H.  Salt,  Bart.,  has  gathered  together  what  may  be 
termed  his  third  collection  of  shorthorns  ;  for  1870  witnessed  the 
dispersion  of  a  herd  singularly  unique  in  its  character,  as  the  thirty- 
two  females  sold  at  an  average  of  =£117  10s.  Dd.,  all  belonged  to  two 
tiilK's,  the  Blanches,  and  Gwynne.s.  Again  in  1881,  Mr.  Thornton 
WM  called  into  requisition,  on  the  removal  of  the  herd  from  New 
Parks  near  the  County  town,  to  its  present  home,  and  with  the 
exception  of  five  females  of  the  Princess  tribe,  and  an  Oxford  bull 
the  entire  herd  was  dispersed  at  £'40  per  head  less  than  the  previous 


SHOKTHORS  HERDS  OF  EN 0 LAND.  251 

sale,  although  composed  of  more  fashionable  materials,  bat  the  decline 
in  trade  had  set  in,  and  shorthorns  like  everything  else  had  to  give 
way  to  it.  The  Princesses  have  been  here  as  elsewhere,  great  bull 
breeders,  and  the  five  taken  to  Maplewell  in  1881,  are  now  repre- 
sented by  one  less  than  they  were  five  years  ago,  the  oldest,  Princess  of 
Maplewell  4th,  a  fine  looking  daughter  of  Duke  of  Gloucester  5th, 
and  Princess  of  Blythe,of  the  much  prized  highly  bred  English  branch, 
has  her  daughter,  Princess  of  Maplewell  7th,  by  Prince  of  Maplewell 
4th — a  son  of  Duke  of  Gloucester  5th,  and  Princess  7th,  bought 
at  Underley — along  in  the  same  pasture ;  having  had  a  calf 
when  only  just  over  two,  she  is  seen  under  very  unauspicious 
circumstances,  still  there  is  hope  for  the  tribe,  as  both  the  calves 
are  heifers,  from  mother  and  daughter  this  year,  their  sire  is  Fairy 
Duke  4(5334,  a  son  of  Duke  of  Oxford  32nd,  and  Dane  wort,  of  the 
highlybred  Fairy  branch,  of  the  Old  Daisy  tribe,  used  for  some 
time  by  Sir  W.  H.  Salt. 

With  the  exception  of  the  Princesses,  the  remainder  of  the 
females  have  been  purchased  during  the  present  and  past  year,  and 
include  two  grand  heavy  fleshed  massive  Surmise  cows  from  Pool 
Park,  the  older  Lady  Surmise  2nd,  having  cost  her  owner  four  guineas 
more  to  repurchase  when  seven  years  old,  than  what  he  sold  her  for 
when  a  month  over  two  years,  surely  a  gleam  of  hope  here  exists. 
Lady  Surmise  3rd  is  her  own  sister,  bred  at  Pool  Park,  the  dam 
having  been  bought  by  Mr.  R.  Blezard  in  calf  at  Maplewell ; 
this  family  were  much  admired  at  his  late  sale,  and  made  a  very 
satisfactory  average.  Maplewell  Darling  is  another  of  Duke  of 
Gloucester  5th's  daughters,  and  like  the  older  Surmise  journeyed 
forth  from  her  home  in  1881,  to  return  last  autumn;  she  is  of  the 
same  massive  proportions  as  the  Surmises,  and  there  can  be  no  doubt 
that  it  was  far  from  unwise  to  take  the  opportunity  of  securing  the 
mother  and  daughter, — the  latter  is  away  for  service  at  Beau  Manor, 
and  unfortunately  unseen  when  there  — when  it  presented  itself.  Sir 
Maplewell  Darling,  is  the  name  of  the  produce  of  Grand  Duke  31st, 
and  the  Darlington  cow  ;  he  is  a  deep  lengthy  light  roan  calf  with 
every  appearance  of  developing  into  a  good  bull,  and  it  is  the  owner's 


252  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  KNGLAND. 

intention  to  us^  him  in  his  herd.  Coral  Duchess  12th,  is  a  descendant 
of  Sir  Charles  Knightley's  Coral,  through  her  daughter,  Charming 
Girl,  and  was  bred  at  Brailes,  being  by  Duke  of  Harrington  13th, 
now  in  use  at  Holker ;  she  has  not  the  scale  of  some  of  the  other 
cows,  but  the  well  known  aptitude  of  the  Knightleys  for  milk  may 
have  had  something  to  do  with  this.  Duchess  Charlotte  7th.  a  very 
handsome  cow,  with  a  magnificent  bosom,  and  great  wealth  of  flesh, 
was  the  highest  priced  animal  at  the  dispersion  of  the  Althorp 
herd,  where  Duchess  Charlotte  10th  was  also  bought  for  Maple  well. 
Lady  Blanche  22nd,  a  pretty  arch  ribbed  light  roan,  from  Pool  Park, 
once  more  introduces  the  Blanches  into  the  herd.  In  addition  to 
the  Princess  calves,  we  have  a  roan  out  of  the  Coral  Duchess,  by 
Duke  of  Charmingland  37th,  and  a  pair  out  of  the  Duchess  Charlottes, 
prettily  and  appropiately  named  Maplewell  Masons,  the  older  a  very 
smart  calf,  and  the  best  of  the  five. 

Burghley,  one  of  the  few  herds  in  the  smallest  County  in 
England,  has  a  long  history  amongst  shorthorn  breeders,  it  having 
been  one  of  the  contributors  to  Mr.  Coates'  first  issue  of  the  herd 
book.  Fashion  never  reigned  supreme  at  Burghley,  but  included  in 
the  list  of  sires  used  by  the  several  noble  owners  through  whose 
possession  the  herd  has  passed  was  Fourth  Duke  of  Thorndale  17750, 
bought  in  1862  from  Mr.  E.  Hales  at  410gs.,  and  re-sold  in  1867 
at  30gs.  advance,  to  Col.  Gunter  for  the  Wetherby  herd.  During  the 
period  of  twelve  years  from  1868  to  1880  upwards  of  .£4,000  was 
won  in  prizes,  the  name  of  Telemachus  being  widely  known  through- 
out the  civilized  world,  he  and  his  sons  were  largely  used,  and  Sea 
Charmer  52119,  the  present  sire,  a  good  looking  young  bull,  out  of 
dice  2nd,  the  own  sister  to  the  "  great "  Telemachus,  has  attracted 
a  very  handsome  Oxford  cow  from  Kimbolton.  The  nineteenth  sale 
held  at  Bu:  ghley  since  1851  has  thinned  the  herd  to  small  proportions, 
but  the  families  which  have  been  connected  with  the  place  for  many 
years  have  representatives  contained  in  the  select  few  which  have 
been  retained.  Two  promising  heifers  are  Sea  Mist  and  Petrel,  great 
grand-daughters  of  Sea  Gull,  winner  of  the  £50  family  prize  at 
Kilburn  in  1879,  where  her  son,  Telemachus  9th,  carried  off  the 


SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND.  253 

.£100  Champion  for  the  best  male  of  the  breed.  The  G Wynnes  have 
a  roan  heifer,  out  of  Goosey  Gwynne,  who  has  the  blood  of  the 
Fourth  Duke  of  Thorndale  in  her  pedigree,  previous  to  reaching  old 
Betty  Gwynne,  bred  at  Blencow. 

From  Bmghley  we  travel  onwards  to  Oakham,  and  a  climb  of 
four  miles,  brings  us  to  the  highest  point  in  the  County,  and  at  The 
Hall  Farm,  Mr.  Willingham  Fowler,  after  rearing  one  herd,  composed 
largely  of  the  Dewdrops,  descended  from  stock  acquired  by  his  father, 
disposed  of  in  1875  at  the  excellent  average  of  f  >rty-seven  guineas, 
has  now  reared  a  second  one  composed  of  two  families,  but  as  it  is 
his  intention  to  dispose  of  the  W.'s,  it  will  soon  be  limited  to  the 
Zeals — now  about  forty  in  number — descended  through  the  old 
Lenton  stock  from  the  Lady  Maynards,  which  were  very  early  in 
great  repute,  and  the  original  cow  acquired  by  Mr.  C.  Colling  from 
Mr.  Maynarcl.  was  undoubtedly  the  main  scource  of  Mr.  Calling's 
success  as  a  breeder,  and  Mr.  liobert's  testimony  to  this  fact  cannot 
well  be  set  aside,  as  he  is  said  to  have  told  Mr.  Wiley  that  his  own 
and  his  brother's  cattle  were  never  better  than  those  of  other  breeders, 
until  they  bought  Mr.  Maynard's  two  cows,  and  Mr.  Bates  wrote,  that 
Mr.  Maynard  gave  him  a  long  pedigree  of  the  cow,  Favourite,  going 
back  to  the  time  of  the  murrain  in  1745.  With  Mr.  Wilkinson,  the 
Zeals  were  great  favourites,  and  at  his  sale  in  1854,  four  daughters 
of  Zeal  averaged  £95  5s.  ;  the  white  Phoenix,  making  165,  Zealous, 
130,  and  her  grandson  Splendid  (under  13  months),  110  guineas, 
respectively.  The  tribe  have  always  been  good  milkers,  and  bred 
freely,  and  in  Mr.  Fowler's  hands,  crossed  with  some  of  the  best 
Warlaby  sires,  will  probably  breed  some  good  stock,  although  the 
land  at  The  Hall  Farm  is  not  likely  to  force  them  at  an  early  stage, 
yet  it  being  healthy,  the  herd  will  undoubtedly  increase  quickly, 
perhaps  under  the  circumstances  a  little  more  time  given  to  growth 
before  the  heifers  produced  their  first  calf  would  be  desirable,  the 
owner's  practice  being  to  breed  from  them  at  two  years  old. 

Mr.  Fowler's  original  acquisition  was  Zeal  10th — whose  dam 
was  bred  at  Lenton — bought  at  Shobnall  Grange  in  1869,  she  produced 
12  calves  at  10  births,  and  their  prolific  tendencies  may  be  gathered 


254  SHOJITHOUX  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 


from  /cal  5Sth,  being  the  latest  arrival.  Regarding  Zeal  12th,  one 
of  the  da.ughl  ers  of  the  Shobnall  purchase,  a  curious  incident  occurred 
in  1ST!),  she  was  then,  with  several  other  cows,  including  .Flower  of 
York,  one  of  the  Aylesby  purchases,  which  had  unfortunately 
diseolated  her  hip  in  the  autumn  of  1877,  and  had  thus  become  so 
feeble  as  to  be  unable  to  rise  when  lying  down,  that  Mr.  Fowler  had 
given  orders  for  her  removal  from  the  field  to  be  slaughtered,  not 
being  about  when  the  butcher  arrived  to  take  her  away,  she  was 
axed  in  the  field,  on  July  15th,  the  other  cows  gathering  round  the 
dying  animal  ;  as  was  natural  the  owner  reproved  his  man  strongly 
for  allowing  this  to  be  done,  and  at  the  same  time  told  him  what  he 
feared  would  result,  viz  :  that  this  cow,  Zeal  12th,  being  of  so 
sympathetic  a  nature,  would  cast  her  calf.  On  August  24th  the 
cow  cast  her  calf,  as  Mr.  Fowler  had  predicted,  it  being  a  roan  bull, 
and  within  two  months  of  its  proper  period  of  gestation,  fully 
developed  for  its  months,  and  in  every  way  a  strong  healthy  looking 
calf,  but  having  a  hole  in  its  forehead  large  enough  to  contain  the 
ends  of  three  fingers,  and  having  three  distinct  rolls  of  what  appeared 
to  be  a  mixture  of  blood  and  brains,  hanging  down  from  the  hole  to 
nearly  the  nose,  being  altogether  the  fac-siraile  of  any  beast  axed  for 
slaughter.  With  these  facts  so  concisely  recorded  by  Mr.  Fowler, 
can  anvone  for  a  moment  have  any  doubt  about  the  "sympathy" 
doctrine,  and  need  it  be  added  that  the  cow  never  bred  again. 

Zeal  14th,  the  oldest  of  the  family,  is  by  Duke  of  Rutland  33726, 
a  combination  of  Knightley,  and  Bates  blood,  and  the  sire  in  use  at 
the  time  of  Mr.  Fowler's  sale,  but  in  the  same  month,  he  had  been 
one  of  the  numerous  company  at  Aylesby,  and  had  purchased 
Burghley  36296,  out  of  Bright  Baroness,  along  with  three  heifers, 
the  former  was  extensively  used  to  the  Zeals,  except  when  Knave  of 
Trumps  46566,  was  bought  from  Mr.  Pears,  and  a  little  inbreeding 
has  been  tried  by  the  owner,  he  has  had  a  share  in  the  Killerby 
males  hired  by  his  neighbour,  Mr.  Finder,  and  now  joins  him  in  the 
hire  of  Wallace  48879,  from  Warlaby.  The  Thirty-fourth,  a 
daughter  of  the  Fourteenth,  grazes  along  side  of  her,  her  sire,  Knave 
of  Trumps  46566,  was  bred  at  Hackthorne,  of  the  same  family  as 


SlIOKTHORN1    HERDS    OF    ENGLAND. 

the  better  known  Attractive  Lord,  The  Nineteenth.  Twenry-fourth, 
and  Twenty-fifth,  are  all  Burghley's  daughters,  with  perhaps  the 
Nineteenth  as  the  best  of  the  trio,  and  in  the  Thiity-third  we  have 
the  result  of  Zulu  King  47310, — a  young  Zeal  bull — being  put  to  a 
daughter  of  Burghley.  Water  King  47278,  a  home-bred  son  of  one 
of  the  Aylesby  purchases,  has  effected  a  great  improvement,  the 
Twenty-fourth,  and  her  produce  are  of  great  promise.  Returning 
to  the  buildings,  we  find  all  the  calves  are  by  Prince  Stuart  45421, 
and  a  very  stylish  dark  red  out  of  the  Nineteenth  is  the  most  to  our 
fancy.  Mr.  Fouler  having  some  pastures  a  couple  of  miles  distant, 
we  mount  behind  an  excellent  little  pony,  over  30  yeais  of  age, 
which  also  cariies  us  safely  over  to  Whitwell  next  morning.  Here 
the  cows  and  heifers  are  all  hoped  to  be  in  calf,  and  as  is  to  be 
expected  in  better  bloom  than  the  dairy  cows.  Duke  of  Rutland  is 
the  sire  of  a  large  roomy  roan,  and  "Water  King  has  maintained  his 
merit  as  a  .-ire.  by  having  again  the  best  animal  in  the  field  to  his 
credit,  in  the  handsome  white  Twenty-ninth.  AA^ater  Flag  (the  dam 
of  Water  King),  is  in  company  with  her  daughter  and  grand-daughter, 
but  although  AVater  Fern,  by  Mr.  Pindei's  Mantalini  bull,  Loid  Erie 
.  is  a  fine  lengthy  level  cow,  yet  there  is  not  the  same  character 
displayed  as  in  the  older  matron,  while  the  youngest  by  the  Killerby 
M.  C.  31  >'^,  does  not  yet  show  signs  of  eclipsing  either  dam  or 
grand-dam  in  merit. 

Three  miles  from  Mr.  AV.  Fo\vler's  we  find  the  home  of  one  of 
the  choicest  bred  Booth  herds  in  the  kingdom,  belonging  to  Mr.  R. 
Pinder,  bred  from  purchases  made  in  1873,  and  1876,  from  Lady 
Pigot,  eailier  ones  were  made  from  the  same  breeder,  but  gradually 
the  families  have  been  reduced  to  three,  but  as  one  of  these  (of  really 
good  old  blood  tracing  back  to  Mr.  Mark  S.  Stewart's  stock),  is  also 
to  be  "•  cleared"  out,  our  attention  is  chiefly  devoted  to  the  two  noted 
tribes  that  are  to  be  the  occupants  of  the  Whitwell  pastures.  Dame 
Prudence,  and  her  heifer,"  Dame  Prim,  by  the  Bracelet  bull  Con- 
stellation 28243,  were  the  purchases  of  the  Farewell  tribe  in  J  -74. 
and  although  Lady  Pigot  retained  females  of  this  branch  there  are 
how  no  other  specimens  in  the  Kingdom,  except  those  posse-s^d  by 


256  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

Mr.  Finder;  they  are  the  most  line  bred  of  any  of  the  Farewells, 
and  likewise  are  the  Mantalinis  at  "Whitwell,  yefc  from  the  purchase 
of  a  cow  and  heifer  in  1873,  and  a  cow  in.  1876,  are  descended  fifteen, 
and  eighteen  female  descendants.  According  to  certain  individuals  in 
this  country,  it  should  be  about  time  for  the  tribes  to  have  gradually 
died  out,  especially  when  the  close  breeding  of  Lady  Pigot's  sires  at 
Branches  Park  is  considered,  and  Mr.  Pinder's  first  male  used  to  the 
Farewells,  vvas  Fiery  Star  33914,  a  son  of  Opoponax,  out  of  a  Bythis 
cow,  both  the  mother  and  daughter  were  in  calf  to  these  bulls  when 
they  came  to  AYhitwell,  Dame  Hope,  and  Dame  Prude  being  the 
result,  instead  of  the  Dames,  and  Victorias  (the  style  of  names  used 
by  Lady  Pigot,  are  still  continued  by  Mr.  Pincler,  and  it  may  almost 
be  considered  a  second  Branches  herd)  decreasing,  they  have  multi- 
plied exceedingly.  In  a  great  measure  we  have  no  doubt,  owing  to 
the  natural  breeding  state  the  cows  and  heifers  are  reared,  and  after- 
wards treated  by  the  owner,  in  reality  they  take  the  place  of 
ordinary  cross  bred  cattle,  and  if  the  possessors  of  all  line  bred 
animals  would  treat  them  not  as  mere  toys,  but  as  useful  dairy  and 
flesh  forming  cattle,  to  be  reared  for  the  improvement  of  both 
English  and  Foreign  herds,  as  there  can  be  no  doubt  that  the  purest 
bred  tribes  leaves  the  greatest  trace  behind  them  of  the  good 
properties  of  the  family,  as  witness  the  influence  of  the  Warlaby 
and  Duchess  sires  in  bygone  days. 

Victoria  Pulcherrima,  the  original  purchase,  has  departed,  and 
left  five  daughters  to  mourn  her  ^ss.  All  have  proved  heifer 
breeders,  the  oldest,  Victoria  La  Belle,  having  had  the  very  hand- 
some Victoria  La  Bonne,  to  the  Aylesby  Burghley  36296  ;  Victoria 
La  Grande,  and  Victoria  Matchless,  promising  young  cows,  to  M. 
C.  31898.  The  second  daughter  of  Victoria  Pulcherrima,  has  had 
the  white  Victoria  La  Blanche,  and  the  roan  Victoria  Beautiful,  by 
the  same  Killerby  sire.  The  third,  Victoria  Eubra,  has  bred  one  of 
the  very  best  of  the  heifers  to  King  of  Trumps  31512,  in  addition  to 
two  other  daughters.  The  fourth,  Victoria  Fulva,  is  both  lengthy 
and  level,  and  the  last,  Victoria  Graceful,  has  not  long  had  her  first 
born.  Daine  Prim,  thirteen  years  of  age,  and  the  mother  of  a  dozen 


SHOKTIIOHN  HKRDS  OF  ENGLAND.  257 

Farewells  of  both  sexes,  is  a  handsome  cow  of  large  scale,  possessing 
considerable  dairy  properties,  and  has  four  heifers  in  the  herd. 
Dame  Pride  has  bred  nothing  but  males,  while  her  older  sister,  Dame 
Lively  has  had  three  of  the  opposite  sex,  Dames  Frolic,  Gambol,  and 
Gaily.  The  rightly  named  Dame  Graceful,  is  the  youngest  of  the 
five,  excepting  the  red  calf.  Dame  Prudence,  after  coming  to  Whitwell , 
bred  but  two  heifers,  but  from  the  younger,  Dame  Mary,  by  Lady 
Pigot's  Eoyal  Warrior  354-15,  we  only  find  descendants ;  her  daughter, 
Dame  Durden,  is  the  same  good  sort  as  Dame  Prim;  and  her  produce, 
Dame  Mischief,  has  bred  Nonsuch,  the  highest  priced  lot  at  the  last 
Lincoln  sale.  Dame  Frisk,  a  well  ribbed  young  cow,  with  nice  head 
and  horn  is  half  sister  to  Dame  Mischief,  and  the  dam  of  Valiant,  a 
lengthy  straight  youngster.  Lastly  we  have  Wallace  48899  (a  son  of 
Eoyal  Stuart  40646,  and  Winifred),  the  first  Warlaby  sire  that  has 
been  hired  by  Messrs.  Fowler  and  Pinder,  he  is  a  bull  of  large  scale 
and  great  substance,  and  will  doubtless  help  the  Farewells  and 
Mantalinis,to  retain  their  apparently  present  sound  constitutions,  but 
an  accident  to  his  shoulder  detracts  greatly  from  his  appearance. 
Previously  M.  G.  31398,  King  of  Trumps  31512  and  Prince  Stuart 
45421,  had  been  hired  from  Killerby,  betwixt  the  use  of  Burghley, 
and  Wallace's  arrival. 


CHAPTER  X. 

The   Nottinghamshire    Herds. — Ruddington    Hall. — Spring    Hill.— 

Otsbertun  Hall. — Hcaddon    Manor. — Clipstone   Park. — Ossington. — 

Derbyshire    Herds. — Stancliffe. — Sydnope   Hall. — Hasland    Hall. — 

Cambridgeshire  Herds. — Linton. — Littleport. — Alwalton. 

Four  miles  from  the  lace  capital  is  Euddington  Hall,  the 
residence  of  Mr.  Philo  L.  Mills^  whose  name  has  been  by  no  means 
an  unfrequent  one  amongst  the  list  of  purchases  during  the  last  three 
or  four  years,  although  it  is  really  nine  years  ago  since  Mr.  Mills 
first  began  breeding  at  Wilford.  It  was  not  until  he  removed  to 
Euddington  that  he  had  sufficient  accommodation  for  a  fair  sized 


258  SHORTHORN  HKRDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

herd,  and  certainly  the  buildings  he  has  erected  are  highly  finished, 
and  worth  an  inspection,  especially  what  is  known  as  Easthorpe  barn  ; 
this  building  is  105  feet,  by  72,  and  has  a  spacious  "  cellarage  "  to 
accommodate  roots,  and  silage,  while  the  chaffing  and  pulping  is  also 
done  down  below.  The  first  floor  is  arranged  for  a  granary,  the  loft 
over  the  same  containing  the  hay  and  straw.  On  the  right  of  the 
granary  floor  are  five  bull  boxes,  with  small  open  yards  attached 
thereto,  and  on  the  left  is  a  lean-to  with  standing  for  eighteen  head 
of  cattle.  Both  the  bulls  and  cows  are  fed  f rom  shoots  on  the  main 
floor  (a small  tramway  has  naturally  been  laid  for  greater  convenience), 
where  also  are  windows  enabling  the  owner  to  have  a  quiet  stroll 
under  cover  on  a  wet  day,  and  thus  see  the  larger  part  of  his  herd 
without  disturbing  them.  This  handsome  looking  building  is  sur- 
rounded by  a  large  yard,  with  an  open  shed,  25  feet  span,  a  range  of 
loose  boxes,  calf  houses,  boiler  house,  &c.  The  buildings  are  capable 
of  holding  sixty  head  of  cattle,  while  the  hay  when  secured  is  placed 
in  Dutch  barns. 

The  first  purchase  made  for  what  is  now  the  Ruddington  herd 
was  Blanche  8th,  bred  at  Maplewell,  a  massive  thick  cow,  with  what 
the  owner  terms  an  iron  constitution  ;  she  has  bred  regularly,  and  is 
still  to  be  seen,  although  passed  her  twelfth  year.  One  of  her  first 
produce,  Lady  Blanchette,  by  Mr.  R.  E.  Oliver's  Grand  Duke  27th, 
is  a  cow  of  great  merit,  far  surpassing  her  dam  for  style,  she  has 
followed  the  old  cow's  good  example  in  breeding  well,  so  that  now 
the  Blanches  are  the  most  numerous  family  at  Ruddington.  The 
younger  members  by  their  names,  Oxford  Blanches,  and  Rosedale 
Blanches,  denote  the  breeding  of  their  sires,  two  of  the  oldest 
heifers  we  learn  have  since  found  a  purchaser  with  several  others  to 
go  to  South  America.  The  most  important  purchase  was  made  by 
Mr.  Mills,  when  Grand  Duchess  of  Oxford  34th  was  bought  atHolker, 
she  is  lengthy  and  well  formed,  with  a  beautiful  head  and  horn,  but 
her  hindquarters  are  getting  "  cushioned  "  like  so  many  of  the  elder 
Grand  Duchesses  of  Oxford  we  have  seen  on  the  shores  of  Morecambe 
Bay,  as  the  owner  has  not  had  the  best  of  luck  with  her  progeny, 
we  welcome  the  news  of  the  arrival  of  Oxford  Duke  of  Rosedale. 


SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND.  259 

Nothing  daunted  by  the  ill  success  with  his  first  Oxford,  the  dispersion 
of  the  Rowfant  herd  saw  Mr.  Mills  again  a  purchaser  of  the  tribe  in 
the  shape  of  Viscountess  Oxford  5th,  of  the  much  coveted  Lady 
Oxford  branch,  already  the  owner  is  rewarded  for  his  venture  with 
a  red  cow  calf,  sired  by  his  Duke  of  Rosedale  19th  49479,  and  the 
cross  appears  to  have  suited,  from  the  appearance  of  the  young 
Oxford.  Dowager  3rd,  bred  at  Berkeley,  was  passed  on  to  Underley, 
and  there  bought  for  ITOgs.,  her  first  calf  after  winning  second  at 
the  Yorkshire  Meeting,  has  already  found  a  purchaser  to  go  out  of 
the  country ;  the  new  arrival,  a  red  heifer,  is  to  be  named  Dowager 
of  Connaught,  and  with  such  a  beautiful  type  of  a  shorthorn  for  its 
mother,  something  very  sweet  and  pretty  may  be  expected  if  she 
takes  after  the  example  of  her  older  sisters  seen  at  Underley. 
Darlington  Duchess  5th,  accompanied  Dowager  3rd,  from  West- 
morland, and  Duchess  Darlington  7th,  was  bought  as  long  ago  as 
Mr.  Loder's  sale,  previously  she  had  been  a  winner  at  the  Oxfordshire 
Meeting.  From  Whittlebury,  Grand  Duchess  Acomb  4th,  a  very 
purely  bred  specimen  and  the  best  of  the  tribe — in  fact  we  never 
observe  Mr.  Mills  a  bidder  at  anything  except  about  the  best  of  the 
family — came  in  company  with  the  last  mentioned  Darlington,  while 
Woodside  furnished  a  very  handsome  young  cow  in  Lady  Oxford 
Rosy,  a  grand-daughter  of  Mr.  Sartoris'  Polythorn.  The  only  other 
Knightleys  are  the  Furbelows,  Knightley  Queen,  Lally  Queen,  and 
Rosedale  Queen,  mother  and  daughters ;  the  heifers  are  pretty,  and 
the  cow  apparently  an  excellent  breeder,  was  obtained  at  Uffington, 
where  the  dark  red  Duchess  Wetherby  Waterloo,  the  dam  of  Oxford 
Wetherby  Waterloo,  an  excellent  calf  so  far  as  present  appearances 
must  decide,  and  Baroness  Wild  Eyes  2nd,  as  well  as  a  couple  of 
Craggs  were  obtained,  one  thing  noticeable  amongst  the  Uffington 
purchases  are  their  milk  giving  capacities.  Sweetheart  47th,  a 
pretty  red  two  year  old  had  come  from  Audley  End,  with  Sweetheart 
45th,  the  latter  being  intended  for  the  dairy  farm,  which  is  quite 
separate  from  the  shorthorn  establishment  on  the  estate,  and  from 
whence  sixty  gallons  of  milk  are  supplied  daily  to  Nottingham. 
Thorndale  Rose  22nd,  the  405  guinea  purchase  at  Lord  Braybrooke's, 


260  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

is  the  only  cow  of  note  not  mentioned.  It  seems  all  sufficient  to  say- 
she  had  Duke  of  Con  naught  for  sire ;  at  the  Audley  End  sale,  her 
yearling  son,  Duke  of  Eosedale  19th  49479,  a  handsome  red,  very 
straight  and  wide  on  his  top,  deep  in  his  flank,  and  good  in  his  thigh, 
with  plenty  of  substance,  and  fine  masculine  head  and  horn,  was 
greatly  admired,  and  he  now  reigns  at  Euddington,  although  after 
the  Sandringham  representative  was  beaten  off,  Mr.  B.  L.  Barrow  was 
the  actual  purchaser,  but  the  negotiations  between  him  and  Mr. 
Mills  induced  the  former  to  transfer  him  at  300gs.  to  the  bujer  of 
his  dam.  Duke  of  Oxford  59th  46261,  came  as  a  young  calf  from 
Holker  with  the  Oxford  cow,  he  is  nearly  five  years  old,  a  good  dark 
and  a  massive  sappy  bull,  and  the  sire  of  a  lot  of  stylish  young  stock. 
The  herd  numbers  between  forty  and  fifty  head,  with  every  promise 
of  continuing  to  increase.  The  herbage  is  apparently  well  suited  for 
pedigree  stock,  and  every  care  will  be  taken  of  them  by  the  owner 
and  his  herdsman,  many  of  the  pastures  containing  useful  sheds,  in 
addition  to  the  excellent  accommodation  already  noted  at  the  main 
homestead. 

The  name  of  Mr.  Richard  Gibson  is  probably  better  known  to 
breeders  than  his  brother,  Mr.  A.  S.  Gibson,  of  Spring  Hill,  near  to 
Bulwell,  but  the  latter  is  quietly  gathering  the  nucleus  of  a  good 
herd  together,  not  many  miles  across  country  from  Euddington. 
Hey  do  n  Eose  13th,  a  wealthy  young  cow,  came  from  Audley  End, 
and  has  since  had  a  red  cow  calf,  by  Mr.  Titley's  Oxford  King  51814. 
Devon  Princess  Gwynne,  a  fine  old  white  of  the  Eougholm  branch, 
was  bred  at  Pilton.  Another  good  cow  is  Tregunter's  Farewell, 
with  thiee  Wetherby  Duke  crosses  upon  Col.  Townley's  Frederick's 
Farewell,  of  the  Vestris  tribe ;  a  daughter  and  grand-daughter,  by 
Major  Chaffey's  Wild  Duke  of  Eosedale  2nd  48948,  are  in  the  same 
pasture.  Mr.  Gibson's  show  cow,  Queen  of  Stroxton,  is  unable  to 
be  seen  as  she  is  away  for  service  at  Limber  Magna.  Waterloo 
Count  4th,  of  the  highest  bred  branch  of  the  Waterloos,  hailing  from 
Harewoods,  reigns  at  the  head  of  the  Spring  Hill  herd,  included  in 
which  is  an  attractive  Thorndale  Eose  heifer,  hailing  from  Audley 
End,  like  the  Heydon  Eose. 


SHORTHORN    HERDS    OF    EXGLA.ND.  261 

With  but  three  months  hardly  elapsed  since  one  half  of  a  herd 
has  been  dispersed,  it  is  usually  not  seen  at  its  best,  but  little 
difference  is  made  to  the  character  of  Mr.  F.  J.  S.  Foljambe's 
Osberton  herd,  as  when  he  offered  the  public  his  thirty  seven  females 
in  May,  the  majority  were  of  but  four  tribes,  the  Cressidas  being 
offered  in  their  entirety.  The  Farewells  with  the  Cambridge  Duke  4th 
cross;  Brights  of  Aylesby  fame:  and  Sweethearts,  were  all  dispersed, 
excepting  half-a-dozen.  Osberton,  has  been  known  for  its  shorthorns 
many  years,  but  the  present  collection  were  founded  on  the  purchase 
of  three  specimens  of  the  Sweetheart  tribe  at  Edenbridge  in  1 870,  and 
two  cows  and  three  calves  retained  from  the  dispersion  of  the  late 
Mr.  G.  S.  Foljambe's  stock  in  1870.  After  using  Knight  of  the 
Bath  26546,  the  Royal  winner  at  Leicester  and  Manchester,  re- 
tained from  the  old  herd,  Killerby  was  resorted  to,  and  Titan  35805, 
hired  from  Mr.  John  B.  Booth.  Warlaby  afterwards  supplied  Sir 
Andrew  42387,  and  Prince  Albert  Victor  40479  ;  at  the  same  time 
the  home  bred  Bright  Helm  44455,  and  Mr.  H.  Aylmer's  Lord  Remus 
46699,  were  in  service.  Riby  King  48575,  from  the  1,200  guinea 
Riby  Marchioness,  had  been  hired  from  Artfert  previous  to  the  sale, 
and  we  now  find  another  Irish  bred  bull  in  residence,  when  in 
commencing  our  tour  of  the  cattle  we  are  taken  to  the  males  as  a 
preliminary.  Bright  Prince  49191,  a  neat  bull  of  excellent  quality, 
is  out  of  the  own  sister  to  the  better  known  Bright  Helm,  and  Caesar 
Augustus  50941,  a  red  son  of  Lord  Provost  46697,  is  from  one  .of 
Mr.  Welsted's  Booth  crossed  Cowslips,  having  three  Warlaby  and 
a  Mantalini  cross  on  this  good  old  blood,  he  is  a  compact  fleshy  good 
coloured  bull,  likely  to  keep  the  markings  fashionable,  as  in  the  list 
of  sires  used  by  Mr.  Foljambe  since  1870,  we  find  no  trace  of  a  red 
having  been  in  service. 

Exhibiting  has  been  carried  on  in  connection  with  the  Osberton 
herd,  both  as  regards  what  are  known  as  breeding  shows,  and  the 
fat  stock  ones.  Second  in  the  family  class  at  the  Yorkshire  Meeting 
at  Selby  was  won  with  Circassian  Slave,  and  her  three  heifers,  and 
when  the  Royal  held  its  Meeting  at  York  a  third  was  obtained  for 
the  Cressida  cow  bought  at  Storrs,  and  her  three  dau^hiei  s.  Mnnv 


2f>2  SHORTHORN    HERDS    OP    ENGLAND. 

other  single  prizes  have  been  gained  from  time  to  time,  but  we 
consider  that  far  greater  value  should  be  attached  to  family  and  group 
prizes,  than  is  at  present  done  by  the  Royal  and  County  Societies,  if, 
excepting  one  or  two,  their  prize  lists  are  any  criterion  ;  an  individual 
may  piodnce  a  single  good  animal  by  accident,  but  it  takes  a  breeder 
to  produce  a  good  family.  As  Queen  Esther  and  her  half-sister, 
My  rah,  are  the  only  two  left  of  either  of  the  show  families,  we  will 
give  them  first  notice,  the  former  a  grand  heifer,  first  as  a  yearling  at 
the  Yorkshire,  had  to  be  withdrawn  from  the  sale  through  an  accident, 
but  it  will  be  long  ere  the  younger  sister  has  the  good  points  of 
Queen  Esther.  Pauline  27th,  the  youngest  of  the  half  dozen  bought 
at  Mr.  How's  sale  in  May,  1885,  is  the  first  female  seen  ;  out  of  the 
eight  offered  on  that  occasion,  excepting  two,  all  came  to  Osberton, 
in  the  future  they  will  take  rank  as  one  of  the  leading  families. 
Paulines  17th,  21st,  23rd,  and  24th,  are  a  fine  lot  of  cows,  worthy 
the  foundation  of  any  leading  tribe.  Bright  Pixie,  is  a  promising 
calf  by  Mr.  Welsted's  bull,  from  Bright  Fairy,  the  hopes  of  the  famous 
Aylesby  Brights  being  now  centred  in  this  heifer  and  her  mother. 
The  Sweethearts  are  restricted  to  a  Caesar  Augustus  calf  and  its  dam, 
a  very  neat  young  cow,  and  Sweetheart  50th,  a  daughter  of  Riby 
King  and  one  of  the  cows  sold  at  the  sale.  The  Farewells  retained, 
were  all  minus  the  Bates  cross  excepting  October  Rose,  considered 
to  be  rather  doubtful,  but  now  believed  to  be  in  calf.  The  three 
half-sisters,  Winter  Rose,  Perpetual  Rose,  and  Easter  Rose,  with 
the  two  daughters  of  the  oldest,  a  well  bred  group  of  Farewells, 
coming  into  Mr.  Foljambe's  possession  at  Mr.  Lynn's  sale,  through 
the  purchase  of  Clematis,  when  passed  her  fifteenth  year,  she  after- 
wards bred  three  calves,  the  youngest,  Autumn  Rose,  by  the  Killerby 
M.  P.  29398,  is  the  dam  of  the  three  sisters.  Mr.  Foljambe  has 
obtained  a  branch  of  the  tribe  which  when  better  known  will  be 
enquired  after,  as  Clematis,  although  by  Earl  Howe's  Sir  John  12084, 
was  out  of  Farewell's  daughter,  Clementina,  and  consequently  they 
are  of  one  of  the  choicest  branches  of  this  numerous  and  popular 
tribe.  May  Morning  and  May  Pole,  are  the  only  pair  left  of  a 
Mason  family  that  ha/ve  been  at  Osberton  several  generations. 


SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND.  263 

Pysche,  another  Mason,  but  tracing  to  No.  13,  Chilton  sale  has  had 
Perdita,  since  coming  from  Acton  Burnell.  The  short  pure  Booths 
are  well  represented  by  Madrigal,  a  good  arch  ribbed  cow,  and  the 
Georgie,  Proud  Maisie,  from  the  banks  of  the  Kibble,  the  latter's 
calf,  Proud  Monarch,  is  looked  forward  to  being  of  future  assistance 
to  Caesar  Augustus  and  Bright  Prince.  The  cows  are  a  grand  lot, 
including  the  four  Paulines  already  mentioned,  but  one  of  the  best 
is  not  before  us  until  Wave  Echo,  the  205  guinea  Barmoor  heifer  is 
reached,  she  is  very  level,  and  will  grow  into  a  handsome  cow  worthy 
of  the  best  of  her  tribe.  Lady  of  the  Mead,  a  beautiful  crossed 
Booth  on  Mason,  is  also  of  Mr.  Meade-Waldo's  breeding,  and  her 
yearling  daughter,  Lady  of  the  Locket,  is  very  pretty,  but  of  hardly 
sufficient  size. 

Four  miles  on  the  opposite  side  of  Retford  to  Osberton  is  The 
Grove,  and  Mr.  F.  W.  Park,  the  owner  of  the  herd  of  shorthorns 
and  shires,  first  began  breeding  the  "  red  white  and  roan "  by 
purchasing  Girdle,  a  Knightley  Walnut,  from  Mr.  Gerald  Barton. 
Shortly  afterwards  Carperby  was  visited,  when  Bridal  Wreath,  and 
Windsor's  Red  Eose,  as  the  result  came  southwards,  and  the 
Carperby  Roses  have  been  very  prolific,  more  than  compensating  for 
the  absence  of  descendants  from  Bridal  Wreath.  Rosy,  by  the 
Aylesby  Fair  Thane  31127,  from  Windsor's  Red  Rose,  is  the  fiist 
of  the  herd  that  we  are  shown ;  she  shows  nice  character,  but  has 
not  the  great  scale  and  substance  of  her  younger  half  sister. 
Highland  Rose,  also  by  an  Aylesby  bred  sire,  and  this  time  none 
other  than  the  much  admired  700  guinea  calf,  Balmoral  30151, 
bought  by  the  Rev.  J.  N.  Micklethwait,  sold  for  505gs.  after  his 
owner's  death  to  go  to  Lethenty ;  it  was  when  in  Norfolk  that 
Mr.  Park  sent  several  cows  to  him,  and  Highland  Rose  and  Aylesby 
Walnut — a  red  and  little  white  cow  seen  on  returning  to  The 
Grove — are  excellent  rewards  for  the  trouble.  Fawsley  Gem,  the 
last  of  the  two,  is  a  combination  of  the  Walnut  and  Carperby  Rose 
families,  having  Balmoral  as  grandsire  on  both  dam  and  sire's  side. 
Knight  of  St.  John  53093.  a  red  and  white  yearling  son  of  Mina, 
is  running  with  half  a  dozen  Rose  heifers,  a  Walnut,  and  a  W.  : 


204  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  KNOLAXD. 

excepting  one,  all  are  of  King  Ludovie's  get,  he  was  also  out  of  a 
Royal  Benedict  cow,  and  was  hired  from  Warlaby  by  Mr.  Park,  who 
had  previously  had  King  Roderick  44999,  from  the  headquarters 
of  Booth  breeders.  Our  favourite  is  the  rightly  named  Queen  of 
the  Roses,  from  White  Rose.  Bright  Rose,  Rosey  Morn,  and 
Rose,  are  from  half  sisters  to  White  Rose,  and  form  a  pretty  group 
as  they  stand  quietly  together  on  a  slight  eminence,  as  it  were 
desiring  admiration.  Driving  to  a  distant  homestead  of  Mr.  Park's, 
Midland  Rose,  a  young  King  Roderick  cow,  from  Highland  Rose, 
is  of  quite  the  Warlaby  type,  and  in  her  companionship  is  Straw- 
berry Duchess  17th,  from  West  Dereham,  which  has  recently  had  a 
cow  calf  taking  after  the  colour  of  its  sire,  King  Ludovic.  Return- 
ing to  The  Grove,  there  is  the  capital  red  and  white  Walnut  already 
mentioned  ;  Weal  Fancy,  a  Fair  Thane  cow,  out  of  the  Aylesby  pur- 
chase :  the  half  sisters,  M.  P.'s  Rose  of  the  Hills,  not  too  large 
but  well  put  together,  and  White  Rose,  the  mother  of  the  heifers 
previously  seen.  Headdon  Manor,  a  few  miles  distant,  will  in  the 
future  be  known  as  the  home  of  The  Grove  herd  and  stud,  as  well 
as  their  owner,  Mr.  Park,  who  has  since  acquired  what  he  considers 
a  most  suitable  holding  for  this  purpose. 

Clipstone  in  the  past,  has  been  as  unfamiliar  a  name  as  an  abode 
of  cattle  eligible  for  Coates',  to  shorthorn  ears,  as  His  Grace  the 
Duke  of  Portland  has  been  as  a  breeder  of  them,  but  under  the 
management  of  Mr.  H.  Woods,  both  are  likely  to  attain  a  reputation 
amongst  future  generations.  Welbeck,  as  naturally  might  be  supposed 
is  however  not  the  home  of  the  herd,  but  its  location  is  at  the 
Clipstone  Park  and  Newlands  Farms,  eight  miles  from  the  Abbey, 
and  four  from  Mansfield.  About  2,000  acres  are  in  hand  around 
Clipstone,  where  Mr.  Woods  resides,  and  2,000  at  Welbeck,  both 
being  however  under  his  management.  The  shorthorns  in  so  large 
a  concern  have  not  the  undivided  attention  they  enjoy  at  many 
places,  but  since  1878  when  the  first  purchases  were  made  something 
like  249  prizes  and  commendations  have  been  won,  so  it  is  evident 
the  energetic  manager  takes  considerable  interest  in  them,  as  extra- 
vagant prices  have  never  been  paid  for  females  so  it  is  clearly 


SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND.  2C5 

through  good  judgement,  and  judicious  management,  that  the  present 
success  of  the  herd  has  been  attained.  A  ten  minutes  walk  from 
Cavendish  Lodge  across  regular  burnt  up  pastures  brings  us  to  half- 
a-dozen  cows.  Network,  a  grand-daughter  of  the  famous  Telemachus, 
is  the  first  to  greet  us,  with  her  full  deep  bosom,  and  grand  wide 
loin.  Lady  Siddington,  with  the  Rev.  P.  Graham's  Baron  Turncroft 
Siddington  37823,  for  sire,  is  a  lengthy  good  cow  showing  plenty  of 
size,  and  has  proved  herself  a  good  breeder,  Lady  Ottoline,  the 
Reserve  at  both  the  recent  Newcastle  and  York  Meetings,  and  Lady 
Montague,  a  last  year's  winner,  being  from  her.  Queen  of  the 
Cressidas  2nd,  a  roan  with  beautiful  shoulders,  is  of  the  Warlaby 
Farewell  tribe,  through  Farewell's  grand-daughter  Cressida.  Then 
we  have  what  in  the  height  of  her  fame  must  have  been  a  very  handsome 
cow,  as  her  shapely  forequarters  testify,  this  is  Georgina  2nd, 
thirteen  years  old  in  December, bred  by  Sir  George  Woomb well, Bart, 
and  one  of  the  first  purchases  made  for  the  herd  at  the  end  of  1878, 
she  has  been  an  excellent  breeder,  and  the  name  of  Georgina  has  of 
late  been  pretty  familiar  to  frequenters  of  show  yards,  her  three 
daughters  having  followed  the  example  of  their  dam  by  all  beina: 
prize  winners.  Vesper  Bell,  and  Vesper  Bell  2nd,  as  their  names 
imply,  stand  in  the  relation  of  mother  and  daughter  to  each  other, 
but  no  guide  to  the  good  old  family — Mr.  Ben  Wilson's  Certaintys — 
they  belong,  can  be  gathered,  by  either  the  experienced  or  inexper- 
ienced. Milk  seems  to  be  tlae  forte  of  the  Vesper  Belles  rather  than 
flesh  forming  qualities,  a  white  daughter  of  the  younger  cow  is  the 
first  to  be  pointed  out  in  another  paddock,  where  eight  matrons  are 
gathered  together,  and  hares  are  even  more  plentiful  than  shorthorns 
in  the  by  no  means  extensive  enclosure.  Medina,  one  of  the  oldest 
of  Grand  Ruth's  daughters,  is  an  excellent  four  year  old,  well 
girthed,  very  straight  on  her  top,  ribs  nicely  arched,  and  her  shoulders 
do  not  appear  as  if  added  to  her  carcase  after  being  made,  as  we 
once  heard  a  gentleman  remark  of  a  certain  famous  bull  in  the  days 
of  old,  when  contemplating  his  picture.  Georgina  3rd,  a  wonderfully 
pretty  cow,  carries  herself  in  queenly  style,  but  she  lacks  length  like 
her  son,  Sir  Gerald,  the  Yorkshire  winner,  Harmony,  a  straight 


266  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OE  ENGLAND. 

useful  cow,  is  better  adapted  for  the  pail  than  her  younger  half- 
sister  Melina,  which  is  also  understood  to  be  a  good  dairy  cow,  und 
another  good  looking  daughter  of  Grand  Ruth's  is  Victoria  2nd, 
tracing  many  generations  ago  to  Mr.  Booth's  Bright  Eyes,  exhibited 
four  times  in  1884,  she  was  placed  at  the  head  of  her  class  on  every 
occasion,  so  it  is  sufficient  to  say  she  lacks  not  the  size  of  the 
exhibits  sent  forth  from  Clipstone.  Ruby  Rose  2nd,  deep  framed 
and  well  ribbed,  with  Mr.  Lythall's  Paragon  40440,  for  sire,  has 
more  Bates  blood  in  her  veins  than  any  of  the  families  in  the  herd, 
Oxford  Rose  10th, her  dam  having  been  bred  by  Sir  W.  G.  Armstrong, 
and  tracing  to  Col.  Gunter's  Oxford  Rose.  In  the  intervening 
pasture,  are  Lady  Montague  and  Network  4th,  half-sisters,  the  latter 
a  grand  dark  roan  is  worthy  of  her  sire,  and  the  family  originally 
obtained  from  Mr.  C.  W.  Griffin. 

Returning  to  Clipstone,  we  are  soon  on  the  way  to  Newlands, 
about  two  miles  distant,  crops  are  by  no  means  abundant,  the  want 
of  rain  not  having  suited  the  sandy  soils  bordering  on  Sherwood 
Forest,  500  lambs  in  one  pasture  look  well — the  flock  numbers 
between  5,000  and  6,000  of  all  ages — in  the  absence  of  even  a 
moderate  quantity  of  herbage.  The  buildings  when  reached  are 
found  snugly  situate  in  a  valley  almost  bordering  on  the  Forest, 
where  a  nice  lot  of  Shropshire  ewes  are  running  on  some  of  the  low 
marshy  ground  in  the  days,  here  at  any  rate  there  appears  some 
symptoms  of  natural  green  food.  Queen  of  the  Cressidas,  the  matron 
of  the  herd,  holds  quite  a  levee  in  the  yard  with  her  daughters  and 
grand-daughter  surrounding  hsr,  and  her  last  born,  a  white,  is  in  a 
box  close  at  hand,  inclined  to  be  more  leggy  than  her  like  coloured 
companions  out  of  Lady  Emily, — a  cow  that  is  intended  to  be  sold, 
so  not  mentioned — and  Georgina  4th,  but  it  is  intimated  that  several 
of  the  family  have  been  so  inclined  in  their  younger  days,  but  after- 
wards grow  in  the  right  direction,  no  one  can  find  fault  with  the 
grand  old  cow  in  this  respect,  she  first  attracted  the  notice  of  Mr. 
Wood's  uncle — who  had  the  management  of  the  Osberton  herd — 
at  the  Childwick  Hall  sale,  where  he  was  Mr.  Budding's  opponent, 
and  when  the  Panton  cattle  came  into  the  market,  he  secured  her  for 


SHOKTHORN    HEKDS    OF    EiNGLAND.  267 

Clipstone.  Queen  of  the  Cressidas  3rd,  a  very  handsome  roan, 
stands  alongside  her  dam,  no  doubt  Mr.  Woods  had  good  reason  for 
withholding  her  from  the  Show  Yard  this  season,  otherwise  if  she  had 
been  sent  forth  to  champion  the  herd  in  the  place  of  Lady  Ottoline, 
we  consider  that  Mr.  Hutchinson's  cows  would  have  found  a  stronger 
opponent.  The  next  member  of  the  family  is  a  white  of  splendid 
quality  out  of  the  oldest  daughter  of  Mr.  Fawcett's  cow,  but  she 
will  never  attain  the  grandeur  possessed  by  Queen  of  the  Cressidas. 
Concert,  one  of  the  deepest  milkers  in  the  herd,  not  individually  so 
good  looking  as  the  Farewells,  has  bred  two  prize  winning  bulls  and 
Lady  Craven — winner  at  both  the  Lincolnshire  and  Notts  Meetings, 
but  unfortunately  just  too  old  to  compete  in  the  calf  class  at  the 
Yorkshire — quite  the  most  promising  heifer  Mr.  Woods  has  in  hand 
for  next  season,  if  she  retains  her  present  evenness  she  will  want  a 
lot  of  beating.  Ruby  Rose,  own  sister  to  the  already  mentioned 
Ruby  Rose  2nd,  a  short  legged  breeding  like  cow,  was  the  mother  of 
Sir  Redvers,  the  highest  priced  of  the  young  bulls  sent  to  Bingley 
Hall  in  March,  and  Sir  Stafford,  a  first  prize  bull  at  the  Lincoln 
sale  of  1886,  as  well  as  making  the  second  highest  figure  in  the  Ox 
yard.  Network  2nd,  has  the  same  graceful  head  and  horn  as  the 
old  cow,  resembling  her  also  in  other  respects,  but  the  daughter 
stands  on  shorter  legs ;  then  the  younger  sister,  Network  3rd,  comes 
forward  to  show  her  good  qualities.  Walking  through  the  calf  pens, 
the  latest  arrival  is  out  of  Lady  Lonsdale,  forty-eight  hours  old. 
A  roan,  full  brother  to  Sir  Redvers,  appears  likely  for  sustaining 
Ruby  Rose's  reputation  as  a  bull  breeder.  The  white  heifers  have 
already  been  mentioned,  except  we  must  add  that  Georgina  4th's  is 
considered  the  best.  After  seeing  Lady  Craven,  the  red  Georgina 
6th,  very  attractive  and  stylish,  is  before  us,  and  then  in  turn  we 
have  the  rest  of  the  show  cattle  brought  forth,  and  quite  a  County 
Meeting  is  held  on  a  piece  of  well  trimmed  turf,  near  the  buildings, 
Vesper  Bell  7th,  Harmonia,  and  Network  5th,  are  the  first  heifers 
of  Wanderer's  get,  the  Certainty  lacks  the  great  flesh  forming 
properties  of  the  Clipstone  exhibits;  Harmonia,  in  worse  company 
would  have  been  noted  as  "  good,"  but  Network  5th  wins  with 


268  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

much  more  than  a  "neck"  to  spare;  she  ran  Mr.  Thompson's 
Inglewood  Gem  right  closely  at  York  for  premier  honours,  and  will 
be  heard  of  again  in  coming  years.  Then  the  two  year  olds 
are  brought  forward,  Georgina  5th,  a  wonderfully  massive 
heifer,  and  the  biggest  in  her  class  at  Newcastle,  making  with 
Ranby  Rose  2nd, — another  of  the  same  substantial  stamp,  deep 
before,  well  covered  over  the  crops,  and  wide  across  the  loins, — the 
pair  exhibited  during  the  past  season,  a  credit  to  any  breeder  who 
mated  the  sire  and  dams  that  produced  them.  Lady  Lonsdale,  of 
the  same  family  as  Lady  Craven,  is  of  excellent  quality,  with  a 
wonderfully  good  front,  and  although  not  four  till  October  has  had 
her  second  live  calf,  so  even  exhibiting  and  breeding  apparently  go 
together  when  under  good  management.  Georgina  4th — own  sister 
to  Georgina  5th — although  not  shown  this  season,  is  quite  in  fit 
order  to  enter  the  lists  ;  her  shape  is  not  so  perfect  as  that  of  her 
younger  sister,  as  she  is  deficient  in  her  hindquarters  like  several  of 
Grand  Ruth's  daughters,  but  the  Booth  blood  introduced  through 
Wanderer  appears  likely  to  effect  an  improvement  in  this  respect. 
Lady  Ottoline,  a  ladylike  lengthy  light  roan,  is  as  already  mentioned 
not  the  equal  of  Queen  of  the  Cressidas  3rd.  With  Elvina,  a 
handsome  large  red  and  white — the  second  prize  heifer  at  the  York 
Royal,  where  she  met  with  an  accident  to  her  hocks  when  shunting 
on  her  return  journey — and  her  promising  little  calf  by  Sir  Gerald, 
we  conclude  the  female  portion  of  the  herd.  Grand  Ruth  43469, 
bought  at  Bingley  Hall  in  1882  when  highly  commended  in  a  large 
class,  has  been  successful  not  only  as  a  sire,  but  in  the  show  yards, 
where  he  was  placed  second  at  York  in  1883,  and  only  last  autumn 
he  managed  to  separate  Mr.  Handley's  two  bulls  at  Sheffield.  Many 
breeders  have  admired  the  fine  handsome  white,  and  now  his  son, 
Sir  Gerald,  out  of  Georgina  3rd,  will  come  in  for  a  share  of  the 
admiration  bestowed  on  his  sire,  although  the  latter  is  still  at 
Newlands,  but  the  work  of  maintaining  the  credit  of  the  stock 
sires  during  the  present  season  has  been  left  to  his  son,  who  from 
gradually  rising  from  third  place  at  the  Yorkshire  in  1885,  to 
second  at  their  next  meeting,  has  now  advanced  to  not  only  the 


SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

first  in  his  class,  but  Reserve  for  the  Championship  ;  he  is  a  short 
legged  massive  bull  of  good  quality,  and  will  probably  mate  well 
with  the  majority  of  the  Clipstone  cows  as  they  are  possessed  of 
immense  size,  while  in  this  point  he  is  found  wanting.  Wanderer 
50622,  the  third  sire,  was  bred  by  Messrs.  Mitchell,  at  Alloa,  and 
belongs  to  the  Aylesby  W.  tribe,  being  sired  by  the  Warlaby  Eoyal 
Studley  45548,  from  Weal  Branch,  a  grand-daughter  of  Weal  Graft, 
bought  at  the  dispersion  of  the  late  Mr.  Torr's  cattle.  He  is  a  rich 
roan,  full  of  quality,  and  of  masculine  appearance,  with  shoulders 
sloping  well  back  into  a  thick  chine. 

The  Ossington  herd  although  founded  many  years  ago,  was 
destroyed  at  the  time  of  the  cattle  plague  in  1866,  excepting  Coburg 
19466,  bred  at  Holker,  the  sire  then  in  service.  The  late  Lord 
Ossington,  not  disheartened  by  the  loss  he  had  sustained  almost 
immediately  began  visiting  many  of  the  leading  herds  with  Mr.  T. 
Camm  (the  present  manager  of  the  seventy  head  of  pedigree  cattle, 
belonging  to  Viscountess  Ossington),  while  the  latter  went  in  for 
both  quality  and  beauty  of  outline,  he  never  lost  sight  of  thb  milking 
properties  of  the  animals  to  be  purchased,  as  the  herd — which 
excepting  the  sire  in  use  have  all  been  bred  on  the  farm — had  to  be 
treated  as  a  general  purpose  or  milk  producing  one.  In  the  autumn 
of  1868,  when  Mr.  Camm  attended  the  first  of  Mr.  Stiles  Eich's 
sales  at  Didmarton,  he  visited  Mr.  Thompson's  little  herd  at 
Badminton  on  the  following  day,  and  found  Duke  of  Hazlecote  25969, 
a  very  promising  youngster  on  hire  from  Kingscote,  which  he 
eventually  purchased,  as  well  as  five  cows  and  heifers  from  Mr. 
Thompson,  the  decendants  of  two  of  them  have  multiplied  exceedingly, 
and  the  Coquettes  and  Clotildes,  are  very  numerous,  the  former  are 
of  the  same  descent  as  the  once  high  priced  G-azelles,  and  the  latter 
trace  to  the  old  Strickland  blood  well  known  in  Gloucestershire. 
In  1871,  the  most  important  purchases  were  made,  Duke  of  Oxford 
21st  30999,  being  bought  at  Holker,  he  turned  out  exceedingly 
well,  and  was  the  principal  stock  sire  for  ten  years,  his  sons  from 
various  families,  year  after  year  serving  the  heifers  and  he  the  cows, 
thus  naturally  with  so  much  close  breeding,  a  strong  family  resem- 


270  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

blance  pervades  the  herd.  Excepting  when  Pretty  Maid  3rd  (a 
daughter  of  Duke  of  Oxford  21st),  was  sent  to  Mr.  Holford's 
Grand  Duke  23rd  34036,  and  the  produce,  Sherwood  Chieftain 
39088,  used  in  the  herd,  no  fresh  blood  was  introduced  until 
1883,  when  Baron  Oxford  17th  49091,  was  bought  at  the  last 
Holker  sale,  and  he  still  reigns  at  Ossington,  having  developed 
into  a  good  masculine  like  animal,  and  proved  a  good  stock 
getter,  he  is  assisted  by  young  home  bred  males  when  required, 
so  it  is  evident  Mr.  Camm  intends  to  show  his  visitors  animals  of  a 
still  mo^e  uniform  type  in  future  years.  If  many  other  breeders 
would  thus  go  in  for  breeding  with  certain  defined  objects  in  view, 
it  would  not  tend  to  deteriorate  the  shorthorn  breed.  The  Blanches 
came  with  the  first  Oxford  bull  from  Holker,  and  the  original 
purchase  bred  a  couple  of  sires  for  the  herd.  In  the  same  year, 
Pretty  Maid,  Admiration,  and  Baby,  came  from  the  prize  winning 
herd  at  Pan  ton,  and  descendants  are  now  found  from  each  of  them 
at  Ossington,  while  the  Amelias,  a  good  dairy  family,  originated 
from  Coleby  Hall.  Seven  young  cows  and  heifers,  purchased  from 
the  late  Mr.  Isaac  Sharpley,  of  Colcethorpe,  near  Louth,  out  of  a 
well  bred  herd  of  cattle,  but  with  only  short  recorded  pedigrees, 
have  like  many  more  of  the  same  class  proved  themselves  a 
rent  paying  sort.  The  breeding  of  serviceable  young  bulls  is  one  of 
the  main  objects  of  the  herd,  for  which  Mr.  Camm  states  he  has  a 
steady  and  regular  demand,  very  few  having  to  be  sold  in  public, 
although  the  only  calf  sent  to  the  last  Lincoln  Bull  sale  carried  off 
first  honours. 

The  owner  of  the  Stancliffe  herd  has  a  name  known  far  outside 
the  quiet  Derbyshire  Dale,  where  he  has  begun  a  comparatively  new 
herd  during  the  past  three  or  four  years  under  the  management  of 
Mr.  Dawson.  A  successful  sale  was  held  in  1873,  when  Mr.  Strafford 
made  nearly  fifty-five  guineas  of  the  fifty-three  head.  Afterwards 
several  purchases  were  made  at  Graddesby,  and  Holker,  but  their 
descendants  are  restricted  to  a  promising  young  Cleopatra  cow ;  and 
her  yearling  son,  a  good  looking  animal,  is  intended  to  cross  the 
Oxford  heifer  recently  bought  at  Langleybury,  which  if  fortunate 


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should  prove  a  great  bargain,  as  for  so  good  and  highly  bred  a 
heifer  she  was  one  of  the  cheapest  Oxfords  sold  for  some  time.  It  is 
hardly  possible  that  the  use  of  so  highly  bred  a  bull  as  Oxford's 
Coriolanus,  can  lessen  the  value  of  the  tribe  in  the  future  when  we 
hear  so  much  of  fresh  innovation  of  blood  wanted  in  many  of  the 
leading  tribes,  but  the  public  are  not  yet  disposed  to  pay  for  a 
breeder's  experiments  in  this  direction,  unless  they  are  accompanied 
by  success.  Certainly  the  Cleopatras  occupisd  a  place  in  the  Holker 
herd  for  many  years,  which  adds  to  their  prestige,  but  they  have 
never  risen  to  be  so  fashionable  as  their  breeding  merits.  Oxford's 
Coriolanus,  after  having  Duke  of  Oxford  61st  for  sire,  has  for 
grandsire,  a  Waterloo  bred  at  Stancliffe,  followed  by  those  illus- 
trious names,  5th  Duke  of  Wetherby,  4th  Baron  Oxford,  Grand 
Duke  10th,  and  Lord  Oxford,  in  direct  succession,  the  rest  of  the 
males  having  some  of  the  best  blood  in  earlier  years  in  their  veins. 

The  Preston  Hall  and  Wateringbury  sales  in  the  summer  of  1884, 
supplied  no  less  than  five  incalf  cows  and  heifers,  which  now  form 
the  greater  part  of  the  little  herd  in  Darley  Dale.  Havering  Lily 
15th,  represents  the  Lady  Valiants  formerly  in  the  present  owner's 
possession.  Havering  Ruby  2nd,  and  Havering  Gwynne  9th,  have 
each  had  a  nice  heifer  to  Duke  of  Cornwall  3rd  44665,  the  former 
one  of  the  best  in  the  field  will  grow  into  a  very  handsome  cow. 
Countess  13th  came  with  Bracelet  30th  from  Wateringbury,  the 
Charmer  has  had  a  couple  of  heifers  named  Stancliffe  Charmers, 
one  by  Messrs.  Leney's  Duchess  bull,  and  the  other  by  Duke  of 
Oxford  61st,  used  previously  to  the  purchase  of  Duke  of  Ormskirk 
6th,  a  highly  bred  pure  Duke  of  Lord  Lathom's.  Red  Rose  of 
Hindlip  15th,  a  grand-daughter  of  the  imported  Red  Rose  of  Tweedale, 
is  hardly  so  even  as  Stancliffe  Ruby ;  and  lastly,  Duchess  of  Cleve- 
land 3rd,  a  handsome  grand-daughter  of  Maid  of  Lorn,  sold  in  1873 
for  215gs.  to  Mr.  W.  Ashburner,  was  bought  at  Hindlip  for  a  little 
more  than  one  third  the  money. 

In  passing  the  churchyard  at  Darley,  when  driving  down  the 
Dale  from  Stancliffe,  we  are  pointed  out  a  magnificent  yew,  one  of 
the  oldest  in  the  country— said  to  be  from  1200  to  2000  year* 


272  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

giowth — if  not  also  the  largest.  Climbing  upwards,  a  couple  of 
miles  brings  us  to  Sydnope  Hall,  where  unfortunately,  Mr.  B. 
Langdale  Barrow,  the  owner  of  both  the  estate  and  a  choice  herd  of 
shorthorns,  has  been  called  away  to  London.  In  wandering  round 
the  pastures,  situate  at  a  height  of  800  feet  above  sea  level,  we  have 
the  guidance  of  the  herdsman,  William  Ward — a  son  of  the  Ward 
whose  figure  twenty  years  ago  in  the  show  ring  was  almost  sufficient 
to  assure  the  rest  of  the  competitors  that  no  blue  ribbon  awaited 
them — well  versed  in  the  names  and  history  of  the  animals.  It  is 
necessary  that  cattle  reared  on  the  Derbyshire  hills  must  possess 
both  hair  and  constitution,  and  on  the  advice  of  one  well  known  in 
shorthorn  circles,  and  also  on  account  of  their  breeding,  Mr.  Barrow 
attended  the  memorable  "  Old  Daisy  "  sale  held  in  1879,  at  Pencraig 
Court,  when  half  the  herds  belonging  to  the  Rev.  W.  Holt  Beever 
and  Mr.  J.  A.  Rolls,  made  an  average  of  within  a  couple  of  shillings 
of  100  guineas  for  the  36  cows  and  heifers.  The  purchases  made 
consisted  of  Mercia  2nd,  and  Early  Morn  ;  Royal  Bijou,  and  Royal 
Bijou  3rd,  own  sisters,  by  Mr.  Foster's  Royal  Cumberland  27358  ; 
and  a  two  months  calf,  out  of  Charming  Blush,  bought  by  Lord 
Fitzhardinge  the  same  day  for  350.  Naturally  a  sire  is  quite  as 
important  as  buying  good  females,  arid  22nd  Duke  of  Oxford  31000, 
was  selected  after  several  years  service  at  Killhow,  whence  followed 
50th  Duke  of  Oxford  43121,  and  then  in  place  of  buying  Holker 
bred  bulls  from  other  breeders,  Mr.  Barrow  went  straight  to  the 
fountain  head,  and  bought  llfh  Duke  of  Barrington  44652,  which 
has  left  some  nice  young  cows  behind  him.  While  purchasing  such 
well  bred  sires,  Mr.  Barrow  had  not  neglected  buying  occasional 
highly  bred  females,  specially  must  be  noted  his  purchase  of  Violet, 
at  the  dispersion  of  the  Graddesby  herd,  and  Banewort,  privately 
from  Mr.  J.  H.  Blundell.  Both  were  bred  by  Archdeacon  Holbech, 
and  were  two  of  the  half  dozen  of  the  Fairy  branch  of  the  Old 
Daisies  that  averaged  ^£194  5s.  at  his  sale  in  1877.  Mr.  Barrow  is 
justly  provd  of  the  breeding  of  this  particular  branch.  Old  Daisy, 
the  dam  of  Fairy  and  Strawberry, — whose  descendants  are  knewn 
at  Sydnope  as  Fairy  Duchesses  and  Strawberry  Duchesses — was 


SKORTKOKN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND.  273 

privately    purchased    by    Mr.    Hustler  from  Mr.   Charles    Colling 
previous  to  his  sale  in  1810,  and  reputed  to  have  given  thirty-two 
quarts  of  milk  per  day.     Her  daughters,  Fairy  and  Strawberry,  gave 
the  names  to  the  two  branches,  Mr.  Bates  buying  the  former,  which 
was  sired  by  the  own  brother  to  the  Duchess  heifer  he  bought  from 
Mr,  C.  Colling,         Fairy  was  afterwards  mated  to  Mr.  R   Colling's 
Meteor  431  (also  a  son  of  Comet  155).  and  produced  White  Rose, 
bought  by  Mr.  Claridge,  of  Jerveaux  Abbey,  in  calf  to  Acklam  713, 
(a  grandson  of  Comet  155),  while  his  pedigree  is  otherwisef  uil  of  good 
blood.      Rosebud  was  the  name  of  the  calf,  and  she  produced  Rosa 
to  Mr.  Clariclge's  Norman  1276,  he  also,  like  Acklam,  was  a  grand- 
son of  the  famous  Comet  155,  on  the  d.im's  side,  and  only  a  degree 
further  on  the  sire's.       The  next  cross,  Lisbon  1172,  was  bred  at 
Jerveaux    Abbey,  out  of    Fairy's    daughter,   White    Rose;    Royal 
Prince  5924,  exceedingly  full  of  Princess  blood  succeeded  him,  and 
the  heifer  calf  became  known  as  Wild  Rose,  she  being  served  in  due 
time  with    Mr.  Bates'  Duke  of  Richmond  7996,  the   first  direct 
Duchess  sire  introduced  since  Old  Daisy  had  been  bred  to  Mr.  C. 
Colling's  Duke  226,     Zadig  8796,  the  next  sire  in  the  pedigree,  was 
bred  by  Earl  Spencer,  and  descended  like  Usurer,  from  Mr.  Mason's 
blood,  used  by  Earl  Ducie,  at  Tort  worth,  to  re-invigorate  the  Duchesses. 
When  at  Farnborough,  Archdeacon    ITolbech  added  nothing   but 
Bates  blood,  1 1th  Duke  of  Oxford  19632  and  Earl  of  Chatham  28495 
(a  "pure"  Lally  out  of  the  4th  Duke  of  Oxford  cow),  being  the 
grand-sire  and  sire  of  Danewort,  now  in  her  llth  year  suckling  a 
beautiful  roan  cow  calf,  the  very  last  that  is  to  arrive  to  that  noble 
sire,  Duke  of  Connaught  33604.     Danewort  upholds  the  reputation 
of  the  original  Old  Daisy,  by  giving  after  calving  over  twenty  quarts 
per  diem  from  three  quarters,  and  at  ten  months — more  than  half 
gone  in  calf — she  was  giving  ten  quarts.     Daisy  Duchess,  the  oldest 
daughter,  bred  at  Woodside,  has  hitherto  only  had  a  couple  of  bulls, 
and    Fairy  Duchess    7th,  Dane  wort's   first  heifer    at    Sydnope,  is 
somewhat  noticeable  on  account  of  her  gaudily  marked  hind  legs. 
Violet,  the  youngest  of  the  Farnboiough  "half  dozen,"  apparently 
enjoys  the  healthy  breezes  of  the  Derbyshire  hills,  as  she  is  looking 


274  SHORTHORN  HERBS  OF  ENGLAND. 

remarkably  well,  and  has  bred  half-a-dozen  calves  for  Mr.  Barrow, 
three  of  which  have  been  Fairy  Duchesses,  and  a  fourth  heifer, 
Grlo'ster  Daisy,  naturally  the  oldest  of  the  quartette,  has  developed 
into  a  handsome  cow,  and  bred  the  first  of  the  new  tribal  name  at 
Sydnope  to  1 1th  Duke  of  Birrington.  Fairy  Duchess  4th  (a  daughter 
of  Violet),  one  of  a  pair  with  a  pasture  to  themselves,  is  thought 
more  highly  of  than  her  companion,  Strawberry  Duchess  2nd,  and 
has  an  own  sister  in  the  Eighth,  while  the  jYinth — by  Fairy  Duke 
3rd,  a  son  of  Danewort — is  a  good  strong  backed  calf  showing  none 
thc3  worse  for  the  "double"  cross.  The  Eleventh,  the  result  of 
sending  the  Fourth  to  Grand  Duke  46th  4967 J,  is  of  considerable 
promise.  Dahlia  Daisy,  a  very  handsome  daughter  of  20th  Duke  of 
Oxford  28342,  from  the  much  admired  Dahlia — sold  at  Farnborough 
for  300gs. — was  bought  by  Mr.  Barrow  at  the  last  sale  held  by  Mr. 
Rolls.  The  Strawberries  are  limited  to  a  trio,  consisting  of  Royal 
Bijou  3rd  ;  Oxford  Bijou,  a  good  looking  cow,  highly  commended  in 
a  class  of  forty-two  entries  at  the  Reading  Royal ;  and  the  latter's  red 
heifer,  Strawberry  Duchess  2nd,  seen  in  company  with  the  red  Fairy 
Duchess  previously  alluded  to. 

The  Thorndale  Roses  have  been  purchased  with  a  view  to 
crossing  the  Old  Daisies.  Thorndale  Rose  6th,  a  grand  old  cow  was 
bought  at  Audley  End,  but  it  is  scarcely  probable  Mr.  Barrow  will  be  so 
fortunate  as  to  secure  another  calf  from  her,  she  having  had  one  son 
since  coming  into  Derbyshire,  hardly  so  promising  as  Knight  of 
Rosedale,  the  roan  calf  bought  at  Hindlip,  out  of  the  beautiful 
Thorndale  Rose  7th,  now  grown  into  one  of  the  straightest  and 
handsomest  young  bulls  in  this  country.  With  the  view  of  retaining 
the  female  members  of  the  family,  Mr.  Barrow  secured  Thorndale 
Rose  15th  and  Cambridge  Rose  8th,  at  the  Hilden  sale,  the  latter 
taking  cold  soon  after  her  arrival,  has  left  the  hopes  to  be  centred 
on  the  white,  a  large  fine  cow,  fully  equal  to  maintaining  the  honour 
of  the  tribe.  Rose  of  Farndish  is  quite  a  solitary  specimen,  although 
grandly  fleshed  and  of  good  quality,  shs  was  bought  at  the  dispersion 
of  Mr.  Blundell's  first  class  KnighUey  herd,  and  belongs  to  the  Rosy 
family.  In  conclusion  we  congratulate  Mr.  Barrow  in  possessing 


SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND.  275 

the  largest  number  of  the  purest  branch  of  the  Old  Daisies  owned  by 
any  one  breeder,  and  if  he  can  continue  to  combine  milk  and  flesh, 
as  in  the  old  days,  there  is  a  great  future  before  the  Sydnope  Hall 
herd. 

A  pleasant  walk  over  the  hill  from  Sydnope  brings  us  into  the 
Valley  wherein  is  situate  the  flourishing  town  of  Chesterfield,  and 
Hasland  Hall,  Mr.  Bernard  Lucas'  seat.  Shorthorns  have  been 
bred  here  for  the  past  twenty  years,  and  the  recent  purchases 
comprise  animals  bought  from  Messrs.  Foljainbe,  Ho\v,  Meade- 
Waldo,  and  Welsted,  names  implying  quite  as  much  as  we  can  say 
in  favour  of  buying  from  such  herds.  Most  of  the  animals  seen  in 
the  Park  at  Hasland  have  been  of  comparatively  recent  acquisition. 
The  Cressidas,  tracing  through  Storrs,  and  Osberton,  have  a  sappy 
short  legged  heifer  in  Princess  Chryseis.  Bright  Eveline  and  Bright 
Idea,  were  bought  at  the  dispersion  of  the  Prinknash  herd,  and  at 
the  price  must  have  been  cheap  considering  their  appearance;  the 
latter  is  yather  deficient  in  size,  but  the  other  is  a  lengthy  beautiful 
fronted  young  cow.  Welcome  Duchess,  Welcome  Dame,  and 
Welcome  Wreath,  the  two  older  by  a  Fame  bull,  and  the  latter  by 
Royal  Craftsman  45516,  were  all  bred  at  Broughton,  and  a  grand 
family  they  are,  all  possessing  great  square  fi-ames  and  capital 
udders.  Rosalba,  a  good  looking  white,  is  a  daughter  of  King 
Malcolm  43419,  and  the  imported  Rosalind,  the  second  in  descent 
from  Mr.  Pawlett's  Rose  of  June.  Probably  the  Queen  of  the  Park 
would  be  considered  Wave  Eddy,  a  handsome  led  and  white,  yet  a 
little  more  .style  in  carrying  that  grand  frame  would  be  an  improve- 
ment, and  Wave  Suige,  also  a  W.,  is  another  good  cow,  but  behind 
her  relative  and  the  Welcomes,  in  possessing  their  massive  grandeur. 
The  heifers,  in  a  divided  portion  of  the  Park,  include  Bright  Nymph, 
of  a  slightly  different  branch  to  Bright  Idea  and  Bright  Eveline;  Blight 
Halo,  having  passed  into  Mr.  Brassey's  possession  long  before  the 
Aylesby  sale,  and  sending  her  to  Grand  Duke  15th,  Bright  Duchess, 
the  gi-e.it-graiuLm  of  Bright  Nymph  was  the  result.  Rose  of 
Hasland,  by  the  Warlaby  King  Rudolf,  beais  the  Blight  company, 
along  with  Venus,  both  "Stiatton"  bred  on  dam  and  sires's  side. 


276  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

Several  capital  calves  are  in  the  buildings,  notably  Golden  Wave, 
out  of  Wave  Surge;  Welcome  Countess,  and  Koyal  Welcome,  out  of 
mother  and  daughter,  with  Golden  Lamp  49657,  Royal  Studley 
45548,  and  Royal  Christon  52026,  as  their  sires  ;  the  last  named  is 
now  at  Hasland,  he  is  a  red  with  but  little  white,  was  bred  at  N"ew 
Wariaby,  by  Mr.  C.  Morgan,  having  Warlaby  parents  on  both  sides 
of  the  house,  and  imported  into  this  country  when  he  fell  into 
Mr.  L.  Brodhurst's  possession,  from  whom  he  has  been  hired  by 
Mr.  Lucas. 

Close  to  the  borders  of  Essex,  farming  land  in  each  county, 
Mr.  T.  Chalk  has  been  a  successful  exhibitor  at  the  Bedfordshire, 
Cambridgeshire,  and  Essex  Shows,  during  the  past  seven  years,  and 
it  is  intended  to  continue  sending  animals  forth  to  the  Shows  to 
maintain  the  reputation  already  secured  by  the  herd  in  the  county. 
Welcome  Lassie,  and  her  heifer  calf,  were  first  purchased  from 
Mr.  Henry  Webb,  afterwards  Bridgefoot,  Burghley,  East  Donyland, 
Ellington,  Gaddesby.  and  Pitlochrie,  were  visited,  and  Vocalist,  of 
the  Seraphina  tribe,  bought  from  Mr.  C.  H.  Cock,  may  be  said  to 
have  been  about  the  most  fortunate  purchase,  as  in  addition  to 
winning  many  honours,  her  daughter,  Melody,  a  red  and  little  white 
shorthorn-like  cow,  has  taken  eight  firsts  and  two  seconds  for  Mr. 
Chalk,  her  heifer,  Ballad,  the  result  of  sending  the  cow  to  Self  Esteem 
2nd  48675,  has  been  placed  next  to  Mr.  Pugh's  Zoe  5th,  at  Norwich, 
and  with  Mermaid,  of  similar  age,  out  of  Melody's  half  sister, 
Syren,  they  make  a  pretty  pair,  likely  to  maintain  the  credit  of  the 
herd  in  the  future. 

Babraham  Duke  3rd  47366,  and  Magician  50007,  the  two 
stock  sires,  are  winners  of  numerous  prizes,  we  are  inclined  however 
to  prefer  the  former,  a  short  legged,  massive  son  of  Vocalist,  and 
Babraham  Duke  40996,  who  was  from  a  daughter  of  the  own  sister 
of  the  celebrated  Telemachus  27603,  the  latter  being  half  brother 
to  the  sire  of  the  former,  but  by  Sir  W.  G.  Armstrong's  Wild  Duke 
of  Geneva  7th  4613,  used  for  some  time  by  Mr.  Chalk.  Passing 
on  to  the  cows,  Enchantress  (the  dam  of  Babraham  Duke,  Magician, 
and  Sybil,  all  successfully  exhibited),  is  showing  the  approach  of 


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old  age,  but  in  her  daughter,  sired  by  Duke  Oneida  43151,  hopes 
are  entertained  of  retaining  this  famous  show  family  at  Linton. 
Syren  possesses  the  same  fine  shorthorn  character  as  her  half  sister, 
Melody,  and  Enchantress,  her  offspring  by  the  Duke  of  Manchester's 
Oxford  de  Vere  40424,  forms  part  of  the  same  group.  Babraham 
Rose,  a  big  useful  cow,  was  Lot  1  at  the  dispersion  of  the  neigh- 
bouring herd  at  Streetly  Hall,  and  Flower  Girl,  an  attractive 
light  roan,  was  bred  at  Linton,  from  a  family  obtained  from  Mr.  H.  W. 
Martin,  of  Littleport.  Kathleen,  and  Eosarnond  7th,  of  Fawsley, 
and  Killerby  ancestry,  were  purchased  as  calves  at  Pitlochiie. 

On  the  outskirts  of  the  cathedral  city  of  Ely,  Mr.  W.  Little 
breeds  both  Booth  cattle  and  Shire  horses,  the  latter  in  which  he  has 
more  especially  excelled ;  his  first  purchase  of  the  former  was  at 
Lord  Suffield's  sale  23  years  ago,  but  in  '66  the  cattle  plague  visited 
the  herd.  in  1868,  during  the  week  of  the  Leicester  Royal, 
Bridport  25668,  was  bought  from  Mr.  W.  Torr.  Mr.  Little  has 
since  used  Lord  Abbot  29052,  from  Knowlmere ;  Master  of  the 
Mint  40329,  bred  by  Mr.  R.  Welsted,  of  the  M.  tribe,  but  purchased 
from  a  neighbour,  Mr.  H.  W.  Martin,  from  whom  also  was  obtained 
King  Hamlet  34318;  Lord  Alfred  46621,  hailed  from  Prinknash  ; 
and  lastly,  Fulgens  46390,  a  red  and  little  white  grandson  of  the 
famous  Victoria  Victrix,  bred  by  Lady  Pigot,  is  now  in  service. 
Many  of  the  cows  and  heifers  are  away  at  extra  grass  keep  taken 
by  the  owner,  and  we  have  to  be  content  with  the  few  found  in  one 
of  the  meadows.  "Western  Nymph,  and  Western  Witch,  represent 
the  Aylesby  W.'s,  tracing  to  Mr.  R.  Chaloner's  Maid  of  the  West, 
by  Sovereign  27538,  the  latter,  a  Lord  Abbot  cow,  is  one  of  the 
best  of  the  lot ;  Broughton  Queen,  sharing  with  the  last  named  the 
honours  of  the  field,  has  a  good  square  udder,  her  pedigree  having  a 
considerable  amount  of  Booth  blood  in  it,  although  of  no  recognized 
tribe.  Queen  Clara,  another  good  cow,  and  quite  able  to  take  her 
part  at  tilling  the  pail,  belongs  to  Broughton  Queen's  family.  The 
W.'s  are  Mr.  Little's  principal  tribe,  and  we  regret  we  could  not  see 
more  of  them. 


278  SHORTHoltX    HERDS    OF    ENGLAND. 

Al  walton,  five  miles  fiom  Peterborough,  i«  the  seat  of  the  Hon. 
C.  W.  Fitzwilliam,  who  commenced  breeding  pedigree  cattle,  with 
the  purchase  of  Grand  Duchess  3rd,  at  Wicken  Park,  seventeen 
years  ago,  and  her  female  descendants  have  occasionally  been  sent 
away  for  service  to  such  noted  sires  as  Baron  Oxford  5th  27050, 
Fifth  Duke  of  Tregunter  33743,  Third  Duke  of  Underley  38106 
and  Ninth  Duke  of  Tregunter  46272,  while  Duke  of  Kingscote 
25981,  was  conjointly  purchased  with  Mr.  Sartoris,  and  followed  by 
Lord  Kimbolton  43532,  a  highly  bred  Waterloo  bull,  and  at  the 
dispersion  of  the  Sholebroke  herd,  Grand  Duke  33rd  39046,  a  son 
of  Duke  of  Connaught  33604,  and  Grand  Duchess  17th,  was  bought 
when  six  and  a  half  years  old,  he  is  still  very  serviceable  and  active, 
and  a  very  handsome  old  Bates  bull,  indeed  it  was  the  opinion  of 
some  breeders  at  the  sale  that  he  was  a  better  animal  than  Grand 
Duke  41st.  The  female  portion  of  the  herd  had  its  ranks  considerably 
reduced  two  years  ago,  but  one  of  the  Wild  Eyes  females  was  retained 
with  a  few  others,  and  purchases  have  since  been  made  at  Acton 
Burnell,  Cockfield  Hall,  and  North  Frith.  The  home  bred  Great 
Eyes  8th,  by  Duke  of  Underley  3rd,  out  of  the  fine  cow  noticed  as 
seen  at  Rushden,  carries  off  the  victory  for  good  looks  over  any  of 
the  more  recent  acquisitions,  and  a  very  pretty  heifer  calf  is  this 
year's  produce  by  the  Grand  Duke.  Gazelle  30th,  one  of  the  last  of 
Duke  of  Clarence  3rd's  daughters  came  from  North  Frith  in  calf  to 
Duke  of  Underley  7th  46278,  and  the  result  is  Gazelle  4Oh,  a  nice 
red  yearling,  seen  along  with  two  or  three  of  Grand  Duke  33rd's 
get.  Lady  Golightley  and  Courtly,  by  the  two  favourite  Killerby 
sires  of  recent  years,  of  Sockburn  and  Chilton  descent,  were  bred  by 
Sir  C.  F.  Smythe,  and  Adeline,  bought  from  Mr.  Jennings,  is  a 
beautifully  bred  Acomb,  and  her  red  and  white  bull  calf  is  full  of 
promise. 


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CHAPTER  XL 

The  Huntingdonshire  Herds.  —  Connington  Castle.  —  Holt/well 
Manor. — Brought/on. — Kimbolton  Castle. — Buckden  Wood. — Bedford- 
shire Herds.  —  Kenswortk.  —  Southill.  —  Colworth.  —  Biddenham. — 
Clapham  Park. — Hertfordshire  Herds. — Astivick  Manor. —  West- 
minster Lod(je. — Woolmers  Park. — Russell  Farm. — Shendish. — Essex 
Herds. — Forest  House. — Havering  Park. 

From  Alwalton  to  Connington  Castle,  the  residence  of  Mr.  J.  M. 
Heathcote,  is  eight  miles  across  country,  but  with  a  fast  trotting 
mare  in  the  hands  of  an  experienced  horseman  like  our  guide, 
Connington  is  quickly  reached,  after  passing  the  historic  "  Kate's 
Cabin,"  associated  with  Dick  Tarpin's  memorable  ride  to  York. 
Mr.  Thompson  is  ready  for  starting  to  the  station  to  meet  us,  so  we 
are  quickly  driving  to  one_of  the  more  distant  farms,  where  the  dark 
red  Stanley  48782,  a  lengthy  shoit  legged  five  j^ar  old,  bred  at 
AVest  Dereham  Abbey,  is  seen,  as  well  as  an  Aylesby  Flower  calf, 
the  latter  is  being  reared  amongst  the  ordinary  cross  bred  ones, 
and  apparently  is  doing  as  well  as  her  foster  sisters.  The  adjoining 
Hill  is  a  prominent  feature  in  the  landscape,  and  in  ancient  days 
has  been  crowned  by  a  fortification  of  some  importance,  its  summit 
being  now  surrounded  on  three  sides  by  a  wide  and  deep  moat,  which 
has  never  been  known  to  fail  of  a  full  supply  of  fine  clear  water, 
and  it  is  an  old  saying  that 

"Yaxley  Stone  Mill, 

Connington  Round  Hill, 

And  AVhittlesey  Mere 

Are  the  Three  Wonders  of  Huntingdonshire." 
Grazing  almost  at  the  foot  of  the  hill  are  the  best  of  the  heifers,  the 
Warlaby  Royal  Craftsman  and  King  Harold  being  represented  by 
four  daughters,  Mr.  Thompson  having  bought  the  most,  fashionably 
bred  of  the  latter  bull's  produce,  at  Mr.  A.  E.  W.  Darby's  sale. 


280  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

Telluria  Alba  is  very  good,  while  Strawberry  Lady  and  Strawberry 
Princess,  own  sisters,  are  thick  fleshed  wealthy  cattle,  of  the  old 
Angus  blood.  The  truest  made  heifer  is  however  Kosalind,  one  of 
Cunobelin's  daughters,  from  a  branch  of  a  family  known  as  the  Red 
Duchesses  formerly  in  Mr.  Ladds'  possession,  on  our  drive  home- 
ward is  viewed  Rose  Stanley,  own  sister  to  the  dam  of  Rosalind,  a 
good  heifer,  but  hardly  the  equal  of  the  first  seen. 

Golden  Lamp  49657,  a  son  of  Royal  Mowbray  42330,  originally 
from  Ballywalter,  is  now  found  at  Mr.  Heathcote's  Home  Farm,  he 
is  a  rich  roan  with  good  shoulders  and  great  depth  of  fore  rib,  and 
as  he  is  intended  for  use  upon  the  Stanley  heifers,  any  little  weakness 
in  his  head  may  not  be  expected  to  be  observable  in  the  produce. 
Albert  Victor,  of  a  branch  of  the  Mantalinis  that  have  been  in  Ireland 
for  several  generations,  is  sired  by  the  illustrious  Albion  36112, 
and  is  the  male  animal  placed  at  the  disposal  of  Mr.  Heathcote's 
neighbours,  he  was  considered  good  enough  to  be  sent  to  the  County 
Show,  and  a  '•  first "  was  the  result.  Previous  to  the  purchase  of 
Stanley,  Cunobelin  41310,  a  fine  white  Village  Rose  bull,  had  been 
used.  Costly  5th,  one  of  the  last  daughters  of  King  Charles,  enjoys 
the  cool  of  a  loose  box.  A  red  heifer  calf  is  the  solitary  descendant 
of  the  Mantalini  Maid  of  the  Mist,  bought  from  Mr.  W.  Wells,  a 
near  neighbour  of  Mr.  Heathcote's,  about  twenty-two  years  ago,  and 
the  dam  of  Maid  of  Connington,  from  which  many  females  are 
descended  in  the  North.  Passing  on  to  the  dairy  cows,  Sylph, 
a  light  roan,  and  squarely  built,  springs  originally  from  Ellington. 
Faii-ie  Queen  is  a  daughter  of  Cunobelin,  and  Fair  Frances, 
bought  at  the  dispersion  of  Mr.  F.  Fowler's  heid,  also  the  dam  of 
tfl'ins,  Fair  One  and  Fair  Twin,  by  Stanley,  and  is  now  one  of  an 
excellent  quartette  seen  in  a  more  distant  pasture,  her  companions 
being  Princess  Myra  and  Rosebud  16th,  privately  selected  from  the 
Bearl  herd,  and  begotten  by  Warlaby  sires.  Returning  to  the  cows 
in  milk,  Lily,  tracing  to  the  Rev.  R.  Pointer's  Red  Darlington,  has 
done  her  work  well,  having  had  four  calves  in  four  years  and  three 
months,  a  roan  being  very  noticeable  in  a  bunch  of  seven  yearlings, 


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recently  turned  out  into  the  pasture.  Flower  Bud  8th  is  own  sister 
to  Flower  Bud  7th,  and  Miss  Hopeless,  having  the  Killerby  Cecrops 
for  sire,  carne  with  Fair  Frances,  from  Biggleswade. 

Holy  well  Manor,  is  known  the  world  over  for  its  Large,  Middle, 
and  Small  white  pigs,  while  the  shorthorns  are  only  in  their  infancy, 
but  with  the  same  care  and  judgement  Mr.  Sanders  Spencer  has 
exercised  in  the  breeding  of  his  swine,  they  may  yet  equal  the  fame 
of  the  latter.     The  principal  family  at  Holy  well  are  Mr.  Torr's  Gs., 
obtained  when  Lady  Pigot's  famous    herd  was  dispersed,  by    the 
purchase  of  Golden  Bay,  a  daughter  of  the  Mantalini  Ravenlock 
38968,  and  Golden  Countess,  with  her  three  heifers,  which  have 
increased  and  done  well  in  their  present  owner's  possession.       Mr. 
Spencer  also  purchased  the  nine  year  old  Opoponax  34950,  the  last 
pure  Bracelet  in  existence,  as  well  as  Zoroaster,  a  roan  bull  calf,  by 
the    Warlaby    Boyal    Sceptre   43967,    out    of   Zvezda's    daughter, 
Zena'ida,  who  is  the  sire  of  most  of  the  young  stock,  and  it  may  be 
added  he  is  the  joint  property  of  Mr.  Spencer  and  Mr.  James  How, 
of  Broughton.     Golden  Countess'  first  calf  after  coming  to  Holy  well 
was  Golden  Grouse — born  on  the  "  Twelfth  " — by  Opoponax,  the 
first  of  the  Gs.  that  are  seen  in  a  low  lying  meadow.      Beyond  the 
Bracelet  bull  there  are  half-a-dozen  more  additional  crosses  of  high- 
bred Booth  sires  upon  Golden  Rule,  by  Eemus  4932.         Golden 
Queen  is  a  straight  even  daughter  of  Royal  Craftsman  45516,  from 
Golden  Ray,  the  oldest  of  the  sisters  from  West  Hall.     There  is  also 
seen  in  the  meadow  a  roan  Flower — May  Queen — out  of  Maiden 
Queen,  bought  at  Mr.  W.  Sisman's  sale.      Bright  Andrew  49186, 
third  in  the  yearling  class  at  the  Shrewsbury  Royal,  still  very  true 
and  level,  is  found  taking  his  chance  amongst  the  heifers,  and  in  his 
company  is  Gaiety,  bred  by  Mr.  Aylmer,  and  a  well  ribbed  cow  of 
quite  the  West   Dereham  type.         Bright  Andrew,  when  sold  at 
Mauoravon,  was  bought  for  South  America,  but  Messrs.  How  and 
Spencer's  offer  of  a  profit  was  accepted,  thus  we  now  find  him  at 
Holywell,  and  Zoroaster  at  Broughton.     Mr.  Spencer  has  a  large 
number  of  thick  fleshed  milking  cows,  descended  from  Mr.  J.  How's 
Blush  Rose,  by  Prince  of  the  Realm  22627,  they  are   throughly 


282  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

useful  dairy  and  grazing  stock.  Golden  Flash,  the  little  calf  bought 
by  the  side  of  the  dam  at  West  Hall,  has  developed  into  a  cow  of 
nice  quality.  A  full  description  of  Mr.  Spencer's  splendid  herd  of 
Yorkshire  pigs — which  has  representatives  in  almost  every  part  of 
the  globe — would  be  foreign  to  the  present  work,  still  we  cannot 
forbear  expressing  our  pleasure  at  the  the  sight  of  perhaps  the  finest 
herd  of  Yorkshires  in  the  possession  of  a  tenant  farmer  of  any 
country. 

Returning  to  St.  Ives,  Mr.  How  is  awaiting  us,  and  after  driving 
round  by  a  distant  farm  we  reach  Broughton,  one  herd  of  this  name 
in  the  adjoining  County  has  alreadv  been  noticed.  Almost  in  the 
dusk  we  walk  round  the  pastures  with  the  owner,  which  are  not  so 
well  filled  as  they?  will  be  in  a  few  years  hence,  the  uork  of  nine 
years  having  been  scattered  abroad  only  twelve  months  ago,  but 
most  of  the  favourite  sorts  are  represented  in  the  something  under 
a  score  of  all  ages  which  we  see,  and  the  Madalines  and  Mantalinis 
were  untouched  by  the  auction  list.  That  Mr.  How  has  been  a 
successful  breeder, his  sales  of  1876  and  1885,  are  sufficient  testimony. 
The  herd  after  being  exhibited  at  the  leading  shows  from  1864  to 
1873,  with  the  result  of  winning  218  prizes,  was  three  years  later 
dispersed,  excepting  Pauline  10th  and  her  daughter,  at  an  average 
of  .£119  5s.  8d.  When  nine  years  had  passed  over,  Mr.  How  again 
brought  the  larger  portion  of  his  carefully  built  up  herd  to  the 
hammer,  and  the  result  as  compared  with  other  sales  must  have  been 
deemed  satisfactory  by  the  owner.  Many  Warlaby  sires  have  been 
sent  on  hire  to  Broughton,  but  at  present,  Zoroaster  47308,  a 
beautiful  bred  Bliss,  roams  with  the  matrons,  two  of  them,  Victoria 
Splendens  and  Victoria  Superba,  were  also  of  Lady  Pigot's  breeding 
while  Victoria  Splendora,  although  of  Mr.  How's,  is  own  sister  to  the 
latter,  being  by  Lumens  51890,  a  son  of  Mr.  Meade-Waldo's 
beautiful  Victoria  Eulgida.  The  older  of  the  sisters  has  already  hid 
a  nice  cow  calf,  seen  in  the  sheds,  while  Victoria  Stella,  is  the  last 
born  of  the  old  cow,  and  Broughton  is  apparently  to  have  the 
Mantalinis  associated  with  its  name  in  the  future,  as  the  Madalines  and 
Paulines  have  been  in  the  past.  The  Paulines  were  all  catalogued  last 


SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  EXULAXD.  283 

season,  but  the  Nineteenth,  a  u  double"  Pauline,  having  newly  calved, 
both  were  withdrawn,  and  now  the  tribe  can  flourish  again  on  the 
Broughton  pastures,  it  would  have  been  almost  a  pity  to  lose  the 
connection,  as  Pauline,  bred  at  Killerby,  was  sold  to  the  late  Mr.  Carr, 
who  passed  the  tribe  to  Branches  Park,  from  whence  it  came  to 
Broughton  many  years  ago.  The  'Madelines  spring  from  Alice 
Butterfly,  bought  at  Townley  in  1864,  and  the  females  sold  in  1876, 
made  the  excellent  average  of  <£261  9s.,  Mrs.  Pery  purchasing  Blithe 
Butterfly  for  360gs. ;  her  daughter,  Blooming  Butterfly,  eventually 
passed  over  to  Ireland,  and  when  Dame  Madeline,  was  sent  over  to 
Prinknash  for  sale,  Mr.  How  took  the  first  opportunity  of  returning  to 
his  old  love,  and  certainly  Broughton  Madeline,  sired  by  Royal  Studley 
45548,  is  an  exquisitely  pretty  yearling,  and  of  this  family,  let  it  not  be 
forgotten,  Windsor  Butterfly  was  bred  nearly  twenty  years  ago. 
Water  Nymph  14th,  tracing  to  Hecate,  bred  by  the  late  Mr.  John 
Booth,  is  the  companion  of  Broughton  Madeline,  and  in  her,  centre 
the  sole  hopes  of  the  family,  known  as  Water  Nymphs,  since  the 
days  they  left  the  banks  of  the  Kibble.  The  Lancasters,  a  favourite 
tribe  of  the  late  Mr.  Wilkinson,  of  Lenton,  were  in  Mr.  How's 
possession  previous  to  1876,  and  a  couple  of  months  before  his 
last  sale,  Mr.  J.  C.  Toppin's  herd  coming  in  the  market,  he  repurchased 
Lily,  sold  at  his  first  sale,  and  Lancaster  Belle,  a  pair  of  large 
framed  useful  dairy  cattle,  the  latter  being  by  Mr.  Downing's 
Norman  Fame  34922.  Welcome  Marie  represents  a  good  milking 
heavy  fleshed  sort,  known  as  the  Welcomes,  and  tracing  to  a  cow 
named  Welcome  Mary,  possessing  only  a  short  pedigree,  but  with 
three  of  the  late  Mr.  E.  Booth's  best  bulls  contained  in  it. 

An  eight  miles  drive  from  Broughton  brings  us  to  the  county 
town,  a  dozen  miles  on  the  Kettering  and  Cambridge  line  finds  us  at 
Kimbolton,  and  between  two  and  three  more  we  are  in  the  Park 
belonging  to  His  Grace  the  Duke  of  Manchester,  examining  the  first 
portion  of  the  herd.  Shorthorns  have  been  connected  with 
Kimbolton  since  1849,  animals  being  purchased  from  Mr.  Beauford 
and  Mr.  Ladds.  Fashion  began  to  assert  itself  about  twenty  years 
later,  when  Wild  Eyes  Duke  36007,  was  bought  at  Winterfold,  and 


284  SHORTHORN  HERBS  OF  ENGLAND. 

ever  since,  Bates  sires  of  the  highest  lineage  have  been  in  service, 
amongst  the  more  noted  being  Grand  Duke  of  Waterloo  28766 
(a  son  of  7th  Duke  of  York  1775 1,  and  Waterloo  28th),  purchased 
from  Lord  Fitzhardinge;  Grand  Duke  of  Morecarnbe  36722,  bred 
at  Underley,  from  the  first  Oxford  that  ever  realized  four  figures 
at  Holker;  and  Duke  of  Underley  3rd  38196,  bought  for  3,000gs. 
from  the  Earl  of  Bective.  Returning  to  the  occupants  of  the 
first  portion  of  the  Park,  Queen  of  the  Yale,  of  the  Aylesby 
Flower  tribe,  obtained  at  a  neighbour's  sale,  has  been  a  successful 
heifer  breeder,  and  her  daughter,  Queen  of  the  Vale  10th,  the  last 
of  Duke  of  Underley  3rd's  get,  grazes  alongside.  Blanche  4th 
has  all  the  usual  substance  of  the  tribe,  and  Mercia  10th  is  the  oldest 
representative  of  a  numerous  family  noted  for  combining  good 
milking  and  feeding  qualities  which  have  been  bred  at  Kimbolton 
since  1854,  when  they  were  obtained  from  Mr.  Ladds',  and  descended 
from  Empress,  a  daughter  of  the  Rev.  R.  Pointer's  Old  Darlington, 
whence  spring  the  popular  Seraphinas.  In  another  part  of  the 
Park  we  find  quite  the  elite  of  the  herd,  comprising  the  beautiful  old 
lady,  Oxford  Louise ;  her  daughter,  Oxford  Helene  ;  and  grand- 
daughter, Oxford  Maud.  Oxford  Louise  is  one  of  the  handsomest 
cows  we  see  in  the  pastures  at  Kimbolton,  her  two  year  old  heifer, 
Oxford  Mary,  at  the  sale  of  1881  m.ide  l,110gs.  to  Sir  II.  Allsopp, 
and  Oxford  Alice,  our  choice  of  the  daughters,  is  a  fine  shorthorn- 
like  cow.  Oxford  Maud,  a  daughter  of  Grand  Duke  40th  43309, 
stands  near  the  ground,  and  will  probably  develope  into  as  good  as 
the  rest  of  the  older  females.  Sequoiah  4th,  very  straight  above 
and  below,  is  a  highly  bred  Waterloo  of  the  Wellingtonia  branch, 
while  Lally  of  Leighton  is  from  Lally  16th,  bought  at  Whitehall  in 
1875,  for  460gs.,  and  so  good  and  equal  were  the  family  at  the 
Kimbolton  sale  that  they  made  within  2Cgs.  of  each  other,  and 
averaged  exactly  150  each.  Lady  Montague  5th.  is  half  bister  on 
the  sire's  side  to  the  Lallys,  and  is  the  mother  of  the  Sixth,  a  good 
coated  calf  seen  at  the  buildings.  Princess  Silence,  one  of  the  few 
daughters  of  Wild  Eyes  Duke,  still  in  the  herd,  is  from  Princess,  by 
May  Duke  13320,  and  full  sister  to  Princess  Surmise,  bought  for 


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Sandringham.  Still  another  family  remains  to  be  mentioned,  and 
that  is  one  of  note,  viz :  the  Flowers,  of  Aylesby  fame,  the  best  of 
the  tribe  in  the  eyes  of  Bates  breeders  being  found  at  Kimbolton,  as 
instead  of  the  Booth  crosses  so  familiar  in  the  Flower  pedigree,  are 
found  Mr.  Bates'  3rd  Duke  of  Northumberland  3647,  Sir  C.  Tempest's 
Broughton  Hero  6811,  and  Col.  Pennant's  Bellerophon  33132,  and 
naturally  since  coming  into  the  present  owner's  possession,  they 
have  been  crossed  with  highly  bred  Bates  bulls. 

In  the  buildings,  Oxford  Annie,  the  red  calf  out  of  Oxford 
Helene,  by  Mr.  Foster's  Oxford  bull,  is  lengthy  and  straight,  but 
neither  her  sire — Oxford  Duke  of  Killhow  6th  50130 — nor  Oxford 
de  Vere  6th  51 810,  the  result  of  sending  Oxford  Alice  to  Mr.  Aylmer's 
Sir  Simeon,  could  be  properly  seen,  as  in  the  herdsman's  absence  they 
were  unable  to  be  brought  forth.  In  the  paddock  immediately 
adjoining  the  yard  we  are  much  taken  with  Sequoiah  3rd,  a  handsome 
white  of  large  scale,  and  in  her  company  is  a  good  Flower  cow  with 
a  Booth  cross.  Through  the  gate  we  have  a  Lady  Montagu — the 
name  which  here  denotes  Lady  Worcesters — Formosa  2nd,  the 
older  of  the  two  Flower  sisters,  is  possessed  of  nice  character,  and 
a  well  formed  udder,  and  Silentia  9th,  out  of  the  retained  Surmise 
cow,  is  very  lengthy  like  the  dam,  and  full  of  hair.  Amongst  the 
cows  in  "  profit,"  Mercia  21st,  Queen  of  the  Yale  3rd,  Patience, 
and  White  Lady  3rd,  are  the  best  quartette,  and  of  the  sisters, 
Baroness  Blanche  2nd  and  Baroness  Blanche  3rd,  the  younger  seems 
the  more  preferable. 

Shorthorns  were  bred  many  years  at  Buckden  by  the  late 
Col.  Linton,  and  Mr.  John  Linton  now  musters  a  herd  of  forty 
head,  descended  from  the  Ellington,  Lillingstone  Dayrell,  and 
Waresley  herds.  Mr.  Linton  began  breeding  in  1878  by  the 
purchase  of  the  twins,  Waterloo  1st  and  "Waterloo  2nd,  at 
Mr.  Ladds'  sale ;  they  were  sired  by  a  Gazelle  bull,  of  Mr.  Bowly's 
breeding,  from  a  daughter  of  an  Aylesby  bred  cow,  and  his  present 
Waterloos  are  descended  from  the  Ellington  purchases.  Quite  a 
number  of  the  herd  trace  to  Mr.  Booth's  Farewell,  through  the 


286  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

Waresley  Park  herd.  Several  highly  bred  Bates  sires  have  been  in 
service  since  Mr.  Linton  began  breeding,  Caractacus  49227,  was 
obtained  from  Bally  waiter,  and  at  the  third  annual  Lincoln  sale 
Mr.  Topham's  first  prize  Jolly  Farmer  was  purchased.  Duke  of 
Cornwall  4th  47726,  however  reigns  as  the  recent  acquisition's 
colleague.  It  will  be  remembered  that  he  was  hired  by  Mr.  Loder 
at  public  auction  for  230gs.,  when  offered  for  that  purpose  at  the 
Whittlebury  sale,  afterwards  at  the  dispersion  of  the  Hindlip  herd 
he  came  to  Buckden.  Previously.  Gaddesby  had  furnished  Earl  of 
Leicester  19th  43160.  and  Whittlebury,  Grand  Duke  of  Darlington 
2nd  41647,  of  the  Princess  and  Darlington  tribes.  Mr.  Liuton  has 
also  several  of  the  Seraphina  family,  so  noted  for  their  excellent 
dairy  properties  in  Mr.  Robarts'  and  other  herds,  he  having  obtained 
them  from  the  former  breeder. 

At  Kens  worth,  near  to  Dunstable,  in  the  adjoining  County  of 
Bedford,  Mr.  T.  R.  Robinson,  has  the  nucleus  of  what  some  day 
will  be  a  good  herd,  if  he  perseveres  in  using  sires  of  the  same  merit 
as  Earl  Sockburn,  already  favourably  noticed  in  writing  of  the 
Banning  cattle,  and  which  was  purchased  from  his  breeder,  Mr.  11. 
Leney,  after  his  victory  at  the  Tunbridge  Wells  show.  The  females 
are  limited  to  two  tribes,  viz.:  the  Red  Roses,  comp.ising  Red 
Rose  of  Glencoe,  bred  at  Dunmore,  but  purchased  from  Mr.  F.  W. 
Stone,  with  her  produce,  and  the  Peaches,  or  Poppys,  formeily  in 
Mr.  Thos.  Bell's  possession,  and  once  so  popular  on  the  other  side 
of  the  Atlantic.  Previously  to  purchasing  Earl  Sockburn,  Mr. 
Robinson  had  been  using  Lord  Wellington  2nd  45172,  bred  at 
Hindlip,  and  cows  had  been  sent  to  Mr.  Leney's  Rowfant  Grand 
Duke  5201 6. 

Mr.  C.  0.  Hay  ward,  of  Southill,  made  his  first  purchases  at 
the  Harewoods  sale  of  1883,  when  Gloriana,  descended  from  the 
Harkforth  stock  through  Mr.  Tracy's  herd,  and  Etta  Gwynne,  by 
24th  Duke  of  Airdrie  36460,  out  of  Fanny  Gwynne,  a  daughter  of 
Fauna  Gwynne,  bred  at  Biddenham,  weie  pui chased  later  on  in 
the  same  year.  The  half-sisters,  Neasham  Duchess,  and  Neasham 


SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND.  287 

Duchess  3rd,  descended  from  Col.  Townley's  Eoyal  Butterfly 
Duchess,  were  obtained  at  the  dispersion  of  the  late  Mr.  S.  R.  C. 
Ward's  herd.  Chiefly  from  the  1883  purchases  has  the  heid  been 
bred,  although  Havering  Park  supplied  Havering  Ruby  4th,  the 
following  year,  and  Park  Empress  2nd,  a  fine  cow  of  robust  con- 
stitution was  bought  at  The  Crundalls,  where  she  was  the  highest 
priced  animal,  and  now  suckles  a  pretty  roan  heifer  calf  by  Lord  Airdrie 
53118,  a  massive  roan  son  of  27th  Duke  of  Airdrie  41351,  and 
Gloriana,  now  doing  service  at  Southill,  and  the  sire  of  some  hand- 
some rich  roan  heifers.  G  rasmere  49681 ,  a  fine  white  Waterloo  bull, 
bred  by  Lady  Howard  de  Walden,  and  Prince  Matchless  50223,  out 
of  Mr.  Edwards'  Matchless  5th.  Mr.  Hayward's  special  object  has 
been  selecting  cows  with  good  udders,  and  at  the  same  time  keep- 
ing in  view  the  grazing  qualities  as  much  as  possible,  that  he  might 
produce  serviceable  young  bulls  at  a  reasonable  price  for  the  supply 
of  the  dairy  farmers. 


Mr.  C.  Magniac,  at  Colworth,  has  an  extensive  Bates  herd, 
begun  about  a  dozen  years  ago  by  purchases  at  the  famous  Brayton, 
Killhow,  Kingscote,  Lathom,  and  JSiddington  sales.  Rarely  have 
females  been  bought  in  recent  years,  and  two  of  the  last  were  an 
Oxford  and  a  Waterloo,  at  Kimbolton,  in  1880.  Amongst  the  earlier 
sires  were  Lord  Bective's  Grand  Duke  of  Morecambe  36722 ;  the 
Duke  of  Manchester's  Oxford  de  Vere  40424,  while  many  cows  were 
also  sent  over  to  Duke  of:  Underley  3rd  38196,  at  Kimbolton  ;  Duke 
of  Hunstland  2nd  44688,  bred  at  Rowfant,  and  a  grandson  of  the 
famous  Kirklevington  Duchess  5th  ;  and  Grand  Duke  40th  43309, 
from  Sholebroke.  Cactus  2nd  and  Sonsie  19th,  fifteen  and  fourteen 
years  of  age,  are  found  reposing  in  the  cool  of  loose  boxes  in  the 
heat  of  the  day,  both  have  done  good  service  for  their  owner,  and 
their  sons,  Duke  of  Wynyard  49492  and  Grand  Duke  of  Cumberland 
49674,  have  been  the  principal  sires,  and  are  handsome  Bates 
bulls,  doing  credit  to  Duke  of  Underley  3rd  38196,  and  Grand  Duke 
40th  43309,  their  respective  sires.  Duke  of  Wynyard  2nd,  a  dark 


288  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

red  two  year  old,  is  being  used  for  the  heifers,  and  promises  to 
develope  into  a  fine  bull,  he  is  from  Airdrie  Flower,  a  daughter  of 
Cactus  2nd,  and  has  Duke  Oneida  4.3151,  for  sire. 

One  of  the  most  fashionable  families  are  the  Waterloos,  des- 
cended from  Waterloo  22nd,  bought  at  Killhow  in  1876,  in  calf  to 
Duke  of  Oxford  22nd  31000,  when  fourteen  years  old,  her  produce 
named  Waterloo  4t5th,  a  good  substantial  cow,  with  her  daughter, 
Waterloo  50th,  are  two  of  a  small  group  Feen  apart  from  the  main 
body  of  the  matrons.  It  is  worth  recording  that  after  breeding  the 
Forty-sixth,  she  further  had  the  Forty-ninth  when  seventeen  years 
and  seven  months  old.  Duchess  Craggs  3rd.  bought  at  Maplewell, 
has  a  capital  udder,  and  Flower  of  Tarm  3rd,  is  a  daughter  of 
Pagares,  she  in  turn  being  from  Papaver,  a  grand-daughter  of  Peach, 
which  coming  into  Col.  Kingscote's  possession  he  added  Second  Earl 
of  Walton  19672  and  3rd  Duke  of  Clarence  23727,  selling  the 
offspring  of  the  latter  to  Mr.  Magniac  in  calf  to  Duke  of  Hillhurst 
28401,  and  the  heifer  that  arrived  at  Colworth  in  due  course  was 
sent  to  be  mated  with  Duke  of  Underley  3rd  38196,  and  Flower  of 
Tarm  3rd,  is  the  result.  Mr.  Magniac  now  possesses  the  purest 
branch  of  the  once  highly  prized  Peach  tribe,  certainly  they  are 
most  beautifully  bred,  and  probably  a  higher  rank  in  fashion's  market 
will  await  them  in  the  future.  Passing  on  to  the  dairy  cow^, 
Flowers  of  Tarm  4,  5,  and  6,  are  included  in  the  fifteen,  as  well  as 
Pagares,  a  rare  sort,  with  large  well  filled  udder.  Another  Bell 
Bates  family  have  four  female  representatives,  named  Countesses  of 
Antrim,  and  Lady  Wynyards,  of  which  Countess  of  Antrim  2nd, 
and  Lady  Wynward,  are  considered  the  best  shaped.  Both  descend 
from  the  aged  Cactus  2nd,  imported  into  this  country  by  Mr.  E. 
Gibson,  and  tracing  to  exported  Frantic,  by  4th  Duke  of  Tork  10167. 
The  very  pretty  Favourite  Gwynne,  has  had  no  less  than  six  heifer 
calves,  but  the  third  in  seniority,  Fairy  Gwynne,  cannot  be  considered 
the  equal  of  her  attractive  mother.  This  branch  originated  from 
Biddenham,  but  Mr.  Magniac  secured  Favourite  Gwynne's  dam  at 
Killhow  in  1876,  for  305gs.  Heather  Honey,  Morecambe  Honey, 
andTregunter  Honey,  are  very  creditable  to  the  well  known JKangscote 


SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND.  289 

family,  but  neither  of  the  first  named  have  the  great  size  and  grand 
character  of  Tregunter  Honey,  which  may  be  said  to  be  the  hand- 
somest cow  at  Col  worth.  Blanche  12th  possesses  wonderful  milking 
properties.  Red  Lavender,  is  of  nice  style  and  belongs  to  the 
Walnuts,  the  only  branch  of  Enightleys  in  Mr.  Magniac's  possession, 
the  younger  members  of  which  are  named  Lady  de  Veres.  The 
heifers  in  a  high-lying  pasture,  include  specimens  of  most  of  the 
tribes  hitherto  seen,  one  of  the  prettiest  being  Ligurian  Queen, 
the  only  female  offspring  sired  by  Duke  Oneida  43151,  when  on 
hire  for  a  short  period.  Helen  Gwynne,  a  rather  light  red,  is  not 
of  the  same  branch  as  the  one  already  noticed,  but  out  of  Havering 
Gwynne,  bred  by  the  late  Mr.  Mclntosh. 

Messrs.  J.  and  F.  Howaid  are  a  household  word,  not  only 
amongst  agriculturists  in  the  Countv  of  Bedford,  but  in  many  a 
corn  growing  country,  thousands  of  miles  from  their  extensive 
Britannia  works,  and  Mr.  Charles  Howard  is  almost  as  widely  known 
for  the  excellent  farming  operations  conducted  by  him  at  Biddenham, 
for  which  he  was  awarded  the  Eoyal  Agricultural  Society's  Gold 
Medal  in  1874,  and  the  flock  of  Oxfordshire  Downs  which  have  been 
sent  to  North  and  South  America,  Australia,  South  Africa,  and 
many  of  the  European  Countries.  To  see  the  herd  of  Gwynnes  Mr. 
Howard  has  bred  since  Mr.  Strafford  dispersed  his  first  collection 
with  such  capital  results  in  May  1870  (when  the  entire  herd  of  fifty- 
four  made  over  £70  each,  twenty-six  of  the  Gwynne  tribe  averaging 
.£82  14s.  2d.),  was  the  cause  of  our  visit  to  Biddenham.  Laughton 
Prince  8th  51524,  a  purely  bred  Lily  Bell,  from  Mr.  Cass well's,  has 
been  in  service  since  his  purchase  at  Bingley  Hall  in  1884,  he  has 
grown  into  a  very  useful  bull,  and  several  nice  heifers  are  seen  by 
him.  Previous  to  Laughton  Prince  Sth's  purchase,  Mr.  Howard  had 
originally  sent  his  few  Gwynne  females  to  visit  the  males  at  Woodside. 
The  Princess  Earl  of  Leicester  5th  36591,  being  however  purchased 
from  Gaddesby,  where  Lady  Gwynne,  by  Grand  Duke  15th,  (out  of 
a  Fourth  Duke  of  Thorndale  cow),  the  first  purchase  made  for  the 
present  Biddenham  herd  in  1871,  was  sent  to  Ninth  Duke  of  Geneva 
28391,  and  the  produce  is  now  a  charming  cow,  somewhat  advanced 

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290  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

in  years.  To  save  needless  repetition,  "  Gwynne "  must,  be  understood 
as  affixed  to  the  names  of  Mr.  Howard's  females.  Lady  Mary, 
a  dark  roan  massive  heifer,  is  Lady  Florence's  daughter,  to  Duke  of 
Oxford  32nd  36527,  and  Lady  Flora,  a  year  younger,  has  also  Duke  of 
Oxford  32nd  36527,  for  sire,  so  has  her  sister,  Lady  Louisa  Gwynne, 
a  good  looking  roan,  four  years  old,  the  third  heifer  produced  by  the 
dam  out  of  ten  calves,  and  Lady  Gwynne  also  bred  more  males  than 
females.  Lady  Montague  Gwynne  is  a  handsome  white  half-sister 
of  Lady  Florence,  having  Duke  of  Underley  3rd  38196,  for  sire. 
Oxford  Gwynne,  a  descendant  of  Fanny  Gwynne  (one  of  Mr. 
Howard's  best  cows,  sold  in  1870),  was  bought  at  Mr.  Blundell's 
1882  sale,  in  calf  to  a  Surmise  bull,  and  Orange  Gwynne  was  her 
first  born,  she  having  had  Olive  Gwynne,  by  Laughton  Prince  8th, 
while  Ora  and  Ophelia,  are  the  names  of  two  more  heifers  from  the 
Woodside  purchase.  Altogether  the  two  branches  number  some 
twenty  females,  and  make  a  choice  little  herd. 

The  Oxfordshire  Downs  are  the  mainstay  of  the  farm,  and  since 
1865,  annual  ram  sales  have  been  held,  about  sixty  shearlings  being 
usually  offered,  and  the  highest  average  (.£17  2s.  6d.)  was  obtained 
in  1875.  Mr.  Howard  began  breeding  forty  years  ago,  with  the 
produce  of  Down  ewes,  and  a  Leicester  ram,  and  two  years  later,  he 
won  a  second  at  Smithfield,  and  afterwards  many  prizes  fell  to  his 
sheep  at  the  Royal  and  County  Shows,  especially  to  be  mentioned  is 
the  fact  that  when  the  Royal  Agricultural  Society  first  established 
separate  classes  for  Oxfordshire  Downs,  Mr.  Howard's  sheep  were 
successful,  and  also  at  Smithfield  the  same  year,  where  they  were 
likewise  acknowledged  for  the  first  time  as  a  breed  worthy  of  separate 
prizes.  The  flock  is  kept  in  beautiful  order  like  the  farm,  and  no 
pleasanter  afternoon  on  our  tour  has  been  enjoyed  than  the  one 
spent  with  Mr.  Howard,  one  of  the  best  known  of  English 
agriculturists  in  driving  round  his  three  farms,  containing  nearly 
1,200  acres,  and  we  greatly  regret  to  hear  of  the  probable  dispersion 
of  both  herd  and  flock,  as  well  as  the  giving  up  of  two  of  his  farms. 

To  reach  Clapham  Park,  we  re-pass  through  Bedford,  and 
finish  the  day  by  seeing  a  herd — with  one  exception — composed  of 
the  same  tribe  as  that  at  Biddenharn.  Flossv  Gwynne  2nd.  a  fine 


SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND.  291 

old  red  and  white,  \dth  a  daughter  of  the  same  colour,  and  a  roan 
son,  Sir  Joseph  Gwynne,  came  from  East  Donyland  at  the  disper- 
sion of  Mr.  Green's  herd,  where  this  branch  had  produced  a  number 
of  good  cattle.  Mr.  Howard  also  bought  at  East  Donyland  a  white 
Duchess  N.iney  belonging  to  Mr.  Crabb,  she  has  vastly  improved, 
and  will  doubtless  prove  remunerative  at  the  figure  Mr.  Howard 
paid  for  her.  Burghley  supplied  another  branch  of  the  Gwynnes  in 
Gipsy  Gwynne,  a  grand-daughter  of  the  Troutbeck  Betty  Gwynne  ; 
she  has  still  one  or  two  descendants  in  the  herd,  while  at  the  recent 
sale,  Nelly  Gwynne  had  been  purchased.  A  third  branch  originates 
from  West  Dereharn,  through  Broughtori  Gwynne,  a  daughfer  of 
Young  Daffy  Gwynne  5th,  bred  by  the  late  Mr.  Jonas  "Webb. 
Gwynne  and  Princess  sires  have  been  exclusively  used  at  Clapham, 
and  a  few  years  should  see  a  hei  d  of  great  uniformity  in  character  at 
the  same  homestead  as  that  which  has  produced  so  many  successful  pens 
of  Large  and  Small  Whites,  for  which  the  styes  of  the  Clapham 
Park  Home  Farm  have  been  famous. 

From  Bedford  we  travel  to  St.  Albans,  and  thence  early  in  the 
morning  to  Hatfield.  whence  a  couple  of  miles  brings  us  to  Mr.  J. 
Lloyd's  pretty  place  at  Astwick  Manor.  Knightleys  are  held  in 
the  highest  estimation  by  the  owner  for  their  good  milking  qualities, 
who  is  following  the  example  of  the  late  Sir  Charles  Knightley  by 
crossing  them  with  the  Princess  blood,  Prince  of  York,  a  roan  son 
of  Lord  Oxford  14th  49959,  and  Princess  of  Blythe  5th,  having 
been  purchased  with  that  intent.  Previously,  Lord  Penryhn's 
Summer  Sun  45071,  out  of  a  Rosy  cow,  bred  at  Ashdown  House, 
had  been  used,  Carnation,  one  of  the  last  daughters  of  Grand 
Duke  of  Clarence  28750,  in  her  fourteenth  year,  has  without  doubt 
been  a  grand  cow  in  her  younger  days,  and  none  amongst  the 
animals  in  milk  are  more  like  doing  their  duty  than  her  daughter 
Clove,  one  of  the  oldest  of  Summer  Sun's  get.  Most  of  the  best 
of  the  Knightley  strains  are  assembled  in  Mr.  Lloyd's  pastures,  the 
Walnut,  Ruby,  Rosy,  Charmer  and  Sweetheart  strains  all  being 
represented.  A  thiid  Walnut  is  a  roan  yearling  out  of  Knightley 
7th,  of  a  slio-htlv  different  branch  to  Carnation.  Coraline,  from 


292  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

Mr.  Sheldon's  Coral  Duchess,  has  only  had  her  first  calf,  and  will 
grow  into  a  short  legged  taking  cow,  while  Sweetheart  37th,  bred 
at  Rousham,  has  already  two  Princesses  crosses  out  of  the  first 
three  in  her  pedigree.  Ruby  Princess,  and  Eosy  Lactea,  names 
denoting  their  lineage,  were  bought  by  Mr.  Lloyd  at  the  dispersion 
of  the  Woodside  herd  in  the  neighbouring  County.  The  Princess 
and  Knightley  lines  of  blood  have  "  nicked"  together  previously  at 
Fawsley,  and  it  is  to  be  hoped  the  same  success  awaits  the  owner  of 
the  Astwick  Manor  herd. 

When  Mr.  E.  C.  Tisdall,  dispersed  his  extensive  herd  of  "  dairy  " 
shorthorns,  Mr.  J.  N.  Edwards,  of  Westminster  Lodge,  secured 
Matchless  5th,  the  Champion  cow  at  the  London  Dairy  Show  of  1881, 
and  Elvira  7th,  the  two  finest  animals  sold  that  day.  Many  sales 
have  since  witnessed  him  a  purchaser  of  the  best  animal  in  the  sale, 
so  far  as  milk  and  shape  combined  went  together.  Pedigree  did  not 
interfere  with  the  selection  of  the  animals,  Booth  and  Bates  sales 
being  visited,  as  well  as  those  of  mixed  herds,  but  shorthorns  are  of 
no  service  to  Mr.  Edwards  without  they  are  good  dairy  cows,  as  the 
object  of  keeping  the  herd  is  to  supply  the  City  of  St.  Albans — the 
Farm  is  within  a  few  minutes  walk  of  the  London  and  North 
Western  Station — with  milk,  and  then  of  course  to  be  turned  into 
beef  as  quickly  as  possible  when  dry,  the  two  especial  points  in  which 
a  pedigree  shorthorn  so  far  excels  all  other  breeds,  and  which  no 
doubt  induced  the  owner  to  prefer  the  "  red,  white,  and  roan,"  for 
his  purpose.  A  register  is  kept  of  each  cow's  milk,  and  so  well  did 
Mr.  Edwards  keep  his  records  that  after  winning  the  Challenge  Cup, 
given  by  the  British  Dairy  Farmer's  Association,  in  1883,  he  was 
finally  awarded  it  in  1885.  About  250  acres  is  the  extent  of  the 
three  farms,  on  which  are  maintained  150  pedigree  shorthorns  of 
various  ages,  in  addition  to  the  work  horses,  and  a  few  Dorset  ewes, 
which  are  sold  out  fat  with  their  lambs,  before  the  grass  land  is  shut 
up  for  the  hay  crop,  almost  every  acre  of  permanent  grass  being 
mown  upon  the  farms.  The  cattle  are  located  at  three  sets  of 
buildings.  At  the  one  nearest  the  town  we  find  the  cows  in  milk ; 
at  the  second,  the  bulls  and  calves ;  and  at  a  still  more  distant  one, 


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the  heifers  and  dry  cows.  One  especial  point  is  noticed  in  the 
buildings,  and  that  is,  that  no  capital  has  been  invested  in  buildings 
for  ornamental  purposes,  but  only  what  has  been  necessary  for 
taking  proper  care  of  the  animals,  in  sheltering  and  feeding  them. 

The  May  Duchesses  have  already  secured  a  reputation  at  B:  ough- 
ton  for  their  good  looks,  and  here  they  are  neither  wanting  in  this 
respect,  nor  in  milking  qualities,  May  Duchess  17th,  a  thorough  good 
stamp  of  the  historic  breed,  having  been  second  in  the  milking  class  at 
the  Maidstone  Meeting  of  the  Bath  and  West  in  1884,  but  it  is  her 
eldest  daughter,  May  Duchess  18th,  the  winner  of  the  Silver  Medal 
in  the  Milking  Class  at  the  London  Dairy  Show  of  1885,  that  is  the 
first  to  be  seen,  she  beats  her  dam  both  in  richness  of  milk  as  well 
as  quantity,  and  although  giving  over  6,0001b.  in  252  days,  she  is 
not  lacking  in  that  substance  in  which  so  many  heavy  milkers  are 
found  deficient.  Matchless  5th,  left  no  female  descendants  after 
coming  to  St.  Albans,  although  her  grand-daughter,  Matchless  16th, 
wifh  her  red  cow  calf,  were  purchased  at  the  dispersion  of  Mr.  C. 
H.  Cock's  herd,  the  latter  now  promises  to  develope  into  a  very 
sweet  heifer,  but  Gloucestershire  is  well  to  the  front  with  Flower  of 
Spring,  and  Fashion,  bred  by  the  Messrs  Arkell.  The  Knightleys, 
naturally  have  a  place  in  any  dairy  herd,  and  Mr.  Edwards  after 
obtaining  Daphne,  of  the  Cold  Cream  family  at  Shendish,  purchased 
several  representatives  of  the  Rosy.  Ruby,  Sweetheart,  and  Walnut 
tvibes,  at  the  dispersion  ot  the  Audley  End  and  Woodside  herds. 
With  regard  to  the  quantity  of  milk  given,  we  notice  Charm,  and  her 
daughter,  Ammlet — but  the  latter  not  so  good  looking  as  the  dam  — 
exceed  any  of  the  Woodside  animals.  What  are  known  as  the 
Bates  families,  are  represented  by  Waterloos,  having  the  Ravenspur 
cross,  descended  from  Waterloo  Gem  2nd,  bought  at  Mr.  Cock's 
sale ;  the  White  Roses,  now  known  as  Silences  and  Surprise 
Duchesses  :  and  Peach  Blossom  12th.  Several  good  old  lines  of 
blood  are  also  found,  but  Daffodil  Daisy  2nd,  a  fine  handsome  cow, 
bought  at  The  Hendre,  has  not  kept  up  the  reputation  of  her  tribe 
for  milk,  when  compared  with  the  other  animals.  The  very  massive 
Lady  Jocelyn  18th  (the  winner  in  the  heifer  class  when  a  Dairy 


2i)4  SlEOItTlIOHN     HKRDS    OF    KNU-LA.N'D. 

Show  was  held  at  Birmingham  in  1831),  and  the  handsome  Elvira 
7th,  trace  to  Mr.  Kobert  Colling's  Princess,  and  have  each  bred  a 
heifer  to  Silenus  6th  47088,  a  son  of  Silence  8th,  an  extraordinary 
heavy  milker,  owned  by  Mr.  Longman,  by  whom  the  bull  was  bred, 
and  afterwards  extensively  used  by  Mr.  Edwards.  The  Cleopatras 
include  Ceres,  a  pretty  stylish  cow.  The  Vestris',  t'voin  Shirdeleos, 
have  multiplied  freely.  The  Seraphinas  and  Lady  Wellesleys  both 
descend  from  the  Rev.  E.  Pointer's  Old  Darlington.  Myra,  a  Blanche 
cow,  bred  by  Mr.  E.  H.  Masfen,  was  in  milk  248  days,  and  gave 
0,1281bs.,  whereas  Daffodil,  of  the  same  gentleman's  breeding,  gave 
7,7931bs.  in  34(J  days,  and  won  the  Lord  Mayor's  Champion  Cup  in 
1882,  at  the  Dairy  Show,  while  Countess  of  Wragby,  had  over 
6,0001bs  to  her  credit  in  202  days.  The  "Booth  purchases  claim 
the  heaviest  milker  in  the  herd,  Water  Nymph  3rd,  bought  at 
Broughton,  having  given  9,197lbs.  in  282  days,  with  14  per  cent  of 
cream.  Olivia  and  Olivette,  with  Booth  sires,  trace  to  Mr.  E. 
Marsh's  stock,  and  the  Phillis'  to  Mr.  Jolly's,  but  more  lecently 
through  West  Dereham,  the  oldtr  of  the  two  purchases  made  at  the 
sale  leaving  an  average  of  231bs.  for  the  294  days  she  was  in  milk. 
The  Queens  of  Fame,  with  the  exception  of  one,  a;e  bred  by  Mr. 
Edwaids,  who  obtained  them  fiom  Child  wick  Hall.  Fame,  the  dam 
of  two  Princes  of  Fame,  used  in  the  heid,  gave  an  average  of  27-|lbs, 
of  milk  per  diem.  Prince  Matchless  56223,  by  Mr.  Lodge's 
Wellington  Duke  6th  45773,  from  Matchless  5th,  is  a  lengthy  good 
bull,  and  his  dam  is  well  known  to  fame,  yet  is  not  the  dam  of 
the  sire  of  equal  importance  ?  yet  no  evidence  is  offered  as  to  her 
milking  properties  in  the  last  private  catalogue,  which  is  unusua'ly 
explicit  in  many  particulars.  Eoyal  Eaymond  52055,  bred  by  Mr. 
A.  E.  VV.  Darby,  a  red  of  quite  the  Booth  character,  and  the  other 
principal  sire  is  a  son  of  the  VVarlaby  Eoyal  Mowbray  43300, 
from  Eosa,  Fredrica,  of  a  family  well  known  at  Braithwaite  Hall  for 
their  dairy  properties  in  byegone  days. 

The  Woolmers  Park  herd  dates  from  the  year  1845,  when  Mr. 
Wodehouse  purchased  at  Darlington,  six  pedigree  shorthorn  cows, 
three  of  which  cost  fifty  guineas  each,  considered  at  the  time  a  high 


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price,  while  the  others  cost  little  short  of  this  sum.  It  is  chiefly  from 
this  stock,  the  present  herd  descends,  as  dining  the  thirty  years 
which  have  passed  since  the  first  purchases  were  made,  only  half-a- 
dozen  females  have  been  bought.  The  sires  used  were  for  several 
years  purchased  from  the  late  Mr.  D.  Mclntosh,  Woolmer's  Duke 
32890,  Eoyal  Havering  2nd  35378,  and  Royal  Havering  3rd  42323, 
of  the  Lady  Bird,  Cold  Cream,  and  Euschia  tiibes,  all  bo'ing  obtained 
in  succession.  Minstrel  Boy  2nd  43613,  b;ed  at  Maisey  Lampton, 
from  a  Musical  dam,  has  preceded  Cherry  Prince  8th,  a  son  of  Mr. 
Sheldon's  Prince  Saturn  46926  (and  consequently  half-brother  to  Mr. 
Brierley's  Euckley),  the  present  sire.  Mr.  Wodehouse's  cattle  have 
been  regular  winners  in  the  Show  yard,  the  most  distinguished  has 
been  Countess,  whose  descendants  are  now  known  as  Countesses  of 
Woolmer.  This  well  known  cow  was  a  regular  breeder  up  to  the 
time  of  her  death  in  1885,  at  the  age  of  seventeen  years.  Included 
in  her  victories,  were  a  Eoyal  first  at  Birmingham,  third  in  the  family 
class,  at  the  Liverpool  Eoyal  the  following  year,  a  fiist  and  Gold 
Medal  at  the  Dairy  Show,  Is78,  .Reserve  in  Family  class  at  Kilburn, 
but  first  at  the  Yorkshire  in  the  same  year.  Mr.  Wodehouse  again 
won  a  Gold  Medal  at  the  Dairy  Show  in  1880,  with  Violet  and  her 
offspring,  all  bred  at  Woolmers  Paik,  and  the  herd  is  now  in  a  satis- 
factory progressive  state,  having  be^n  victorious  in  three  classes  at  the 
recent  County  show. 

Mr.  W.  E.  M.  Copeland,  began  purchasing  shorthorns  at  Mr. 
T.  Purkis'  sale,  when  several  Foggathorpe  cows  were  obtained  ; 
the  tribe  have  been  both  prolific,  and  heavy  milkers,  and  the  seven 
Eoggathorpe  cows  seen  are  no  exception  in  the  latter  iespect. 
Eanny  Eoggathorpe,  possesses  more  substance  than  many  of  the 
family,  while  Emily  Eoggathorpe,  is  considered  to  show  the  most 
character.  The  Juliettas,  obtained  from  Mr.  C.  A.  Barnes,  have  the 
original  purchase,  and  two  daughters  to  represent  them.  At  Shole- 
broke,  Mr.  Copeland  purchased  Silver  Cloud  3rd,  and  Barringtonia 
6th,  the  former  now  grown  into  a  very  pretty  cow,  and  the  latter 
promises  to  develope  into  a  large  framed  useful  sort.  Winsome 
Lally,  an  exceedingly  attractive  yearling,  is  of  the  same  fashionable 


296  SHORTHOItN    HERDS    OF    ENGLAND. 

descent  as  the  Barringtonia.  Bed  Rose  of  Tweed,  a  good  fleshed 
red  and  white,  was  bred  at  Elmhurst,  and  t  ivo  young  Grwynne  cows, 
bought  at  East  Donyland  as  calves,  fully  maintain  the  excellent 
reputation  of  the  family,  and  the  younger  is  the  handsomest  animal 
at  Russell  Farm,  where  Prince  of  Waterloo  50255,  a  son  of  another 
East  Donyland  purchase,  has  succeeded  Mr.  A.  H.  Longman's  Lord 
Shendish  Charmer  2nd  48246. 

Four  miles  beyond  Russell  Farm,  Shendish  is  reached,  where 
Mr.  A.  H.  Longman  has  been  breeding  Bates  and  Knightley  cattle 
for  the  past  fifteen  years,  crossing  them  with  males  of  the  former 
blood,  and  generally  bringing  in  some  fresh  material  without 
wandering  f i  om  the  recognised  bull  breeding  families.  Oxford  Duke 
34977,  a  son  of  the  imported  Eleventh  Lady  of  Oxford,  was  privately 
purchased  fiom  the  Earl  of  Dunmore,  and  succeeded  by  Second  Lord 
of  Strathtay  28636,  a  son  of  3rd  Duke  of  Hillhurst  30975,  and  the 
imported  Red  Rose  of  Strathtay,  from  the  same  herd,  the  latter 
being  of  the  Rose  of  Sharon  branch  of  the  Cambridge  Rose  tribe, 
which  was  fuither  introduced  by  the  use  of  Severus  43998,  winner 
of  second  honours  at  the  Worcester  Meeting  of  the  Bath  and  West 
of  England  Show.  2nd  Duke  of  Hillhurst  39748,  bought  for  800gs., 
at  Millbeckstock,  had  divided  the  Red  Rose  bulls,  and  Sir  Wilfrid 
Winsome  48757  (a  son  of  that  beautiful  heifer,  Winsome  Duchess, 
sold  for  700gs.  at  Stoke  Park),  and  a  level  good  bull  has  done  four 
years  good  service,  and  is  now  assisted  by  Oxford  Duke  of  Killhow 
8th  53368,  the  result  of  Mr.  Foster  sending  Oxford  Duchess  of 
Killhow  to  Sir  Simeon  42412,  which  he  consigned  to  the  Underley 
sale,  from  whence  he  came  to  Shendish. 

The  Silence  branch  of  the  Surmises  have  long  been  in  the  herd, 
and  in  the  first  group  of  cows  we  have  Nos.  23,  24,  and  25,  but  the 
best  cattle  are  the  Apsleys,  descended  from  Alix,  well  known  in 
connection  with  Her  Majesty's  herd  at  the  Prince  Consort's  Shaw 
Farm.  Apsley  5th,  a  short  legged  massive  cow,  with  her  two 
handsome  daughters,  Apsley  10th  and  Apsley  llth,  form  an  excellent 
family.  Of  the  own  sisters,  Shendish  Rose  6th  and  Shendish  Rose 
7th,  grand-daughters  of  Oxford  Rose  9th,  bought  at  Holker,  when 


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some  of  the  finest  cattle  at  that  period  were  considered  to  be  of  this 
family,  our  preference  is  the  older,  the  latter  has  however  an 
excellent  yearling  son  to  her  credit.  Cherry  Grand  Duchess  12th,  a 
very  fine  roan  cow,  is  comparatively  a  recent  acquisition,  like 
Kirklevington  Lady  10th,  a  deep  made  white  heifer,  bought  at 
Underley,  and  the  mother  of  a  short  legged  roan  c.  c.,  by  Grand 
Duke  of  Geneva  3rd  49677.  Before  leaving  the  homestead  we  are 
shown  a  promising  red  Silence  heifer  from  No.  25.  In  some  distant 
pastures,  Wetherby  Duchess  3rd,  of  the  best  line  of  Charmers,  and 
Shendish  Rose  3rd,  a  pretty  roan,  are  found  in  the  one  nearest  at 
hand.  Advancing  into  a  further  meadow,  the  Silences  are  conspicuous, 
the  Twenty-sixth  being  very  lengthy,  and  the  Twenty-seventh 
equally  as  pretty.  Mr.  Longman  added  another  branch  of  the  tribe 
to  his  herd,  when  he  bought  three  of  the  Surmise  Duchesses  at 
Eowfant,  the  Thirtieth  is  noticed  as  a  neat  heifer  ;  of  the  G Wynnes, 
from  The  Hendre  and  Hill  Crest,  we  prefer  Dora  Gvvynne  3rd. 
Here  we  have  also  Blue  Bell  7th,  of  the  only  branch  of  the  Barring-tons, 
descended  from  Mr.  Harvey's  Lady  Barrington  5th,  by  Earl  of 
Liverpool  9061,  through  Mr.  Grundy's  Bosquet,  by  Col.  Townley's 
Garrick  11507  and  Mr.  Sartoris'  Bluebell,  by  the  Surmise  bull 
Britannicus  17452. 

Probably  the  nearest  herd  to  the  Metropolis  is  Mr.  A.  F.  Puck- 
ridge's,  which  can  be  reached  in  ten  miles  by  road,  and  is  located 
near  to  Chigwell,  in  the  County  of  Essex.  In  addition  to  the 
shorthorns,  a  herd  of  Jerseys  are  bred  by  Mr.  Puckridge,  but  it  is 
the  former  in  which  we  are  more  particularly  interested.  Nearly 
one  half  the  twenty-two  females  are  descended  fiorn  Mr.  Jonas 
Webb's  Celia,  through  her  daughtei  s,  Young  Celia  and  Miss  Beauford. 
Especially  grand  milk  producers  are  Lady  Chigwell  3rd  and  Lady 
Chigwell  4th,  own  sisters,  having  for  grand-dam  Miss  Emily  6th, 
which  had  the  prestige  of  passing  through  Mr.  Thos.  Bell's  hands. 
Several  purchases  were  made  at  the  Harewoods  sale,  including  Oxford 
Eose  10th.  a  very  fine  cow,  of  the  Eose  of  Eaby  family,  bred  at 
Holker,  and  her  heifer,  Airdrie's  Oxford  Eose  2nd,  by  27th  Duke 
of  Airdrie  41351,  also  the  sire  of  Eosy  Countess  4th,  and  Eosy 


298  SH.ORT1I011N    HERDS    OF    ENGLAND. 

Countess  5th,  whose  name  is  sufficient  evidence  of  their  excellent 
breeding,  previously  to  passing  through  Mr.  Lloyd's  possession,  they 
had  been  for  two  or  three  generations  at  Weston  Park.  Mr. 
Puckridge  pm  chased  at  the  Harewoods  sale,  Celtic  Chief  49240,  a 
handsome  roan  Celia  bull,  sired  by  Mr.  Larking's  Fugleman  36670, 
and  Paul  Gwynne  3rd  48121,  out  of  that  very  fine  cow,  Peailie 
G wynne,  sold  for  BOOgs.,  at  Elmhurst,  both  sires  are  still  in  service 
at  Forest  House. 

Havering  Park,  has  long  been  associated  with  pedigree  cattle, 
and  the  late  Mr.  D.  Mclntosh  was  well  known  as  a  buyer  of  many 
good  shorthorns.  Especially,  it  may  be  mentioned,  that  he  was  the 
breeder  of  Lady  Oxford  5th,  the  first  prize  calf  at  the  Worcester 
Royal,  in  1863,  bought  by  Mr.  Drewry  for  600gs.,  at  the  Havering 
Park  sale  of  1867,  and  afterwards  one  of  the  finest  animals  and 
breeders  in  the  Holker  herd.  On  the  second  occasion  of  a  female 
descendant  of  Lady  Oxford  5th's  being  offered  to  the  public,  the 
owner  of  Havering  Park  was  the  last  bidder,  securing  Baroness 
Oxford  5th,  at  2,600gs..  and  Mrs.  Mclntosh  has  now  four  female 
descendants.  Lady  Oxford  7th  and  Lady  Oxford  8th,  are  own 
sisters,  by  Duke  of  Havering  33664  (a  home  bred  son  of  Eighth 
Duchess  of  Airdrie,  and  Ninth  Duke  of  Geneva),  the  former  has 
been  away  for  service  at  Holker,  and  on  her  return  journey  was 
unfortunately  injured  in  her  hip,  while  the  latter  possesses  con- 
siderable personal  attractions.  Lady  Oxford  10th,  a  thick  good 
heifer,  is  half-sister  to  the  two  cows,  but  by  Grand  Duke  41st  46439, 
while  the  Twelfth,  a  straight  level  calf,  has  Grand  Duke  44th  46440, 
for  sire,  and  is  out  of  the  oldest  of  the  three  sires.  The  remaining 
animals  comprise  Havering  Princess,  a  daughter  of  the  imported 
Bosina;  Havering  Nonpareil  and  Havering  Sea  Gull  (with  calf  out 
of  latter),  from  Burghley  bred  cows ;  and  a  red  Gwynne  heifer,  by 
one  of  the  Princes  of  Havering.  Baron  Oxford  5th,  not  the  one 
bred  at  Holker.  but  a  son  of  Lady  Oxford  7th  and  Duke  of  Cornwall 
3rd  43665,  now  reigns  at  Havering  Park. 


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CHAPTER  XII. 

The  Hampshire  Herds. — Stratton  Park. — EotJierfteld  Park. — Moor 
Court. — Eastover. —  Wiltshire  Herds. — Britford. — Bapton  Manor. — 
Dorsetshire  Herds. — Marnhull. — Castle  Hill. — Devonshire  Herds. — 
OywelL  —  Filleigh.  —  Week. — Pilton.  —  Cornwall  Herds.  —  Loggcms 
Mill. — Scorrier. — Trewithen. — Budock-Vean. 

On  arriving  at  Reading,  \ve  change  trains  and  enter  a  South 
Western  carriage  for  Basingstoke,en  route  to  visit  the  Western  herds, 
stopping  first  at  Micheldever,  to  see  Lord  Northbrooke's  little  herd  at 
the  Home  Farm,  on  the  Stratton  Park  estate.  It  was  only  at  the 
dispersion  of  the  Sholebroke  shorthorns,  that  the  first  purchase — 
Barringtonia  5th — was  made,  with  the  view  of  forming  a  hei  d.  She 
has  matured  into  a  fine  cow,  and  bred  two  bulls  at  single  biiths,  in 
addition  to  a  very  attractive  pair  of  twin  red  beifeis,  the  latter,  by 
Duke  of  Eawsley  49444,  bred  at  Weston  Park,  and  used  previous  to 
the  purchase  of  Duke  of  Charmingland  48th.  Red  Rose  of  Hindlip 
9th,  another  good  looking  cow,  is  by  that  fine  Oxford  bull — Knight 
of  Oxford  3rd — used  by  Mr.  Green  at  East  Donyland,  and  has 
contributed  one  of  the  four  good  looking  red  yearlings,  left  by  Duke 
of  Eawsley  49444,  the  remaining  one  being  out  of  the  Kingscote 
Honey  88th.  Cordelia,  exhibited  when  a  heifer,  by  Lord  Moreton, 
has  since  coming  to  Stratton  Park,  given  birth  to  a  roan  cow  calf  by 
Baron  Oxford  10th  49091.  Primrose,  a  very  handsome  non-pedigree 
cow,  was  exhibited  at  the  Royal  Counties,  where  she  was  placed 
before  Mr.  Handley's  Ref'ormar  53521,  for  the  Championship,  but 
having  since  been  passed  over  in  the  non-pedigree  class  at  York, 
probably  an  account  of  her  high  condition,  it  has  been  decided  to 
send  her  to  Smithfield,  where  she  will  undoubtedly  make  a  good 
fight  for  the  honour  of  the  county.  Duke  of  Charmingland  48th, 
with  such  an  excellent  sire  as  Duke  of  Barrington  10th  43067, 
(while  the  dam,  Charming  Duchess  9th,  is  equally  as  good),  cannot 
well  help  leaving  his  mark  as  a  successful  stock  getter,  he  was  fiist 


oUU  SHOIITHORN    HERDS    OF    ENULA.ND. 

in  his  class  at  Bingley  Hall,  and  has  retained  his  form  exceedingly 
well,  considering  the  high  condition  in  which  Mr.  Sheldon  sends  his 
young  bulls  to  the  great  central  depot  for  sale. 

Rothei  field  Park,  the  residence  of  Mr.  A.  J.  Scott,  lies  some 
fifteen  miles  across  country  from  Stratton,  and  the  herd  of  shorthorns 
has  been  reduced  only  a  few  days  previously,  by  the  sale  of  some 
half-dozen  females,  when  the  entire  flock  of  Hampshire  Downs  were 
also  dispersed,  for  which  it  is  intended  for  the  future  to  substitute 
Southdowns.  Waterloo  Duke  4th  53821,  bred  by  the  late  Mr.  J. 
Bigg,  from  Bose  of  Waterloo,  has  grown  into  a  handsome  heavy 
fleshed  level  bull.  Previous  to  his  purchase,  M.  Scott  had  used 
Lord  Ettrick  46645,  a  grand-son  of  the  celebrated  Duke  of  Underley 
33745  ;  and  Wild  Prince  8th  44261,  standing  in  the  same  relation  to 
even  a  still  more  famous  bull,  7th  Duke  of  York  17754.  The  females 
consist  of  five  tribes,  of  which  the  most  numerous  are  the  Cleopatras 
and  Verbenas,  the  former  associated  with  Holker,  and  the  latter 
with  Heybridge  and  Dyrham  Park.  The  total  number  is  under  a 
score,  and  the  Blanches,  obtained  at  Thicket  Priory,  and  May  Days 
from  West  Hall,  have  each  a  trio  to  their  credit.  Mr.  Scott  has 
also  a  Sweetheart  heifer  descended  from  Silverdale,  bought  at 
Sholebioke,  and  as  he  intends  to  have  milk  included  as  well  as  beef 
in  the  good  qualities  of  his  pedigree  cattle  in  the  future,  she  will  it 
is  hoped,  follow  the  Knightley  tradition.  The  owner  of  the  Rother- 
field  Park  estate  also  breeds  a  number  of  other  pure  kinds  of  stock, 
in  addition  to  the  cattle,  particularly  noticeable  are  his  handsome 
mules,  and  some  pigs  of  a  spotted  sandy  black  and  white  colour,  by 
a  Berkshire  boar,  out  of  an  Iceland  sow,  are  reported  to  be  excellent 
thrivers,  and  full  of  lean  flesh. 

Passing  from  Alton  through  Southampton,  still  a  third  herd  is 
to  be  seen  before  the  day's  work  is  o'er.  Moor  Court,  and  the  four 
hundred  and  fifty  acres  surrounding  it,  in  the  occupation  of  Mr.  B. 
Hoddinott,  lies  midway  between  Eomsey  and  Southampton.  The 
land  is  alluvial  and  mostly  very  fertile,  and  Mr.  Hoddinott  began  his 
tenancy  under  that  world  renowned  patriot,  the  late  Lord  Palmsrston, 
who  had  purchased  the  estate  from  a  Mr.  Chamberlain.  Moor 


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Court  is  a  substantial  old  fashioned  house,  built  about  the  year  1700, 
in  the  front  is  one  of  the  largest  thatched  barns  in  England,  and  at 
the  back  is  a  charming  old  fashioned  garden.  Near!)  eighty  cows 
are  now  in  milk,  the  produce  being  despatched  twice  every  day  to 
London.  It  is  satisfactory  to  find  that  with  one  or  two  exceptions, 
the  use  of  shorthorn  sires  for  several  generations  is  very  apparent 
in  the  animals  seen  in  the  meadows  belonging  to  Moor  Court,  many 
indeed  will  shortly  appear  in  Coates' ;  Grace  Darling  having  already 
done  so  in  the  last  edition,  all  the  sires  found  in  her  pedigree  having 
been  used  by  Mr.  Hoddinott.  A  few  pure  bred  females  were 
purchased  from  ten  to  sixteen  years  ago,  principally  at  the  sales  of 
Mr.  R.  Stratton  and  Mr.  J.  How,  from  the  former  came  Ada  and 
"Wild  Rose,  of  the  Moss  Rose  family,  and  Frivolity,  with  only  three 
registered  crosses,  although  very  handsome,  and  the  highest  priced 
female  at  Buderop,  and  the  latter  furnished  four  females,  although 
descendants  are  now  only  forthcoming  from  the  Pauline  and 
Lancaster  heifers.  Commencing  with  a  Pye  bull,  The  Proctor  30149, 
from  Broadmoor,  Rule  Britannia  29900  (a  son  of  Royal  Benedict 
27348,  and  Rose  of  the  Moor),  followed  from  Churchill  Heath,  and 
Booth  blood  afterwards  had  a  prevailing  element  in  the  choice  of 
sires,  until  Lord  Hartington  5th  48195,  the  present  one,  was 
purchased.  Mr.  Hoddinott  has  generally  retained  one  or  two  of 
tfce  best  of  a  purchased  male's  sons  to  succeed  him,  this  doubtless 
will  help  to  create  a  family  character  in  any  herd.  Ruby's  Windsor 
29875,  by  Sir  Windsor  Broughton  27507,  out  of  an  Abbot  of 
Knowlmere  cow,  was  purchased  in  1873,  and  sold  again  the  same 
year  when  exhibited  at  the  Royal  Counties  Show.  In  the  following 
year,  Knight  of  Fame  34379,  a  highly  bred  son  of  Mr.  T.  C.  Booth's 
Knight  of  the  Shire  26552,  and  Collenette  was  bought  at  Preston 
Hows,  and  used  for  five  seasons.  Both  Hero  of  the  South  31361, 
and  Magna  Charta  34722  (sons  of  Ada),  by  The  Proctor  30149  and 
Rule  Britannia  29900,  had  assisted  Knight  of  Fame,  in  the  early 
part  of  his  reign  at  Moor  Court,  and  towards  the  end  of  it,  his  sons, 
Knight  of  Stratton's  Roses  40086  and  Knight  of  Hampshire  41777, 
out  of  the  other  Budeiop  Moss  Rose  purchase,  were  freely  used. 


SHORTHORN    HERBS    OF    BNGLA.ND. 

Mr.  H.  Aylmer's  herd  next  supplied  Sir  Jacob  47105,  by  Sir  Wilfrid 
37184,  from  Easthorpe  Strawberry  9th,  and  he  was  used  for  five  years. 
Lord  Hartington  5th  48195,  bred  by  Earl  Spencer,  was  purchased 
in  order  that  no  lack  of  size  should  be  apparant  in  this  large 
dairy  of  cows  by  the  continued  use  of  one  line  of  blood.  He 
is  a  large  framed  red,  of  good  flesh  and  quality,  showing  plenty  of 
constitution,  and  has  for  sire  and  grand-sire  two  of  the  famous 
Grand  Dukes.  Lord  Frolic  51576,  a  good  looking  son  of  Lord 
Hartington  5th  4811)5,  and  Frivolity  2nd,  a  fine  roan  daughter  of 
Knight  of  Fame  34:379,  and  the  original  Burderop  purchase  is  also 
in  service  at  Moor  Court.  The  most  numerous  of  the  families  in 
Mr.  Hoddinott's  possession  are  the  Moss  Roses,  tracing  through 
Wild  Rose ;  and  her  grand-daughter,  Rose  of  the  Moor,  a  Sir  Jacob 
cow,  is  one  of  the  handsomest  in  the  herd.  Frivolity  2nd  and 
Frivolity  3rd,  mother  and  daughter,  are  no  disgrace  to  the  Stratton 
cattle,  while  one  of  the  best  of  the  yearlings  is  the  red  and  white 
Townley's  Rose,  a  descendant  of  Wild  Rose.  Moor  Court  Pauline 
2nd  and  Moor  Court  Pauline  3rd,  are  of  the  Pauline  tribe,  originally 
at  Killerby,  and  which  made  very  high  prices  at  the  Broughton  sale 
of  1876,  where  Pauline  12th  was  ottained  by  Mr.  Hoddinott. 
Sidonia  Cth  is  a  successful  result  of  putting  a  Fifth  Duke  of 
Wharfdale  Gazelle  cow,  bought  at  Siddington,  to  Knight  of  Fame, 
being  handsome  and  of  large  scale.  Lady  Lancaster  3rd,  a  white 
grand-daughter  of  Mr.  How's  Conclusion,  having  declined  to  breed, 
is  being  prepared  to  win  at  the  local  Christmas  shows,  and  if  she 
goes  on  as  well  as  she  has  done,  will  be  quite  equal  to  the  occasion. 
Several  heifers  of  the  families  already  noticed  are  some  distance 
away,  and  the  shades  of  evening  fast  approaching,  we  are  compelled 
to  close  our  notes  without  seeing  them. 

Before  advancing  into  Wiltshire  we  call  at  one  of  the  farms  of 
Mr.  S.  H.  Allen,  of  Eastover,  who  has  been  breeding  shorthorns 
since  1874,  when  he  attended  the  Marquis  of  Ailesbury's  sale  at 
Saversnake,1  near  Marlborough,  and  purchased  what  he  considered 
to  be  the  best  cow,  Beauty,  as  well  as  two  calves  named  Clara  and 
Datura.  It  was  not  until  1880,  that  Mr.  Allen  contemplated 


SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND.  303 

entering  his  purchases  at  the  Saversnake  sale,  and  they  first  appeared 
in  Vol.  26,  with  the  extraordinary  record  of  having  produced  in  five 
years,  seventeen  calves,  Clara  having  had  twins  three  times  in 
succession,  born  a  month  later  each  season,  and  Datura  twice,  but 
with  a  single  calf  intervening.  The  Marquis  of  Ail^sbury's 
catalogue  did  not  trace  the  descent  of  Mr.  Allen's  purchases  further 
than  Violet,  bred  by  Mr.  Harwood,  in  the  neighbourhood  of  Thirsk, 
and  a  daughter  of  Mr.  B.  Wilson's  Mazeppa  34831,  but  after  enquiry 
wTas  made  in  the  neighbourhood  of  Kipon,  two  further  sires  were 
added  to  the  pedigree  by  the  permission  of  the  Shorthorn  Society, 
viz :  Warrior  66600  and  dementi  3399,  the  latter  a  winner  at  the 
Koyal  at  Cambridge  in  1842.  Mr.  Allen's  only  other  family  consists 
of  May  Queen,  of  Mr.  Drakes'  Meadow  Flower  tribe,  bought  from 
Mr.  E.  C.  Tisdall,  and  of  this  cow  and  her  daughter,  by  Big  Ben 
47486,  it  can  be  said  that  they  are  both  good  dairy  animals.  The  first 
shorthotn  male  purchased  by  Mr.  Allen,  was  J.  P.  41731,  at  his 
brother-in-law's  (Mr.  W.  T.  Brackenbury)  sale,  September  17th, 
1884,  he  left  a  lot  of  good  stock,  and  was  sold  for  nearly  cost  price, 
at  Basingstoke  auction  sale,  four  years  later.  One  of  his  sons 
followed  for  a  season,  as  no  definite  system  of  breeding  had  been 
adopted,  but  meeting  Mr.  Attwater  in  Salisbury,  he  was  invited  to 
visit  his  herd,  and  having  the  offer  of  two  bulls  that  breeder  had 
bought  from  Mr.  Sheldon,  Mr.  Allen  brought  home  to  Eastover, 
Duke  Furbelow  38116,  a  son  of  Duke  of  Connaught  33604,  which 
like  his  first  male  purchase,  turned  out  a  success.  In  1882,  Big 
Ben  47486,  Mr.  Attwater's  first  prize  bull  at  Bingley  Hall,  was 
bought  for  72gs.,  and  v  hen  his  sons  went  in  due  time  to  be  sold  at 
the  same  place,  the  prices  realized  satisfied  the  owner.  Duke  of 
Wellington  51157,  a  son  of  Duke  of  Connaught  33604  and  Wisdom, 
came  from  Berkeley,  and  preceded  Winsome  Duke  48969,  of  the 
same  family,  and  a  grand-son  of  the  Duke  of  Connaught,  thus  Mr. 
Allen  has  a  considerable  amount  of  this  bull's  blood  in  his 
herd.  Certainly  Winsome  Duke's  shape  and  character  cannot  fail 
to  leave  a  mark  behind  him.  Eleven  cows  and  heifers  are  found  in 
a  low  lying  meadow,  near  to  the  Railroad.  Bangle,  a  remarkable 


304  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

handsome  cow,  does  great  credit  to  her  sire,  Duke  Furbelow,  and  is 
considered  the  best  in  the  meadow,  while  of  four  in  calf  heifers, 
Benefit  2nd,  by  Lord  Hindlip's  Knight  of  Worcester  5th  48125, 
with  a  good  wide  loin  and  rib,  is  our  choice.  Thirteen  more  heifers 
are  in  a  water  meadow,  where  we  find  the  best  aftermath  seen  this 
season,  and  a  number  of  nice  coloured  heifers  (Bangle's  daughter 
being  one  of  the  most  prominent),  by  Big  Ben  47486,  speak  well  for 
the  future  prosperity  of  the  herd.  It  is  Mr.  Allen's  intention  to 
continue  breeding  from  his  Saversnake  purchases,  and  buy  well 
bred  bulls  to  use  in  the  herd,  his  intention  being  to  produce  a  good 
animal  for  both  milking  and  grazing,  and  he  informs  us  that  he  has 
found  none  better  than  a  carefully  bred  shorthorn. 

Wiltshire,  although  some  distance  from  Bingley  Hall,  has  had 
the  County  very  creditably  represented  at  the  annual  young  bull 
sales  of  late  years,  and  for  this  it  is  mainly  indebted  to  Mr.  J.  G. 
Att water,  of  Britford,  whose  contributions  have  not  only  been 
greatly  admired,  but  keenly  competed  for  by  the  public.  Mr. 
Attwater  c.ime  to  Britford  about  twenty-five  years  ago,  having 
previously  farmed  on  the  Cotswolds,  and  pure  bred  cattle  were  first 
introduced  on  the  farm  at  the  sale  of  the  larger  portion  of  the 
Buderop  herd  in  1871,  by  the  purchase  of  Moss  Rose,  named  after 
the  tribe  from  whence  she  sprang ;  after  breeding  two  heifers  and  a 
bull,  she  was  sold  to  Mr.  F.  Stratton.  Songstress,  bought  the 
following  year  at  Bingley  Hall,  has  only  descendants  through  her 
daughter,  Songstress  3rd.  Mr.  T.  Hands'  sale  of  1877,  supplied  four 
Chances — a  family  descended  from  Mr.  Lovells'  stock  at  Edgecott — 
Lavender  10th  and  Miss  Pearl  18th,  tribes  mentioned  in  connection 
with  the  Canley  herd  as  being  deep  milkers.  The  Blanches  and 
Didos  came  from  Lord  Sudeley's  and  Mr.  Bowley's  sales,  and  the  Bell 
Bates  Commemorations,  were  obtained  from  Mr.  Harding  in  1876. 
It  has  been  Mr.  Attwater's  custom  to  usually  purchase  calves,  in 
order  that  they  might  get  acclimatized  to  his  farm.  With  the 
exception  of  Mr.  Sheldon's  Lord  Garland  6th  41864  and  Duke 
Furbelow  38116  (a  son  of  Duke  of  Connaught  33604  and  Gladys), 
all  the  sires  purchased  have  been  of  fashionable  lineage,  Duke  of 


SHORTHORN"  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND.  305 

O/ilevrorth  31008,  from  that  fine  old  cow  Dora,  being  first  purchased 
in  1872,  and  followed  the  year  after  by  his  own  brothers,  Second  and 
Third  Dukes  of  Berkeley,  bought  at  Lord  Fitzhardinge's  sale.  The 
Wild  Eyes  tribe  have  of  late  supplied  three  sires,  viz :  two  Knights 
of  Worcester,  from  Hiridlip,  and  Winsome  Duke  48969,  seen  at 
Mr.  Allen's,  having  been  first  brought  South  by  Mr.  Attwater. 

The  thirty-eight  cows  in  milk  appear  well  able  to  contribute 
their  share  to  the  dairy,  where  butter  making  is  carried  on.  Lavender 
14th,  has  quite  the  character  of  a  shorthorn,  and  Queen  7th,  is  a  very 
level  young  cow,  by  Duke  Furbelow  38116,  from  a  daughter  of  one 
of  the  purchases  at  The  Hawthorns.  Pearl  6th  and  Pearl  8th,  two 
light  roans,  the  former  with  a  particularly  nice  shaped  udder,  and 
the  latter  a  thick  massive  cow,  are  not  of  the  Canley  sort,  but  trace 
to  Pearl,  a  daughter  of  White  Neptune,  by  4th  Duke  of  Thorndale 
17750,  obtained  by  Mr.  Attwater  from  Mr.  J.  Stephen,  in  Hamp- 
shire. Alboni  2nd,  a  squarely  built  good  cow,  is  out  of  Alboni,  bred 
at  Stonylane,  while  Moss  Eoses,  Fifth  and  Eighth,  are  from  own 
sisteis,  but  by  different  sires.  Several  of  the  animals  have  not  been 
turned  from  their  byres  into  the  yard,  and  amongst  these  we  notice 
a  useful  red  Pearl,  of  the  Canley  family ;  three  good  Queens,  all  as 
useful  as  the  first  seen ;  Dido  6th,  out  of  a  3rd  Duke  of  Clarence 
cow,  bought  at  Siddington ;  Ceres  23rd,  from  the  older  of  the  heifers 
purchased  from  Lord  Sudeley.  has  but  newly  calved  a  red  bull. 
Since  the  sale  of  Winsome  Duke  to  Mr.  Allen,  Mr.  Attwater  has 
used  two  of  his  home  bred  young  bulls,  and  he  has  several  very 
promising  youngsters  coming  on  for  Birmingham,  but  the  heifers 
are  out  on  some  extra  keep,  which  has  had  to  be  taken  owing  to  the 
summer. 

On  the  estate  of  Bapton  Manor,  adjoining  the  river  Wylie, 
belonging  to  Mr.  J.  D.  AVillis,  are  found  an  excellent  dairy  of  cows, 
not  only  with  good  udders,  but  many  of  them  showing  considerable 
shorthorn  character,  which  as  many  are  still  uneligible  for  Coates', 
must  be  accounted  for  by  the  continued  use  of  pedigree  sires, 
beginning  with  Sunrise  25252,  bought  from  Mr.  J.  Stratton,  in  1867, 
no  less  than  ten  males  of  the  blood  of  the  Messrs.  Stratton  have 

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306  SIIORTnORN"    HERDS    OF    ENGLAND. 

been  since  used.  Until  two  years  ago,  the  female  purchases  had  not 
been  extensive,  but  at  the  Autumn  sale  at  Bingley  Hall  a  year  ago, 
all  the  three  prize  cows  were  purchased  by  Mr.  Willis,  and  several 
very  good  ones  were  bought  at  the  Spring  sale,  while  Mr.  Bassett's 
herd  supplied  a  nice  Daisy  cow  and  heifer,  with  one  of  the  Koss 
G-wynnes,  better  known  as  Polly  Gwynnes  in  Cumberland.  A  few 
of  the  favourites  are  together  in  the  Park  ;  Maria,  a  home  bred  one, 
is  very  full  of  quality,  but  appears  hardly  of  sufficient  scale  when 
compared  with  the  massive  red  and  white  Musical  from  Maisey- 
hampton.  Then  Princess,  unfortunately  without  the  sufficient  four 
crosses  to  be  recognised  as  a  "  thoroughbred,"  is  a  beautiful  roan,  the 
winner  of  seventeen  prizes,  including  second  at  the  Bath  and  West 
Dorchester  Meeting,  whereas  the  year  previous,  she  had  been  first  in 
the  dairy  class,  being  bred  at  Bapton  Manor,  some  idea  of  the  good 
qualities  of  the  dairy  cows  may  be  gathered,  when  one  of  the  owner's 
own  breeding  can  win  in  so  important  a  meeting  as  the  Bath  and 
West  in  both  the  dairy  and  breeding  classes,  surely  they  ought  to  be 
all  one,  and  may  the  day  not  be  far  distant  when  they  are  united  in 
every  breeding  stock  show  in  the  Kingdom.  Viola,  another  home 
bred,  is  a  very  attractive  roan ;  Constance  Doon,  a  fine  old  cow,  has 
distinguished  herself  by  breeding  Euckley ;  a  roan  Eose  of  Oxford, 
and  red  and  white  Bessie,  are  names  familiar  with  the  contents  of  the 
herds  at  Southrop  and  Maiseyhampton.  The  team  of  show  cattle 
are  away,  but  arrive  in  time  for  an  interview  in  the  morning,  when 
Cheerful  Lad,  a  fourth  prize  bull  at  Biugley  Hall,  bred  by  Mr. 
Daniel  Arkell,  has  been  very  successful  locally,  and  is  looked  upon 
as  the  most  promising  of  them  for  future  honours  ;  he  is  exceedingly 
even  and  level,  but  a  little  more  size  would  be  to  his  advantage. 
Out  of  two  or  three  dairy  cows  which  had  been  exhibited,  we  prefer 
Blanche  Duchess  4th,  well  known  in  Mr.  J.  J.  Sharpe's  hands,  who 
exhibited  her  successfully  at  the  London  Dairy  Show.  In  the  calves, 
two  roans  from  Edith  Ailesbury  and  Mermaid,  are  looked  upon 
with  the  greatest  favour.  As  to  the  sires  in  service  in  this  extensive 
herd,  Mountain  Chief  2nd  50080,  a  heavy  fleshed  white,  shown  at 
several  of  the  leading  Society's  Meetings  by  Mr.  E.  Thompson,  will 


SHORTHORN    IIEKBS    OF    ENGLAND.  307 

find  a  considerable  change  in  roaming  at  large  with  the  matrons,  to 
his  last  year's  work.  Young  Briton  49201,  on'^  of  the  famous 
Aylesby  Flowers,  has  many  good  points  about  him,  while  Fred 
Benedict  49606,  is  full  of  the  blood  that  has  been  so  famous  at 
Carperby  for  being  associated  with  prize  winners. 

From  Salisbury,  we  pass  into  the  northern  corner  of  Dorsetshire, 
and  in  the  Vale  of  Blackmoor,  the  Rev.  R.  B.  Kennard,  at  Marnhull, 
has  been  a  breeder  of  shorthorns  for  nearly  five  and  twenty  years. 
The  famous  Siddington  herd  being  first  resorted  to,  but  it  was  in 
1865  that  the  foundations  of  the  Lady  Marnhulls  and  Queens  (both 
names  very  familiar  in  connection  with  Mr.  Kennard's  herd),  were 
obtained  at  Mr.  Margetson's  sale,  in  Wiltshire.  The  third  family 
which  has  had  a  long  and  honourable  connection  with  the  name  of 
Marnhull,  are  the  Blossoms,  tracing  to  Certainty's  daughter, 
Bi-awith  Lass,  through  the  Hon.  Noel  Hill's  Belinda,  by  Mr.  Booth's 
Sir  Roger  16991,  and  one  of  her  produce,  named  Blossom,  bred  by 
the  late  Lord  Penrhyn,  coming  into  Mr.  Kennard's  possession,  laid 
the  foundation  of  what  are  now  known  as  the  Blossoms.  The  sires 
in  service  have  generally  contained  a  preponderance  of  Bates  blood. 
Duke  of  Montrose  23771,  a  son  of  7th  Duke  of  York  17754,  from 
Duchess  of  Richmond,  a  grand-daughter  of  Ursula,  was  first  purchased 
from  Mr.  Stiles  Rich,  then  the  Brailes  herd  supplied  Lord  Stanley 
2nd  26745,  of  the  Surmise  tribe.  Lord  Braybrooke's  Grand  Duke 
of  Oxford  28763,  proved  the  sire  of  the  illustrious  Queen  Mary,  the 
winner  of  the  Havering  Park  Challenge  Cup  three  tiraes  in  succession, 
and  for  three  years  she  occupied  premier  place  in  her  class  at  the 
Royal,  while  as  the  sequence  numerous  other  victories  resulted. 
The  7th  Duke  of  York's  blood  was  further  introduced  in  the  herd 
by  the  use  of  the  Gazelle  bull,  Lord  Fitzclarence  24th  401 63.  Prince 
of  Geneva  22nd  43824,  one  of  the  best  young  bulls  at  the  dispersion 
of  the  Churchill  Heath  herd,  had  the  least  Bates  blood  in  his  pedigree 
of  any  of  the  purchased  sires  used  at  Marnhull ;  he  traced  to  No. 
40,  Chilton  sale,  through  Pye,  which  was  a  very  favourite  family  at 
Broadmoor,  and  had  Grand  Duke  of  Geneva  2nd  31288,  for  sire  and 
grand-sire,  with  Col.  Townley's  Royal  Butterfly  20th  25007,  a  degree 


303  SlIOUTIIOKN    HERDS    OF    ENGLAND. 

further  away.  Montrose  45261,  bought  at  the  Yardley  sale  of  1882, 
brought  in  a  combination  of  the  Knightley  and  Eoggathorpe  blood, 
which  was  still  further  diffused  into  the  herd  two  years  later,  by  the 
purchase  at  The  Oaklands  sale,  of  Grafin  Foggathorpe  16th  and 
Violetta  2nd,  the  latter  has  departed  without  leaving  any  female 
descendants,  but  the  former  has  bred  Foggathorpe  Prince  2nd  52890, 
to  Montrose,  now  a  goodly  proportioned  handsome  dark  red  bull, 
verging  on  his  second  year,  and  doing  service  in  the  herd. 

The  Queens  number  sixteen  females,  and  although  Queen  Mary 
has  long  departed,  her  daughters,  Queen  Adelaide,  Queen  Victoria, 
and  Queen  Elizabeth,  uphold  the  reputation  of  the  family,  and  here 
it  may  be  noticed  that  Queen  Mary,  after  her  successful  show  yard 
career  continued  breeding  until  ten  years  of  age,  and  some  of  her 
descendants  have  also  been  conspicuous  in  the  show  ring.  Two  of 
Queen  Mary's  daughters,  are  included  in  a  group  of  half-a-dozen,  seen 
in  quite  the  best  pasture  that  has  been  noticed  at  the  close  of  the 
extraordinary  dry  summer  of  1887,  which  forms  part  of  an  estate 
recently  acquired  by  Mr.  Kennard,in  order  thatthe  Queens,  Blossoms, 
and  Lady  Marnhulls,  may  have  space  to  increase  and  multiply,  as 
they  have  hitherto  had  to  be  disposed  of  when  they  exceeded  the 
accommodation  at  the  Eectory  farm.  Out  of  eleven  heifers  and  young 
cows,  seven  are  of  this  tribe.  Queen  Lily,  a  light  roan  grand-daughter 
of  Queen  Victoria,  is  a  nice  young  cow  of  medium  size ;  Queen  Bess, 
by  Montrose  45261,  from  Queen  Elizabeth,  is  of  great  length,  and 
particularly  well  ribbed ;  and  her  half-sister,  Queen  Charlotte,  is 
pronounced  very  good ;  while  Queen  Margaret,  her  little  daughter, 
by  Lord  Marnhull  3rd  49939 — a  son  of  Prince  of  Geneva  22nd 
43824  and  Blossom  3rd — is  a  charming  calf.  Queen  of  the  Vale 
and  Queen  Elizabeth,  are  amongst  the  cows  in  profit,  while  Queen 
of  the  Isles,  the  red  and  white  heifer  that  last  year  was  first  both  at 
the  lioyal  and  West  Meetings,  occupies  a  comfortable  box ;  this 
season  she  again  held  her  position  at  the  latter  Meeting,  but  failed 
to  do  so  at  Newcastle,  where  according  to  some  of  the  critics  she 
showed  a  falling  off  from  her  previous  year's  "  form,"  she  is'certainly 
very  deep  and  good  in  her  fore-quarters,  whatever  may  be  said  to 


SHOETIIORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND.  309 

the  detriment  of  her  hind  ones.  The  most  promising  of  tha  young 
bulls  is  Eoyal  Duke  4th,  a  very  straight  youngster,  out  of  Queen 
Lily.  The  Lady  Marnhulls  have  been  on  the  premises  for  the  same 
period  as  the  Queens,  and  like  the  Blossoms  were  once  in  bygone 
days  located  at  Penryhn  Castle,  Electra,  the  grand-dam  of  Juliet 
(Mr.  Kennard's  original  purchase),  having  been  bred  there  and  sold 
in  calf  to  Marmaduke  1485)7.  The  Dorchester  winner.  Lady 
Marnhull  19th,  naturally  receives  most  attention,  she  is  a  beautiful 
fronted  heifer,  and  will  another  season,  add  further  honours  to  the 
herd,  which  has  already  won  so  many  with  its  females.  The 
Seventeenth  and  Eighteenth,  are  own  sisters,  the  former  is  well  sprung 
in  her  rib,  with  plenty  of  width  across  her  loin,  her  quarters  are 
lengthy  and  nicely  filled,  and  she  has  already  earned  a  reputation  as 
a  breeder,  by  having  had  the  Dorchester  winner,  while  the  latter 
is  a  deep  wealthy  heifer  standing  nearer  to  the  ground  than 
her  sister.  The  Blossoms  and  the  Lady  Marnhulls  were  both  drafted 
in  preference  to  the  Queens,  when  their  joint  numbers  outgrew  the 
accommodation.  Blossom  6th,  has  a  double  cross  of  the  Grand  Duke 
of  Oxford ;  the  light  roan  Eighth,  is  a  very  level  heifer ;  and  the  Ninth, 
a  nice  young  cow,  is  helping  to  supply  the  house  and  calves  with 
milk.  Several  other  families  have  been  added  since  the  purchase  of 
additional  land  by  Mr.  Kennard,  amongst  which  there  is  none  better 
than  Grrafin  Foggathorpe  16th,  from  The  Oaklands.  She  is  a  large 
framed  massive  cow,  fit  for  a  place  in  any  herd.  Rosy  and  her 
daughter,  Rosalind,  are  of  the  Knightley  Rosy  family,  the  dam 
of  the  former  being  bought  in  calf  at  the  same  time  as  the  Foggathorpe 
cow.  Niobe  19th,  combining  both  flesh  producing  qualities  and 
milk  in  no  small  degree,  with  Lavender  19th  and  Amy  Robsart, 
were  purchased  at  Stoneylane,  and  have  proved  themselves  a 
thoroughly  useful  class  of  cattle. 

From  Marnhull,  a  dozen  miles  drive  across  a  not  too  prepossessing 
part  of  the  county,  so  far  as  the  breeding  of  high  class  shorthorns 
are  concerned,  and  Castle  Hill, — situate  quite  in  accordance  with  its 
name — is  reached.  In  the  midst  of  heavy  rain,  we  adjourn  to  the 
buildings,  where  the  small  herd  are  found  comfortably  housed  in  loose 


310  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

boxes,  apparently  with  the  intention  of  not  returning  to  their 
pastures  until  morning,  although  the  month  of  August  is  not  yet 
expired.  Mr.  T.  Holford's  shorthorns  were  formerly  bred  at  Papillon 
Hall,  and  in  those  days  the  owner's  name  was  known  as  a  purchaser 
of  several  of  the  highest  bred  females  in  this  country,  as  well  as  on 
the  other  side  of  the  Atlantic.  At  New  York  Mills  in  1873,  one  of 
the  purest  of  the  Oxfords  was  obtained,  as  well  as  Lady  "Worcester 
4th — exported  from  this  country — and  her  heifer.  Nothing  daunted 
by  bad  luck  with  the  American  Oxford,  l,100gs.  was  paid  the  following 
year  for  Baroness  Oxford  3rd,  at  Holker,  which  proved  one  of  the  most 
fo1  tunate  of  Mr.  Holford's  purchases.  Three  years  later,  the  States 
supplied  Airdrie  Duchess  6th  and  Airdrie  Duchess  Tthfor  the  Papillon 
herd.  Many  other  highly  bred  Bates  and  Knightley  animals  were 
purchased,  and  Grand  Duke  23rd  34063,  out  of  that  famous  old  cow, 
Griand  Duchess  17th,  was  in  service  for  ten  years:  during  his  latter 
days,  he  was  assisted  by  his  son,  Viscount  Oxford  2nd  42558,  who  is 
still  seen  at  Castle  Hill.  A  single  sale  has  been  held  at  each  of  the  two 
abodes  of  the  herd,  over  "eight  hundred"  was  realized  for  a  Winsome 
on  the  fiist  occasion,  while  at  the  latter  nearly  double  was  reached 
when  Duchess  of  Leicester  3rd  came  into  the  ring.  No  females 
have  been  bought  since  the  1883  sale,  and  the  herd  includes  only 
"Waterloos,  excepting  the  already  mentioned  Duchesses  and  Oxfords. 

Airdrie  Duchess  6th  and  Airdrie  Duchess  7th,  were  descended 
from  Mr.  Alexander's  Duchess  of  Airdrie  10th,  sold  by  him  to  Mr. 
Gr.  Murray,  of  Racine,  in  whose  possession  she  had  five  heifers,  the 
family  being  afterwards  sold  to  the  Hon.  M.  H.  Cochrane,  at  whose 
sale  Mr.  A.  Crane,  of  Kansas,  bought  two  of  the  daughters,  at  a  cost 
of  over  $20,000  each,  in  calf  to  Second  and  Fourth  Dukes  of  Hill- 
hurst,  the  two  heifers  sold  to  Mr.  Holford  being  the  result.  The 
Duchesses  of  Leicester,  are  now  five  in  number,  consisting  of  the 
Second  (out  of  the  older  imported  heifer),  her  two  daughters,  the 
Ninth  and  Eleventh;  the  Fifth  (from  Airdrie  Duchess  7th),  and 
her  yearling  daughter,  the  Tenth.  The  South  Americans  have 
recently  carried  away  the  Eighth,  a  half-sister  to  the  Fifth,  she  being 
only  the  second  female  of  this  noble  family  exported  to  that  country. 


SHOJiTHOllN    IIE11US    OF    ENGLAND.  311 

Duchess  of  Leicester  2nd,  a  magnificent  red  of  great  scale,  showing 
abundance  of  constitution,  is  worthy  of  being  at  the  head  of  any 
family,  and  especially  of  the  Duchesses.  Of  her  two  heifers,  we  are 
inclined  to  prefer  the  younger,  a  very  pretty  calf,  doing  credit  to  the 
Barrington  as  a  sire,  while  the  older  has  the  great  substance  of  the 
dam,  but  hardly  appears  so  level  on  her  top  as  is  desirable.  Duchess 
of  Leicester  5th,  the  last  of  the  Sholebioke  bull's  produce,  lacks  the 
substance  of  the  Second,  but  her  yearling  heifer,  by  Duke  of  Vittoria 
5th  49486,  shows  an  improvement  in  this  respect,  and  is  one  of  the 
most  even  of  the  heifers  at  Castle  Hill,  while  a  red  bull  calf  of  June 
last,  will  in  all  probability  develope  into  the  best  looking  of  three 
Dukes  of  Leicester,  as  he  is  exceedingly  promising.  Viscountess 
Oxford,  a  nice  old  red  in  her  llth  year,  is  from  the  1,100  guinea 
Holker  purchase,  and  the  mother  of  two  good  heifers,  by  the  Waterloo 
and  Barrington  sires,  the  former  being  safe  in  calf  to  Duke  of 
Vittoria  8th.  Viscount  Oxford  2nd,  own  brother  to  Viscountess 
Oxford,  was  largely  used,  until  the  purchase  of  Duke  of  Barrington 
15th,  and  in  his  ninth  year  appears  as  hearty  and  vigorous  as  ever. 
Lady  Geneva  Waterloo,  bought  at  Lathom  in  1875,  has  been  an 
excellent  breeder,  and  only  a  couple  of  months  ago,  added  Duke  of 
Vittoria  12th,  to  the  herd.  She  is  worthy  of  the  Grivendale  branch 
to  which  she  belongs,  being  out  of  a  daughter  of  the  "  Patriot"  cow, 
the  ancestress  of  many  excellent  animals.  Duchess  of  Vittoria.  a 
lengthy  good  sort,  suckles  a  pretty  red  cow  calf,  while  her  two  half- 
sisters,  by  Duke  of  Leicester  3rd  46256,  the  highest  priced  male  at 
the  last  sale,  will  hardly  grow  into  her  equal,  yet  the  younger  has  a 
great  lengthy  youngster  by  her  side.  In  addition  to  trying  a 
Waterloo  cross  on  both  the  Duchesses  and  Oxfords,  Mr.  Holf'ord 
has  purchased  Duke  of  Barrington  15th  52745, — a  son  of  Prince 
Saladin  3rd  43852,  and  Mr.  Sheldon's  Duchess  of  Barrington, — 
half-brother  to  the  better  known  Duke  of  Barrington  10th.  He  is 
a  dark  red,  with  a  good  frame  well  knit  together,  but  a  little  additional 
length  in  his  neck,  would  have  given  him  a  more  commanding  appear- 
ance as  he  approaches  his  visitors. 


312  SHOltTHORN    HERDS    OF    ENGLAND. 

Jn  neither  of  the  two  Western  Counties  are  herds  of  pure  bred 
shorthorns  so  numerous  as  could  be  desired,  yet  Messrs.  Baillie, 
Basset,  Horswell  and  Scratton,  in  the  former,  and  Messrs.  Hosken 
and  Trethewy,  in  the  latter,  have  been  successfully  associated  with 
the  breed  for  some  years,  long  may  they  continue,  and  many  may 
be  the  adherents  they  may  gain  to  the  breed  of  the  civilized  world ! 
The  native  cattle  are  hard  to  supplant,  as  the  butchers  have  a  strong 
inclination  in  their  favour  at  the  present  day,  but  when  the  internal 
wants  increase  of  those  vast  tracts  of  country,  which  now  send  us 
their  surplus  supply  of  stock,  then  will  the  farming  community  of  all 
classes  in  the  Counties  of  Devon  and  Cornwall,  awaken  to  the 
important  fact  that  the  improved  shorthorn  is  the  breed  to  occupy 
their  pastures,  be  it  hill  or  dale,  excepting  portions  of  the  Moorland 
in  the  former  County.  On  reaching  Exeter,  a  hurried  drive  across 
the  ancient  Cathedral  City,  brings  us  to  the  line  which  proceeds 
coastwards,  a  little  over  the  hour  finds  us  at  Newton  Abbott,  to  the 
north  of  which  town  are  situate  the  two  Ogwells,  at  West  Ogwell, 
Mr.  D.  K.  Scratton  resides,  and  in  the  Park  graze  both  the  short- 
horn and  Jersey  cows,  the  former,  numbering  thirty-two,  have 
divided  themselves  from  their  companions  and  in  a  roan  Lally  we 
find  Mr.  Scratton  has  returned  to  the  name  given  by  Mr.  Bell  to 
Lady  Barrington  2nd's  own  sister,  Olive  Leaf,  whence  have  originated 
not  only  the  Lally s  "proper"  of  Winterfold  fame,  but  many  of 
what  are  now  known  as  Barringtons,  chiefly  through  Lally's 
daughter  Laurel,  and  known  as  Countesses.  Duchesses  and  Princesses 
of  Barrington  at  Brailes  and  Holker.  Olive  Leaf  6th,  is  thus  the 
first  of  the  old  tribal  name  arrived  at  Ogwell,  her  dam,  Oxford 
Lally  2nd,  from  Lally  7th,  bred  by  Mr.  C.  W.  Harvey,  a  lengthy 
useful  cow  impresses  us  most  favourably,  and  a  red  young  bull  of 
the  family  bears  inspection.  Mr.  Scratton  acquired  the  tribe  by  the 
purchase  of  Lally  7th  and  her  two  daughters,  from  Ashdown  House. 
The  next  most  fashionable  family  are  the  Kirklevingtons,  which  also 
passed  through  pretty  well  the  same  ownership  as  the  Lallys, 
until  Kirklevington  20th,  passed  out  of  Mr.  Harward's  possession 
into  that  of  Mr.  Leney's,  in  1871,  for  55gs.  as  a  doubtful  breeder, 


SUOllTIIORN    HEEDS    OF    ENGLAND.  313 

and  after  travelling  into  Leicestershire,  she  was  purchased  privately 
from  Mr.  Lister  along  with  Kirklevington  24th,  but  all  the  descen- 
dants at  Ogwell  trace  to  the  former,  two  of  her  daughters,  Cherry 
Kirklevington  2nd — possessing  one  of  the  largest  frames  in  the  Park 
— and  Lally  Kirklevington,  a  good  red  cow,  are  still  in  the  herd,  but 
still  better  is  Baroness  Kirklevington,  out  of  an  older  sister,  Cherry 
Kirklevington.  Mr.  Seratton  certainly  sets  a  good  example  to  other 
breeders  in  the  naming  of  this  tribe,  as  when  Lally  Kirklevington  is 
bred  to  Baron  Hillhurst  41037— a  son  of  Third  Duke  of  Hillhurst 
30975  and  Siddington  16th — wre  find  the  produce  is  Double 
Kirklevington  7th,  a  heit'er  having  a  promising  show  of  milk,  while 
"Winsome  Kirklevington  is  the  produce  of  Lord  Fevevsham's  Baron 
"Winsome  Oxford  45952 — bought  to  succeed  Baron  Hillhurst — and 
Double  Kirklevington  3rd,  Cherry  Kirklevington  and  Lally  Kirk- 
levington, denoting  that  their  sires  are  of  the  Cherry  Duchess  and 
Lally  families.  The  Duchess  Nancys,  formerly  in  the  possession  of 
Messrs.  Bell,  were  first  obtained  at  Sproatley  Eise,  in  1876,  by  the 
purchase  of  Duchess  3rd,  Duchess  of  Clarence  3rd,  Duchess  of 
Clarence  10th  and  Lady  Clarence,  the  two  last  named  are  a  grand 
pair  of  old  cows,  the  "  numbered  "  one  being  especially  deep  in  front. 
Baroness  Nancy,  squarely  built  and  of  considerable  length,  excepting 
Duchess  of  Clarence  10th,  may  be  pronounced  the  best  of  the  tribe 
amongst  the  "thirty-two,"  although  Lady  Clarence  4th,  a  light  roan 
from  our  favourite,  is  a  lengthy  good  sort,  and  a  young  roan  is 
briefly  noted  as  "  pretty."  Amongst  the  heifers,  Clara  4th,  we 
observe  has  a  Duchess  Nancy  bull  of  Mr.  Scratton's  breeding  for  sire, 
v>hile  three  calves,  known  as  Oxford  Nettles,  by  King  of  Oxford, 
augur  well  for  the  future  prosperity  of  the  family  at  Ogwell, 
which  has  now  increased  to  sixteen. 

The  remaining  two  tribes — Wild  Eyes  and  Gwynnes — have  a 
much  longer  recorded  descent  than  any  hitherto  previously 
mentioned.  Lady  Wild  Eyes  A.  and  Lady  Wild  Eyes  B.,  are  from 
two  cows  purchased  at  Berkeley,  by  those  excellent  sires,  Grand 
Duke  of  Waterloo  and  Second  Duke  of  Tregunter,  out  of  .dams  by 
Mr.  Oliver's  Cherry  Grand  Dukes,  beyond  are  Sir  Charles  Knightley's 


314  S1IORTHOEN    HERDS    OF    ENULA.ND. 

Touchstone  20986  and  Mr.  Hall's  Weathercock  1815,  the  latter 
sire's  produce  being  out  of  Mr.  Bates'  Wild  Eyes  27th,  by  2nd 
Cleveland  Lad  3408,  and  excepting  one  female  seen  at  Berkeley,  the 
whole  of  the  descendants  of  Wild  Eyes  27th  are  limited  to  the  three 
animals  found  at  Ogwell.  The  red  and  little  white  (Lady  Wild 
Eyes  A.),  has  Duke  of  Connaught  for  sire,  and  while  the  white  has 
Baron  Hillhurst,  it  is  to  be  hoped  that  with  such  a  pair  of  useful 
cows  as  a  foundation,  the  tribe  will  now  multiply  as  freely  as  most 
of  the;  others  have  done  for  their  owner.  The  Gwynnes  include  a 
number  of  Mr.  Scratton's  finest  cows,  which  appear  to  flourish  and 
multiply  equally  in  a  southern  county  as  in  either  Cumbfrland  or 
Westmorland,  where  they  are  held  in  high  esteem  by  the  farmers, 
on  account  of  their  good  qualifies,  and  it  will  be  difficult  to  find  any 
one  tribe  that  has  made  for  itself  so  popular  a  name  throughout  the 
country.  Nearly  a  score  of  animals  are  descended  from  Alice 
Gwynne — out  of  Flora  Gwynne,  bred  at  Biddenham — bought  eleven 
years  ago  from  Mr.  J.  W.  Larking,  and  Geneva  Gwynne,  the  oldest 
of  her  four  daughters  grazing  in  the  Park,  is  a  fine  massive  red  and 
white,  possessing  Messrs.  Leney's  Grand  Duke  of  Geneva  28756  for 
sire.  Alma  Gwynne  is  possessed  of  good  dairy  properties,  it  is  the 
exception  to  find  the  tribe  either  here  or  elsewhere  otherwise,  if 
they  have  been  rationally  treated.  Barrington  Gwynne  6th,  by 
Lally's  Hillhurst  Duke  2nd  38539,  another  excellent  daughter  of 
the  old  cow,  is  hardly  the  equal  of  Amy  Gwynne,  a  grand-daughter 
of  Alice  Gwynne,  strikingly  handsome  with  her  well  sprung  ribs, 
excellent  back  and  loin  and  lengthy  hind  quarters,  while  her  fore 
ones  are  equally  good,  and  in  addition  possessing  the  general 
character  of  a  thorough  shorthorn  ;  she  had  bred  a  very  straight 
heifer,  Ariel  Gwynne,  to  Baron  Winsome  Oxford.  Out  of  ten 
heifers,  including  Kirklevington  and  Duchess  Nancys,  the  favourites 
are  Aster  Gwynne  and  Albani  Gwynne,  and  in  a  younger  generation, 
Auburn  Gwynne  and  Artemas  Gwynne,  are  considered  to  distance 
their  companions  of  the  same  families.  Baroness  Gwynne  and 
Baroness  Gwynne  2nd,  own  sisters,  are  from  a  daughter  of  Double 
Gwynne,  bred  at  Eongholm,  where  she  escaped  the  addition  of  any 


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of  the  Booth  bulls  used  by  the  late  Mr.  J.  Caddy,  excepting  a  half 
cross  through  her  sire,  Kufus,  who  was  a  grandson  of  the  Blencow 
purchase.  Both  crosses  do  equal  credit  to  the  family  with  the  other 
branch,  but  do  not  appear  to  have  been  so  much  given  to  heifer 
treed  ing. 

Mr.  Scratton  purchased  King  of  Oxford,  one  of  the  purest- 
young  Oxford  bulls  in  existence,  at  the  East  Donyland  sale,  he  is  a  son 
of  Knight  of  Oxford  3id  43441  and  Duchess  of  Oxford  2nd.  The 
calves  that  have  been  dropped  by  this  handsome  young  Bates  sire, 
are  full  of  promise  and  as  his  predecessor — Baron  Winsome  Oxford 
451)52 — or  more  piops.ly  speaking  his  senior  partner  (he  being  still 
seen  at  a  farm  some  distance  from  the  home  buildings),  is  a  massive 
deep  red,  the  colours  must  be  satisfactory  and  excepting  the  white 
Wild  Eyes,  there  is  not  a  single  shorthorn  of  this  colour  on  the 
estate,  this  is  accounted  for  by  the  preference  Mr.  Scratton  has  shown 
for  using  red  sires,  Cherry  Duke  6th  30705.  the  one  in  service  at 
Mr.  Scratton's  draft  sale  of  nine  years  ago,  since  which  date  the 
herd  has  been  composed  of  the  families  mentioned.  Baron  Oxford 
2nd  23376,  the  next  sire  is  described  as  red  and  little  white  in 
Coates',  and  Baron  Hillhurst  41037,  a  roan,  but  by  a  dark  red  sire, 
preceded  the  "Winsome  from  Duncombe,  one  of  the  most  highly 
bred  of  the  tribe.  The  calves  are  reared  without  any  hard  feeding, 
running  out  in  the  enclosure  adjoining  a  commodious  set  of  new 
buildings  recently  erected  at  the  Home  Farm,  afterwards  earning 
their  living  on  the  hill  sides,  which  are  not  the  richest  of  Devonshire 
pastures,  and  it  is  thus  not  until  their  second  calf  that  they  are  seen 
at  their  best. 

Chudleigh,  to  the  north-east  of  Newton  Abbott,  is  situate 
midway  betwixt  the  station  of  that  name  and  Eilleigh,  the  residence 
of  Mr.  Evan  Baillie,  whose  herd  is  confined  to  three  families,  if  we 
exclude  the  sire,  Baron  Bright  Eyes  2nd,  bred  at  Park-le-Breos  by 
Sir  Hussey  Vivian.  The  Darlingtons  and  Kirklevingtons  trace  to 
purchases  made  in  the  autumn  of  1879,  Mr.  Sheldons's  Brailes  herd 
supplying  Countess  of  Darlington,  then  in  her  ninth  year,  and  Mr. 
Geo.  Allen's  sale  at  Knightley  Hall,  a  yearling  heifer  named 


316  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

Kirklevington  Lady  8th.  Both  were  sent  for  service  to  Berkeley 
Castle,  the  cow  to  Duke  of  Connaught  33004,  and  the  heifer  to 
Duke  of  Oxford  45th  39775,  cow  calves  resulted  and  Countess  of 
Darlington  2nd,  was  the  first  female  the  dain  had  ever  bred.  The 
Kirklevingtons  have  been  especially  prolific,  they  now  consisting  of 
the  original  purchase,  five  daughters,  ten  grand-daughters,  and  two 
great-grand-daughters,  a  total  of  eighteen  females.  Certainly  the 
old  matron,  still  a  very  handsome  Batf\s  like  cow,  is  very  blooming, 
and  due  to  calve  again  in  the  winter  months,  appearing  quite  equal 
to  adding  to  the  herd  still  more  of  the  Lady  Filleigh  Kirklevingtons, 
all  the  younger  members  of  the  family  being  of  this  name,  excepting 
the  oldest  daughter,  known  as  Lady  Oxford  Kirklevington ;  the 
daughter,  like  the  dam,  is  very  good  looking,  but  we  are  inclined  to 
linger  perhaps  a  little  longer  time  in  viewing  the  beauties  of  the 
older  of  the  pair.  Nearly  all  the  younger  specimens  are  grouped 
together  in  the  pretty  little  Park  in  front  of  Mr.  Baillie's  residence, 
no  less  than  nine  are  counted,  the  youngest  being  the  Thirteenth. 
The  Seventh  is  very  pretty :  the  Sixth,  the  only  one  not  considered 
a  safe  breeder ;  the  Fifth,  a  rather  "  piebald "  red  and  white,  is 
otherwise  a  good  heifer,  and  has  the  Eev.  P.  Graham's  Lord  Turn- 
croft  Oxford  2nd  38668,  for  sire — used  for  four  seasons  at  Filleigh 
after  he  left  Tortworth — like  the  Fourth,  a  very  fine  light  roan, 
which  produced  the  Tenth,  also  in  the  Park,  to  Lord  Clwyd  2nd 
49892,  before  she  was  two  years  old.  The  Ninth,  the  result  of  the 
double  cross  of  the  Oxford  bull,  is  hardly  the  success  we  should  have 
anticipated  from  so  good  a  looking  bull,  but  his  ten  other  daughters 
are  a  handsome  lot,  the  Seventh  being  without  doubt  the  prettiest 
and  most  attractive  heifer  of  the  tribe.  In  addition  to  the  two  older 
matrons  already  mentioned,  there  are  the  three  first  Lady  Fi Heigh 
Kirklevingtons,  all  large  roomy  cows  and  especially  level  and  good 
is  the  dark  red,  the  youngest  of  the  two. 

The  Darlingtons  represent  four  generations,  Countess  of  Darling- 
ton 2nd,  showing  no  lack  of  that  beautiful  character  impressed  on 
his  progeny  by  that  noble  sire,  Duke  of  Connaught,  has  been  a 
regular  breeder,  but  hitherto  only  bulls  have  resulted,  the  last 


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youngster,  Double  Duke  of  Connaught,  so  named  on  account  of 
having  the  "Duke"  for  grandsire  on  both  sides,  is  very  promising. 
Countess  of  Darlington  3rd,  a  stylish  young  cow,  was  the  second 
calf  bred  by  the  old  Countess  at  Filleigh,  and  in  turn  has  added 
Countess  of  Darlington  4th,  a  swaet  lady-like  heifer  which  vies  with 
Lady  Filleigh  Kirklevington  7th,  for  the  honours  of  the  Park,  with 
her  neat  and  proportionate  frame,  covered  with  an  excellent  quality 
of  flesh.  Mr.  Baillie  purchased  Princess  of  the  Valley,  one  of  the 
purest  of  Mr.  Eobert  Colling's  Princesses  at  the  last  Killhow  sale, 
and  although  hitherto  a  breeder  of  males,  yet  when  she  migrated 
southwards,  a  heifer  calf  was  born,  but  unfortunately  the  owner  had 
the  bad  luck  to  lose  it,  she  is  now  in  calf  again,  it  is  to  be  hoped  so 
well  bred  a  cow  will  not  retire  from  breeding,  before  leaving  a 
daughter  to  continue  this  valuable  line  of  blood  in  the  herd.  Sir 
Hussey  Vivian's  Baron  Bright  Eyes  2nd,  a  son  of  Duke  of  Oxford 
70th  51141  and  Lady  Bright  Eyes  2nd,  purchased  at  Bingley  Hall 
last  March  has  developed  into  a  very  level  yearling,  he  is  a  capital 
dark  red,  and  his  good  colour  and  flesh  combined  must  make  him  a 
successful  sire  at  Eilleigh.  Mr.  Baillie  has  since  our  visit  added 
another  valuable  Bates  family  of  shorthorns  to  his  herd  by  purchasing 
at  the  dispersion  of  the  late  Mr.  R.  Bobbins'  herd,  Lady  Waterloo 
16th  and  Lady  Waterloo  19th,  the  latter  considered  to  be  the  pick 
of  the  family  dispersed  by  Mr.  Lythall. 

The  Messrs.  Horswell  have  been  connected  with  shorthorn 
breeding  in  the  county  for  over  twenty  years,  but  only  one  of  the 
sons  of  Mr.  James  Horswell  has  now  a  herd  of  pure  bred  cattle, 
and  that  consisting  of  some  twenty  five  females,  is  located  at  Week, 
a  farm  three  miles  from  Lidford  Junction,  on  the  Plymouth,  Tavistock 
and  Launceston  line,  which  was  given  up  to  Mr.  William  Horswell 
twenty-two  years  ago,  by  his  father.  Mr.  J.  F.  Phillips'  sale  in 
1860,  contributed  the  foundation  of  the  two  principal  families,  Lady 
Barrington  2nd  (familiarly  known  as  the  "Weathercock"  cow),  out 
of  Mr.  Bell's  Lady  Barrington  10th,  by  Second  Duke  of  Oxford 
9046,  as  well  as  Vanquish  (bred  by  the  late  Earl  Ducie),  a  daughter 
of  Fourth  Duke  of  York  10167  and  Victorine,  which  had  Second 


318  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

Duke  of  York  for  grand-sire,  and  the  well  known  Usurer  stood  even 
a  degree  closer  in  relationship.  Bates  12452,  an  own  brother  to 
Lady  Harrington  2nd,  was  purchased  at  Broomborough,  Lord 
Barrington  18213  and  General  Barrington  21810,  of  the  same  family 
succeeding  him.  In  1869,  Baron  Oxford  2nd  23376 — sold  when  a 
yearling  at  Havering  Park  for  500gs. — was  purchased  and  used 
until  twelve  years  old,  in  the  herds  of  the  two  brothers,  in  conjunction 
with  Duke  of  Gaddesby  30956,  bought  from  Mr.  Cheney  in  1872, 
and  when  offered  at  the  sale  in  1878  with  a  reserve  of  80gs.  upon 
him,  he  was  claimed  by  Mr.  Scratton,  from  whom  two  days  previously 
Lally's  Hillhurst  Duke  38538,  a  son  of  Third  Duke  of  Hillhurst 
30975  and  Lally  7th,  had  been  purchased,  most  of  the  cows  now 
seen  at  Week  are  his  daughters,  and  especially  to  be  noted  are 
Oxford  Duchess  26th  and  Oxford  Duchess  28th,  own  sisters,  out  of 
Oxford  Duchess  7th,  but  more  to  the  fancy  of  the  purist  would  be 
Oxford  Duchess  27th  and  Oxford  Duchess  31st,  which  have  not  the 
Vanquish  bull,  First  Earl  Ducie  23714,  in  their  pedigree,  although 
the  Vanquishes  are  full  of  good  blood  as  already  stated,  and  Mr. 
Horsewell  has  certainly  a  branch  of  the  popular  Barringtons  which 
with  judicious  crossing  will  be  eagerly  sought  after  in  the  future. 
The  cows  are  of  medium  size,  with  good  frames  and  plenty  of 
constitution,  suitable  for  withstanding  the  somewhat  exposed  sit- 
uation of  the  farm,  which  is  situate  under  Brent  Tor,  the  highest 
point  in  the  county. 

What  has  been  written  of  the  characteristics  of  the  Barringtons, 
is  equally  applicable  to  the  Vanquishes.  The  Blooms  descended 
from  the  Rev.  H.  Berry's  Gazelle,  and  the  Knightley  Cold  Creams, 
the  two  other  tribes  bred  at  Week,  have  been  similarly  crossed  as 
the  other  families,  and  are  now  known  as  the  Oxford  Blooms  and 
Oxford  Cherry s.  Lord  Silloth  46704,  as  he  grazes  contentedly  on 
one  of  the  hillside  pastures  with  a  number  of  steers  and  barreners, 
looks  remarkably  well  for  his  age  and  is  a  level  heavy  fleshed  bull ; 
he  was  sired  by  Duke  of  Underley  30745,  from  Red  Rose  of 
Strathearne,  bred  at  Dunmore.  The  son,  Oxford  Duke  38th,  like 
the  sire  is  of  a  deep  red,  and  he  too  is  oul  in  the  pastures  earning 


SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND.  319 

his  living,  yet  without  any  extra  flesh  he  displays  a  trueness  of 
outline  that  would  be  desirable  to  many  males  exhibited  in  our 
county  and  other  showy ards. 

The  prices  realized  at  what  might  be  termed  the  dispersion  of 
the  Pilton  herd,  bred  carefully  by  Mr.  C.  H.  Bassett  for  the  past 
twenty  years,  and  consisting  of  the  Old  Daisy  and  Gwynne  families — 
with  the  exception  of  three  Lady  Worcesters— is  sufficient  evidence 
that  the  dozen  females  retained  as  the  nucleus  of  a  future  herd 
will  not  be  found  wanting  on  the  score  of  individual  merit. 
Considering  that  the  animals  were  sold  away  from  their  homestead, 
after  a  long  journey,  Mr.  Bassett  may  be  congratulated  on  having 
the  most  successful  of  the  spring  series  of  sales  in  1887.  The  herd 
had  since  the  Pencraig  Court  sale  of  1879  been  bred  principally 
from  the  two  families  previously  mentioned,  highly  bred  Bates  bulls 
having  been  used,  and  animals  have  been  occasionally  sent  to  the 
Bath  and  West,  and  neighbouring  County  shows,  where  they 
invariably  obtained  honours,  and  the  bulk  of  the  herd  were  most 
reluctantly  parted  with  on  the  occasion  of  the  owner  accepting  the 
Mastership  of  the  Devon  and  Somerset  Staghounds,  which  entails  his 
residing  three  fourths  of  the  year  in  proximity  to  the  kennels,  situate 
in  the  neigbouring  County.  Carmine,  an  exceedingly  heavy  milker 
and  good  breeder,  was  retained  on  account  of  her  advanced  age.  Hill- 
side Daisy,  the  only  daughter  of  Carmine,  now  at  Pilton,  has 
recently  been  taken  in  ftom  grass,  with  the  intention  of  winning  at 
the  local  Christmas  Fat  Stock  Shows,  she  is  very  even,  and  with  a 
little  longer  time  might  have  competed  successfully  at  the  larger 
ones.  Dapple  Daisy  and  Exinoor  Daisy,  are  a  pair  of  Baron  Oxford 
3rd's  daughters,  the  former  a  fine  lengthy  heifer,  very  good  and  wide 
across  her  loin,  was  beaten  by  Darling  Daisy  (the  highest  priced 
animal  at  the  sale),  in  the  show  ring,  but  another  season  if  they  meet, 
probably  the  verdict  will  be  reversed.  .Regalia  Daisy,  a  roan  of 
great  substance,  but  rather  failing  in  her  quarters,  with  a  red  heifer 
calf  out  of  Delight — consequently  half  sister  to  Darling  Daisy — 
complete  the  members  of  the  tribe  now  at  Pilton.  Lady  Ashton 
Gwynne  2nd,  an  exceedingly  handsome  young  cow,  is  from  Lady 


320  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

Ashton  Gwynne,  considered  the  best  of  the  family  offered  to  the 
public,  but  where  the  daughter  is  seen,  \ve  are  inclined  to  think  the 
best  remained  at  Pilton.  A  pair  of  charming  red  heifer  calves  from 
mother  and  daughter,  are  all  that  are  left  to  represent  Nell  Gwynne. 
At  the  dispersion  of  Mr.  Henry  Lovatt's  well  known  herd,  the 
Harrington  tribe  was  first  introduced  by  the  purchase  of  Lady 
Thorndale  and  Glo'ster  Bates,  an  animal  of  fine  shorthorn  character, 
and  her  daughter,  Lady  Oxford  Bates  2nd,  a  neat  arch  ribbed  young 
cow,  notwithstanding  a  term  of  idleness  since  coming  South,  she 
does  not  appear  likely  to  develope  into  the  grand  stamp  of  a  cow  as 
her  dam.  The  latter  bred  her  new  owner  a  red  heifer,  to  Duke  of 
Gloucester  7th  39735,  and  more  recently  a  roan  bull,  by  Prince  of 
Cranes  2nd  45387.  Lady  Bates  llth,  an  attractive  roan  of  immense 
substance,  was  shortly  afterwards  added  at  the  Osgodby  sale,  whence 
came  Lord  Wild  Eyes  7th  53233,  the  best  of  the  young  bulls,  he 
has  quite  fulfilled  the  promise  of  his  earlier  days,  as  he  walks  towards 
us,  there  is  no  mistaking  the  fact  of  his  being  of  noble  lineage  (he 
is  a  son  of  Duke  of  Leicester  43112  and  \Vild  Eyes  I.),  as  he  proudly 
shows  a  head  such  as  every  sire  ought  to  possess,  with  neck — or 
perhaps  more  correctly  described  as  crest — and  brisket  to  correspond, 
in  addition  to  a  level,  lengthy  carcase,  of  excellent  quality.  Duke  of 
Kirklevington  2nd  51131,  a  neat  compact  bull,  accompanied  the 
Lady  Bates'  from  Dringhouses,  and  is  the  sire  of  some  very  promising 
calves.  The  buildings,  of  recent  construction,  do  not  fail  to  bear 
comparison,  with  the  rich  pastures  around  them,  and  on  our  next 
visit  to  the  county  of  the  "  Devon  and  Somerset "  we  shall  hope  to 
find  one  of  the  finest  herds  in  the  kingdom,  in  the  possession  of  the 
popular  Master  of  the  ;t  Devon  and  Somerset." 

After  many  delays  Cornwall  is  reached  by  way  of  Plymouth, 
and  as  the  honour  of  the  county  has  been  for  many  years  almost 
solely  entrusted  to  Messrs.  AV.  Hosken  and  Son,  when  the  annual 
Royal  and  other  leading  show  meetings  have  year  by  year  been  held — 
and  right  well  have  they  done  their  duty  ever  since  Prince  Frederick 
was  sent  to  Battersea  in  '03 — we  at  once  travel  direct  to  the  head- 
quarters of  shorthorn  breeding  in  the  wed  3rn  county,  ETayle 


SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND.  321 

reached  in  a  regular  downpour,  welcomed  generally  by  agriculturists, 
but  not  especially  by  the  travellers  or  ^he  town,  the  latter  being  quite 
en  fete  with  its  regatta,  and  later  in  the  evening  the  first  carnival 
ever  held  takes  place,  which  if  judged  by  its  success,  promises 
well  for  its  repetition.  On  our  arrival  at  the  station,  Mr.  S. 
Hosken — who  has  had  the  management  of  the  herd  since  its 
commencement — is  found  to  be  at  Penzance,  continuing  our  journey 
thither,  and  finding  the  genial  owner,  we  are  shown  the  attractions 
of  the  pleasant  little  watering  place,  where  geraniums  bloom  all  the 
year  round,  and  it  is  a  matter  of  regret  that  time  cannot  well  be 
found  to  visit  Lord  St.  Levan's  beautiful  "  Island  Palace,"  known  as 
St.  Michael's  Mount. 

Before  referring  to  the  herd,  some  slight  mention  of  the  farm 
on  which  the  animals,  so  greatly  admired  when  exhibited,  have  been 
bred.  Forty  years  ago,  when  the  farm  of  two  hundred  acres  was  taken 
by  Messrs.  Hosken,  where  the  herd  is  located,  the  sole  live  stock 
consisted  of  a  couple  of  cows,  with  the  same  number  of  horses  and  a 
pig,  fences  were  conspicuous  by  their  absence  and  the  greater  part 
of  the  land,  which  was  then  mere  waste,  has  since  been  reclaimed  and 
replaced  by  herbage  very  creditable  to  the  occupiers,  while  thoroughly 
first  rate  fences,  a  combination  of  stone  and  soil  up  to  a  height  of 
four  feet  and  on  the  top  thorns,  grow  as  well  as  the  strong  winds 
will  permit,  but  when  it  is  mentioned  that  the  farm  is  situate 
bordering  upon  the  mighty  Atlantic,  with  many  of  the  fields  at  a  height 
considerably  above  sea  level,  it  is  a  close  fight  even  for  the  hardy 
thorn  to  gain  a  victory,  and  it  is  impossible  for  timber  trees  to  make 
any  progress  under  such  unpropitious  circumstances.  Here  short- 
horns not  only  exist,  but  thrive  and  multiply  exceedingly,  buyers 
from  all  parts  of  the  world  have  visited  the  Messrs.  Hosken  and 
their  herd,  and  during  the  present  season,  animals  have  been  sent  to 
Buenos  Ayres  and  South  Africa,  while  not  the  least  object  of  interest 
is  the  visitor's  book  showing  that  visitors,  not  only  from  nearly  every 
part  of  the  United  Kingdom,  but  from  the  American,  Australian,  and 
INew  Zealand  Colonies,  as  well  as  from  the  European  Continent  and 

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322  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

far  off  India,  have  found  their  waj  hither,  and  their  many  comments 
are  favourable  to  the  herd  and  their  owners,  one  especially  is  worth 
quoting,  "  those  who  think  that  shorthorns  are  ill  adapted  to  light  soil 
and  exposed  situations,  should  see  Messrs.  Hosken's  magnificent  herd 
and  witness  the  contrary." 

There  is  nothing  like  a  good  foundation,  and  Babraham,  by 
sending  Agnes  2nd  and  Miss  Fisher  into  Cornwall,  laid  the  "  corner 
stone  "  of  one  of  the  most  extensive  and  finest  herds  in  this  country, 
now  numbering  over  eighty  head.  No  exact  record  has  been 
kept  of  the  number  of  prizes  won,  but  between  two  and  three 
hundred  honours  have  been  gained  at  the  Royal  Cornwall,  Devon 
County,  Bath  and  West  of  England,  and  Royal  Agricultural 
Society's  Meetings.  It  would  have  been  impossible  to  take  this  high 
position  in  the  showyards  if  first  class  stud  bulls  had  not  been 
bought  from  time  to  time  to  use  on  the  Babraham  purchases,  and 
the  additional  ones  afterwards  made  from  Messrs.  Thomas  and 
George  Game,  and  Mr.  John  Lane,  of  Cirencester,  within  a  dozen 
years  of  the  founding  of  the  herd  in  1856.  Fancy,  acquired  in  early 
days  must  not  be  omitted,  although  having  at  the  time,  only  one 
registered  cross  of  shorthorn  blood.  Prince  Frederick  16734, 
purchased  in  1860,  from  Mr.  Langston's  hjrd  at  Sarsden  Lodge, 
was  followed  by  Earl  of  Oxford  2nd  23844,  and  Baron  Wild  Eyes 
2nd  30497,  from  the  Wetherby  herd,  thon  in  the  height  of  its  fame. 
Duke  of  Oxford  33rd  36528,  came  from  Holker  and  for  a  successor, 
Underlay  was  visited,  where  Grand  Duke  34th  41642.  a  son  of  Duke 
of  Underley  33745  and  Grand  Duchess  23rd,  was  obtained  at  a  high 
figure.  Nine  and  a  half  years  old,  this  handsome  Duchess  bull  is  as 
active  and  vigorous  as  ever,  and  he  has  certainly  done  good  service 
for  Messrs.  Hosken,  and  the  same  can  justly  be  said  of  his  com- 
panion, Grand  Duke  of  Oxford  5th  43318,  out  of  that  fine  cow, 
Grand  Duchess  of  Oxford  7th,  bought  by  Lord  Penrhyn  at  the 
Holker  sale  of  1871  for  915gs.  The  Oxford  is  of  great  length  and 
very  level,  but  not  possessing  the  Grand  Duke's  thorough  Bates  like 
appearance,  immense  substance  and  compact  frame,  he  is  hardly  so 


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much  admired  as  the  latter,  although  he  has  to  his  credit  the  most 
beautiful  heifer  in  the  herd — Alexandria  9th — acknowledged  at  the 
two  last  Royal  shows  by  the  judges  to  be  the  second  best  in  the 
kingdom,  while  on  her  first  appearance  at  Preston  she  was  placed 
at  the  head  of  her  class. 

No  female  descendants  trace  to  Mr.  Jonas  "Webb's  Agnes  2nd, 
but  in  the  male  line  she  is  very  creditably  represented  by  Marquis 
of  Bute  53275,  a  compact  grandly  fleshed  red  and  white  son  of: 
Duke  of  Hayle  60th  49450  and  Laura  6th,  which  was  exhibited  with 
a  fair  amount  of  success  during  the  past  few  months,  excepting  at 
Newcastle.  Miss  Fisher  has  Carnations,  Kathleens,  Keepsakes, 
and  Ruths,  all  owning  her  for  ancestress,  the  last  named  branch  is 
now  limited  to  Ruth  8th,  one  of  the  old  fashioned  red  and  whites. 
Kathleen  6th,  one  of  Duke  of  Oxford  33rd's  daughters,  besides 
being  the  mother  of  a  wealthy  good  heifer,  (Kathleen  10th)  is  a 
nice  old  shorthorn  like  cow.  Carnation  8th,  a  deep  milker,  like 
many  more  of  the  Loggans  Mill  cows,  has  a  two  year  old  son,  Colonel, 
doing  occasional  service  with  the  heifers,  one  of  his  calves,  a  roan 
bull,  from  Duchess  of  Townley  12th,  is  considered  the  best  of  the 
sex.  The  most  numerous  family  trace  to  Jocund,  who  in  turn 
originated  from  Mr.  R.  Ceilings'  Princess,  which  are  now  distin- 
guished by  the  names  of  Countesses  of  Oxford,  Miss  Adas,  and 
Duchesses  of  Townley,  the  last  named  being  a  branch  of  the  Miss  Adas. 
Of  the  two  Countess  of  Oxford  heifers,  the  dark  roan  is  very  straight 
on  her  top,  and  at  the  head  of  the  Duchess  of  Townleys  is  a  beautiful 
aged  cow — Duchess  of  Townley  3rd — the  mother  of  three  daughters  in 
the  herd,  the  eldest  being  the  dam  of  a  capital  dark  red  heifer 
calf.  The  Miss  Adas  number  more  than  the  two  other  branches 
combined,  and  of  their  matron,  the  Thirteenth,  it  is  said  that  she 
has  never  bred  a  bad  one.  The  Twentj -second,  a  wealthy  good  sort 
with  a  particular  good  underline,  has  been  winning  at  the  recent 
Royal  Cornwall  Show,  while  the  Twenty-fouith  is  considered  one  of 
the  best  of  the  yearlings,  and  a  red  calf,  the  choice  of  eight  calves 
turned  out  in  the  pasture  for  exercise.  After  naming  Princess 
Ellen's  calf — the  dam  being  bought  at  Churchill  Heath — Miss  Game, 


324  SHORTHORN    HERDS    OF    ENGLA.ND. 

her  daughter,  acquired  the  name  of  Baroness,  which  with  numerals 
attached  has  founded  quite  a  tribe  of  that  name.  The  Sixteenth,  a 
robust  arch  ribbed  roan,  with  her  own  sister  and  a  roan  calf,  are  now 
what  remain  of  the  tribe.  Maid  of  Athens,  a  first  prize  heifer  at 
the  Battersea  Eoyal,  was  obtained  at  Mr.  John  Lane's  sale  in  a 
doubtful  state  as  to  breeding,  she  however  bred  Messrs.  Hosken, 
Alexandria,  which  iii  turn  produced  Alexandria  5th,  the  dam  of  the 
beautiful  roan  heifer — Alexandria  9th — so  greatly  admired  during  the 
past  three  show  seasons,  she  is  full  of  quality,  very  level  and  carries 
herself  with  considerable  style.  This  family  has  two  more  very  good 
heifers  in  the  Tenth,  which  is  preferred  to  the  recent  winner  at  the 
Eoyal  Cornwall,  and  the  Eleventh,  a  pretty  white  calf  out  of  the 
Ninth.  A  couple  of  Maid  of  Promises  descend  from  a  cow  of  that 
name,  bought  from  Mr.  John  Lane,  and  the  same  numbers  of  Sylvias 
also  come  from  a  Gloucestershire  purchase,  called  Stately,  bred  at 
Broadmoor,  the  latter,  two  own  sisters  have  both  been  successful  in 
the  show  yard,  the  Eleventh,  with  her  grand  width  of  chest, 
magnificent  ribs,  back  and  loin,  will  make  one  of  the  handsomest 
cows  in  the  Loggans  Mill  herd,  while  the  Thirteenth  was  only 
beaten  by  Alexandria  9th,  when  sent  to  Cainborne. 

Eeference  has  been  made  to  the  purchase  of  Fancy  from  Mr. 
Kendal,  by  the  use  of  good  sires  the  owners  have  been  enabled  to 
win  as  many  prizes  with  the  Butterflys,  Gertrudes,  and  Rose  of 
Oxfords,  as  any  of  their  other  families,  the  first  branch  are  limited 
to  Butterfly  15th.  Gertrude  5th,  one  of  the  best  of  Grand  Duke 
34th's  daughters,  possesses  obliquely  laid  shoulders,  a  fine  dewlap, 
grand  ribs,  wide  back  and  loin,  with  a  good  underline.  As  a  heifer 
she  was  second  at  the  Eoyal  Reading,  the  previous  year  being 
reserve  at  Derby,  and  her  daughter,  Gertrude  7th,  is  one  of  the 
squarest  made  cows  on  the  farm.  Eose  of  Oxford  5th,  from  Eose 
of  Oxford  3rd,  which  secured  places  both  at  Bristol  and  Kilburn, 
has  bred  the  winner  at  the  late  county  show,  a  very  smart  heifer. 
For  twenty  years  no  females  were  added  to  the  herd,  but  at  Hindlip 
the  rule  was  broken  through,  and  Countess  of  Worcester,  a  hand- 


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some  red  cow  was  purchased  along  with  a  somewhat  doubtful  Oxford, 
the  former  though  aged,  still  bears  traces  of  her  beauty,  and  the 
owners  may  be  thought  fortunate  in  obtaining  a  red  heifer  from  her. 
Of  the  three  Waterloos  from  Pool  Park,  Lady  Blithfield  2nd,  a  lengthy 
light  roan  impresses  us  the  most  favourably.  The  best  of  the  Belles 
of  Oxford — -the  red  and  white  Twelfth — was  purchased  at  the 
dispersion  of  the  famous  Penryhn  Castle  herd,  and  has  since  recently 
brought  a  cow  calf,  thus  Messrs.  Hosken  have  in  late  years  added 
three  fashionable  families  to  the  herd,  and  may  they  be  as  successful 
with  them  as  with  the  old  well  tried  sorts. 

On  returning  from  Hayle  our  first  halting  place  is  Scorrier,  to 
visit  Mr.  GL  Williams'  herd  at  Sconier  House,  which  was  founded 
as  long  ago  as  1853,  by  the  purchase  of  several  females,  of  which 
Columbine,  bred  by  Mr.  H.  W.  Beauford,  out  of  a  Third  Duke  of 
Northumberland  cow,  but  by  Mr.  Booth's  Diamond  5918,  has  proved 
the  most  prolific,  many  of  the  present  herd  being  now  descended 
from  her,  and  several  handsome  framed  red  cows,  with  deep  chests, 
wide  loins  and  good  ribs,  are  greatly  admired  in  the  Park,  especially 
must  be  noticed  Cowslip,  standing  near  to  the  ground  with 
beautiful  shoulders  and  abundance  of  hair  and  flesh,  and  her  half- 
sister,  Columbine,  is  of  the  same  short  legged  stamp,  very  level  on 
her  top  and  well  filled  in  her  quarters.  Picotee.  from  Cowslip,  is 
well  sprung  in  her  rib  and  straight  in  her  lines,  but  hardly  so 
massive  as  her  sister.  Carnation,  equally  as  level  an  animal,  while  a 
third  own  sister,  Pink,  having  a  big  bull  calf  suckling  her,  is  not 
seen  under  such  favourable  conditions.  Clover,  a  nice  young  cow, 
out  of  Columbine,  has  a  red  cow  calf  running  by  her  side.  Ehodo- 
dendron,  is  a  good  old  sort,  by  a  home  bred  sire,  and  Wild  Euth, 
Wild  Eose  and  Wild  Flower,  are  also  pointed  out  as  of  the  same 
descent,  the  last  named  being  a  particularly  stylish  heifer.  The 
Pool  Park' sale  contributed  York's  Certainty  Duchess  3rd  and  Lady 
Clwyd  5th,  to  the  herd,  but  when  compared  to  (he  home  bred  cattle, 
we  must  admit  the  superiority  of  the  latter,  while  Bracelet  44th, 
obtained  at  Preston  Hall,  and  her  heifer,  do  not  make  an  exception 
to  this  opinion.  The  Pool  Park  purchases  came  in  calf  to  Lord 


326  SHORTHORN    HERDS    OF    EITGLATCI). 

Roseberry  51644,  and  a  red  and  white  bull  from  the  Waterloo  may 
probably  be  used  to  succeed  "Wild  Duke  of  Geneva  24th  53859,  a 
deep  red  of  nice  quality,  bred  at  Cragside,  now  in  service.  He  was 
preceded  by  Mr.  G.  Fox's  Viscount  Barrington  50604,  uniting  the 
Lady  Bates  and  Holker  branch  of  the  Barringtons ;  Lord  Shendish 
Charmer  45160  and  Lord  Ashton  Wild  Eyes  34485,  sons  of  2nd 
Duke  of  Hillhurst  39748  and  3rd  Duke  of  Tregunter  31026,  from 
dams  of  the  tribes  denoted  by  their  names. 

The  late  Mr.  H.  Trethewy— father  of  Mr.  W.  Trefchewy,  of 
Tregoose,  about  one  mile  distant  from  Grampound  Road,  the  Station 
nearer  to  Plymouth  than  Scorrier — was  sent  by  the  Probus  Farmer's 
Club  (one  of  the  earliest)  as  its  commissioner,  to  the  York  Royal 
Meeting  in  1848,  and  as  the  result  Capt.  Duncornbe's  Frantick  8088, 
bred  by  the  Earl  of  Carlisle,  came  into  Cornwall.  In  the  same  year 
Lord  Sherborne's  sale  was  attended,  by  a  quartette  of  Cornish  men 
for  the  improvement  of  the  stock  in  the  County,  afterwards  on  the 
division  of  these  animals  and  their  produce,  Ruth  2nd,  a  daughter  of 
Ruth  1st,  bought  in  Gloucestershire,  fell  to  Mr.  Trethewy's  share, 
and  from  this  one  cow  over  two  hundred  females  have  been  bred  at 
Trewithin.  Rachel,  the  dam  of  Ruth  1st,  was  bred  by  Mr.  Booth, 
of  Cotham,  and  produced  the  Gold  Medal  heifer  at  Smithfield  in 
1845.  Mr.  Favvkes'  Lord  Fingal  11716,  was  the  successor  of 
Frantick,  and  afterwards  the  own  brothers,  Earl  Ducie  12967  and 
Henry  1st  1 1571 — sons  of  Ruth  1st — were  used.  The  Fawsley  blood 
was  introduced  through  Sir  C.  Knightley's  Yandumper  23114,  and 
Mr  Fawkes'  Farnley  herd  supplied  another  sire  in  Lord  Montgomery 
26686,  while  Duke  of  Manchester  came  from  Lillingstone  Dayrell, 
and  Sir  Roger  18863,  a  grandson  of  Mr.  Ambler's  Grand  Turk,  out 
of  Yorkshire1.  In  later  years,  Kill  or  by  supplied  Croesus  30820, 
British  Lion  30609,  Wallenstein  39277,  and  M.  C.  31898.  Viscount 
Lismore  42557,  bred  by  Mr.  John  Downing,  and  winner  of  the  <£50 
plate  at  Cork  in  1879,  followed  the  Killerby  bulls,  and  evidently 
satisfied  with  the  result,  Mr.  Trethewy  visited  the  Sister  Isle,  and 
selected  Star  of  Britain  48786,  and  his  neighbour,  Mr.  Whitford, 
Star  of  Arundel  48784,  at  the  Artfert  sale,  both  belonged  to  the 


SliOliTIIOJtN    1IEH13S    OF    KN  GLAND.  327 

Medora  family,  and  were  sons  of  Star  of  Halnaby  44092.  Five  years 
ago,  close  on  sixty  head  were  offered  by  auction,  and  excepting 
Viscount  Lismore,  all  were  Ruths,  the  result  being  an  average  of 
within  a  shilling  of  <£34. 

The  herd  at  present  consists  of  about  thirty  females,  and  the 
stock  bull,  Larry  4(s599,  came  from  Mr.  Braikenridge's  after  three 
season's  service  at  The  Rookery,  he  is  a  red  with  little  white,  by 
Foreign  Fitz-Roy  41570,  from  Louisa  Eose,  of  the  Ma?on  Portia 
tribe,  and  is  very  lengthy  with  a  good  rib,  capital  giith,  kindly 
masculine  head,  besides  having  a  nice  mellow  touch.  Most  of  the 
older  cows  and  heifers  are  on  the  Trewithen  farm,  which  adjoins 
Tregoose,  where  Mr.  Trethewy  resides.  Ruth  184th,  a  light  roan 
daughter  of  Viscount  Lismore  42557,  wonderfully  well  sprung  in  her 
rib,  is  the  first  to  be  noticed,  but  the  Ninetieth,  a  deep  framed  red  and 
white  is  the  oldest  of  the  family.  Nos.  193,  195,  and  197,  do  credit 
to  the  Star  of  Britain,  especially  the  last  named,  which  is  considered 
a  very  taking  young  cow.  Two  red  and  whites,  by  the  other  Artfert 
bull  have  hitherto  shown  a  disposition  to  grow  upwards,  but  as  they 
more  fully  mature,  they  will  probably  improve.  On  entering  the 
Park  in  front  of  Mr.  Hawkins'  mansion, — Mr.  Trethewy  it  may  be 
added  has  the  management  of  the  estate — a  red  and  white,  with  an 
especially  nice  udder  attracts  our  attention,  and  is  found  to  be  No. 
160,  while  No.  173,  near  at  hand,  is  possessed  of  great  substance, 
and  has  been  a  most  regular  breeder.  Another  Star  of  Britain  young 
cow  is  very  substantially  put  together,  and  so  is  No.  207,  but  the 
latter  is  slightly  deficient  behind  the  shoulders ;  in  this  respect  the 
Ruths  are  generally  good,  and  by  the  use  of  Larrv,  they  will  probably 
continue  so.  The  next  in  number  (208),  is  very  straight  and  level, 
and  is  the  only  instance  we  have  pointed  out  of  a  Ruth  male  mated 
with  a  female.  A  nice  old  white — No.  155 — by  M.  C.,  out  of  No. 
110,  must  not  be  omitted  notice.  No.  205,  a  deep  fleshy  heifer, 
has  just  returned  from  Mr.  Williams'  Wild  Duke  of  Geneva  24th. 
No.  172,  is  the  best  animal  at  Trewithen,  and  a  really  beautiful  cow, 
quite  fit  for  exhibition  purposes,  with  her  grand  level  top,  round 


328  SHORTHOR-N-  HERDS  or 

barrel,  and  handsome  fore-quarters.  Of  three  bull  calves,  a  red  and 
white,  out  of  No.  90,  attracts  the  most  notice,  but  all  are  very 
promising,  and  so  are  a  trio  of  heifers  seen  at  Tregoose. 

At  Budock-Vean,  five  miles  from  Falinouth,  shorthorns  were 
first  introduced  by  Mr.  W.  E.  T.  Fender  in  1853,  when  Woodbine, 
by  Mr.  Jonas  Webb's  Duke  of  York  9051,  was  purchased  from  Mr. 
S.  Bennett,  in  the  neighbourhood  of  Bedford,  pure  bred  sires  have 
since  been  used  and  at  the  sale  of  Mr.  J.  Tyacke's  herd  in  1876, 
Sappo  2nd  and  Silence,  with  a  foundation  full  of  Mr.  Stratton's 
blood,  and  Lady  Orchard  2nd  and  Lady  Orchard  3rd,  tracing  to 
Familiar,  through  her  daughter  Charity,  by  Mr.  Booth's  Lord  Greorge 
10439,  were  purchased,  and  their  female  descendants  number  exactly 
fifteen  each,  chiefly  reds  and  roans,  full  of  hair  and  of  good  quality. 
Many  of  their  sons  have  been  sold  to  dairy  farmers,  thus  speaking 
well  for  their  milking  qualities.  In  1881,  Cowslip  33rd  and  Roan 
Kitty,  two  Master  of  Arts  heifers,  and  England's  King  46826,  a  son 
of  Royal  Mowbray  42330  and  England's  Queen,  of  the  Sylph  tribe, 
were  bought  at  the  Ballywalter  October  sale,  and  five  animals  now 
trace  to  the  latter.  The  only  recent  female  purchase  has  been 
Water  Nymph  6th,  from  Broughton.  The  sires  used  by  Mr.  Fender 
of  late  years  in  addition  to  England's  King,  have  been  Oscar  32007, 
of  the  Familiar  tribe,  bred  at  Helston,  by  Mr.  Tyacke;  Fawsley 
41531,  also  bred  in  the  county  by  Mr.  W.  Trethewy,  from  one  of 
his  Ruth  cows,  by  the  Killerby  Croesus  30820;  Monarch  Gwynne 
37103,  a  son  of  Mr.  T.  C.  Booth's  Lieutenant  General  31600; 
British  Wonder  44470,  an  Aylesby  M.  of  Mr.  Welsted's  breeding ; 
and  Star  of  the  Forth  52212,  now  in  service  is  a  very  good  looking 
son  of  Star  of  Braithwaite  48785  and  Flower  of  the  Allan,  a 
daughter  of  Flower  of  the  Rhine,  sold  at  the  Aylesby  sale,  for  510gs. 


SHOBTHORN  HEEDS  OF  ENGLAND.  329 


CHAPTER  XI  IT. 

The  Somersetshire  Herds.— Dodhill  House.— Coombe  Lodge.— Elm 
Farm.—Stanton  Prior. — Chew  Court. — The  Rookery. — Gloucester* 
shire  Herds.— Toghill.  — Badminton.—  Didmarton.—  Oldbury-on-the* 
II III.  —  Kingscote  Park.  —  Horton.  —  TortWorth  Court.  —  Heather* 
mead. -^-Berkeley  Castle. — Royston. — Little  Haresfield. — Maisemore 

Court. 

Herds  of  shorthorn  cattle  are  not  numerous  even  in  Somerset- 
shire, until  the  important  west  country  town  of  Bristol  is  reached, 
our  journey  is  however  broken  at  Taunton,  to  see  Mr.  J.  S.  Bult's 
old  established  herd  at  Dodhill  House,  in  the  village  of  Kingston. 
Although  one  of  the  oldest  breeders— he  having  used  the  Rev.  H. 
Berry's  Mynheer  1255,  calved  in  1825— and  in  1856  attending  Sir 
Charles  Knightley's  sale  he  purchased  Anemone,  in  calf  to  Duke  of 
Cambridge  12742,  from  her  daughters  by  this  bull,  and  Earl  Spencer's 
Upstart  9760— fall  brother  to  Usurer  9763,  who  was  sold  for  200gs., 
to  Sir  P.  Cartwright  at  the  Wiseton  sale,  and  came  into  Mr.  Bult's 
possession  a  couple  of  years  previous  to  the  dispersion  of  the  Fawsley 
Park  herd — descend  the  thirty-three  females  which  comprise  the 
Dodhill  House  herd.  The  males  used  have  never  followed  any  direct 
line  of  breeding,  a  dash  of  Bates  being  observed  in  many  of  those  of 
more  recent  date,  but  no  one  animal  of  any  fashionable  tribe  has 
been  used,  and  yet  the  result  has  been  that  the  cattle  have  won  prizes 
at  Smithfield  since  1850 — when  steers  belonging  to  Mr.  Bult  were 
awarded  second  prizes  in  each  class — and  have  continued  to  do  so 
until  1884,  the  most  successful  years  being  in  1873-4,  when  in 
addition  to  the  first  in  his  class,  a  gold  medal  was  won  by  Mr.  Bult 
for  being  the  breeder,  and  in  the  former  year  a  <£40  cup  for  the 
best  shorthorn  steer,  while  in  the  latter  a  <£50  cup  as  the  best  steer 
in  the  Hall.  At  the  Eoyal,  Bath  and  West,  county  and  local 
exhibitions,  many  honours  however  have  been  won,  but  during  the 


330  SHORTHORN    HERDS    OF    KXGLA  MX 

past  few  years  it  has  been  the  exception  rather  than  the  rule  to 
send  forth  animals  to  the  leading  shows,  surely  after  the  laurels 
already  gained  by  the  owner,  he  can  fairly  retire  from  the  field  in 
favour  of  a  younger  generation. 

Anemones,  Berthas  and  Bridecakes  are  the  principal  names 
given  to  the  females,  and  by  far  the  most  num-jrous  are  the  Berthas, 
the  Thirteenth,  a  48th  Duke  of  Hazlecote  cow,  of  nice  style  and 
great  length,  is  from  thy  Twelfth,  successfully  exhibited  by  Mr. 
Btilfc  in  recent  years.  The  Fourteenth,  by  Mr.  Sheldon's  Earl  of 
Fawsley  3rd  2S506  is  very  grand  in  front,  but  lacks  in  firmness  of 
loin,  while  the  Fifteenth,  is  more  distinguished  for  her  milking 
qualities  than  good  looks.  Bridecake  5th  and  Bridecake  Oth, 
mother  and  daughter,  are  a  very  good  pair,  standing  near  to  the 
ground,  and  the  younger  is  very  compact,  with  great  rib  and  wide 
loin.  Anita,  a  pretty  white,  of  good  quality,  was  served  by  Royal 
Ingram  in  the  show  yard  at  Taunton,  two  years  ago,  and  Anita's 
Ingram,  a  level  yearling  is  their  son,  but  th-3  principal  sire  is  Lord 
Grarland  14th,  bred  at  Brailes,  and  a  combination  of  the  Princess 
and  Knightley  blood  ;  he  is  of  great  length  and  of  good  quality. 
The  bust  of  the  heifers  are  two  Bai-thas,  d  nights  r  and  grand-daughter, 
of  that  fine  cow,  B3rtha  12th,  the  latter  has  great  substance,  and  is 
a  fleshy  sort,  likely  to  grow  into  a  handsome  cow,  and  of  the 
daughter,  it  may  be  added  that  she  is  very  level,  and  with  such  a 
dam,  cannot  well  help  being  one  of  the  finest  cows  in  the  herd  in  a 
few  years. 

At  the  foot  of  the  Mendip  Hills,  Mr.  \V.  H.  Wills,  of  Coombe 
Lodge,  is  forming  a  well  bred  Bates  herd,  for  which  he  appears  to 
have  every  convenience.  With  the  exception  of  L.idy  Charfield  2nd, 
a  fine  red  cow,  selected  privately  from  the  Tort  worth  herd,  and  two 
of  a  short  pedigree  family  obtained  from  Kingscote  some  four  years 
ago,  all  the  females  have  been  bought  during  the  present  sale 
season,  and  have  already  bjen  noticed  in  the  herds  they  were  obtained 
from,  excepting  five  purchased  out  of  the  eleven  heifers  sent  by  Lord 
Moreton  for  sale  at  Didcot,  which  comprised  Marchioness  of 
Kirklevington  9th,  by  Duke  Great  Eyes  5th  51096,  from  a  daughter 


SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND.  331 

of  the  fine  old  matron,  Kirklevington  Duchess  9th  ;  Lady  Great 
Eyes  2nd  and  Lady  Wotton,  two  excellent  "Wild  Eyes  heifers  ; 
Cassandra,  a  well  bred  Chaff,  and  Carraway,  a  nice  little  Craggs,  to 
which  family  he  added  Duchess  Craggs  7th,  one  of  the  handsomest 
heifers  at  the  Suinmersbury  sale.  Banning  contributed  in  addition  to 
the  future  lord  of  the  harem,  Chancellor  of  Oxford,  bought  very 
cheaply  considering  his  breeding;  Marchioness  of  Kirklevington  4th, 
of  the  same  branch  as  the  Tortworth  purchase ;  Lady  Sussex  4th, 
by  Duke  of  Oxford  67th  40473,  out  of  Lady  Worcester  23rd,  a  very 
fine  cow,  and  Countess  of  Banning,  a  handsome  red  Charmer  heifer, 
that  had  been  exhibited  by  Mr.  Leney,  at  the  Pi-eston  Eoyal.  Mr. 
Wills  has  now  got  the  materials  together  for  forming  a  well  bred 
herd,  but  it  still  requires  sound  judgement,  good  management  and 
time,  to  bring  it  to  a  satisfactory  termination. 

Mr.  Gr.  E.  King,  of  Elm  Farm,  although  only  recently  elected 
a  member  of  the  Shorthorn  Society  has  baan  doing  what  we  should 
like  to  see  every  farmer  attending  to,  who  keeps  a  breeding  stock  of 
cattle>  viz :  to  have  a  private  hard  book,  and  register  each  calf  with 
its  sire  as  they  are  born,  and  when  he  retires  from  agricultural  pur- 
suits, he  may  find  himself  the  owner  of  a  herd  worth  many  hundreds 
of  pounds  more  than  they  would  have  been  if  sold  as  ordinary  good 
cross-bred  dairy  cattle,  have  not  many  Royal  winners  had  but  very 
short  pedigrees,  yet  it  requires  the  master  eye,  which  to  sell  and 
which  to  retain.  Mr.  King's  aim  is  to  breed  a  herd,  rather  than 
obtain  one  by  purchasing,  and  for  that  reason  his  purchases  have 
been  but  limited,  yet  at  the  North-east  Somersetshire's  show  held 
near  the  neighbouring  village  of  Keynsham,  a  few  days  previous  to 
our  visit,  twenty  entries  had  been  made  in  various  classes  of  different 
kinds  of  live  stock  pertaining  to  the  farm,  only  one  being  unnoticed, 
and  one  of  the  others  gaining  a  champion,  equalized  matters, 
while  it  may  be  added  that  during  the  past  six  years,  330  honours 
have  been  obtained  in  the  show  yard. 

Utility  35841,  of  Mr.  Ben  Wilson's  Certainty  tribe  was 
bought,  at  Childwick  Hall,  a  dozen  years  ago,  and  used  successfully 
for  four  seasons.  He  was  followed  by  Meditation  40432,  also  from 


332  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

Mr.  E.  A,  Fawcett's  but  of  the  Meadow  Flower  family,  twenty  cow 
calves  were  weaned  of  his  get,  and  the  owner  remarks  they 
grew  into  large  fine  cows,  as  well  as  being  good  dairy  animals. 
Mr.  Bettridge's  April  Fool  42G67— a  bull  that  was  sold  for  <£51 
10s.  to  the  butcher — preceded  Lord  Somerset  8th  48247,  from 
Ashton  Court,  the  winner  of  nine  first  prizes  for  Mr.  King.  Many 
excellent  animals  are  seen  by  the  above  mentioned  sires,  and 
especially  good  are  what  will  be  better  known  as  the  Countess  tribe, 
the  Second  and  Third  are  handsome  dairy  like  cows,  and  the  Fourth 
beat  Mr.  John  Grarne's  Petted  Pansy  in  the  calf  class,  at  Newport. 
Anemone,  a  compact  shapely  roan,  has  the  full  herd  book  requirements, 
her  breeder  being  Mr.  W.  H.  Brooks,  of  Preston,  near  to  Yeovil. 
Hilda  Daisy  4th,  is  of  the  Pencraig  Court  branch,  while  Hermoine 
and  Leila,  belonging  to  the  good  old  Knightley  Furbelow  and 
Tortworth  Lady  Louisas,  were  bred  at  the  latter  place,  and  Leila  has 
already  bred  a  couple  of  heifers.  Princess  Ellen  2nd,  bought  at  the 
dispersion  of  the  late  Mr.  S.  P.  Savage's  herd,  has  bred  one  of  the 
best  of  the  heifer  calves  to  Lord  Wild  Eyes  49987.  Mr.  King  has 
now  in  service,  Lord  of  the  Forest  5th  51623,  a  dark  red  level  well 
ribbed  Greorgie,  bought  privately  from  Mr.  Ackers  before  the 
dispersion  of  the  famous  Priuknash  herd,  as  he  is  only  just  turned 
tfcree  years  old,  it  appears  a  pity  to  part  with  so  highly  bred  and 
well  made  an  animal,  as  is  the  intention  of  the  owner,  he  having 
secured  the  dash  of  Booth  blood  wanted  for 'the  herd  he  is  breeding, 
it  is  his  intention  for  the  future  to  adhere  solely  to  the  Bates  line  of 
blood. 

After  seeing  Mr.  King's  cattle,  a  five  miles  diive  brings  us  to 
Stanton  Prior,  suggestive  of  the  monks  of  olden  time,  but  now  known 
in  modern  days  for  the  lot  of  very  useful  bulls,  the  tenant — Mr.  Greo. 
Taylor — contributes  t-j  the  great  spring  sale  at  Bingley  Hall.  The 
herd  is  of  comparatively  recent  foundation,  Mr.  Taylor  having 
purchased  his  females  within  the  last  dozen  years,  one  of  the  most 
important  additions  being  Miss  Fawkes,  Lavender  13th,  and  Belinda, 
at  the  Stoney  Lane  sale  of  1878,  at  an  average  of  over  fifty  each, 
all  have  dons  well  and  after  seeing  Wellesley  16th  47242,  the  reigning 


SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND.  333 

"  King,"  a  lengthy  roan  of  great  size  and  substance,  by  Grand  Duke 
of  Waterloo  34007,  out  of  Musical  3rd,  used  by  Mr.  Hobbs  previous 
to  coining  to  Stanton  Prior,  we  proceed  to  the  dairy  cows,  sixteen 
being  the  number.  Mabel,  the  first  one,  is  by  General  Favourite 
38342 — own  brother  to  the  more  noted  General  Fusee  30681,  from 
whose  breeder  (Mr.  T.  H.  Bland),  he  was  purchased  for  service  at 
Stanton  Prior — from  Mabel,  the  recent  winner  in  the  dairy  class  at 
Manchester,  and  shortly  after  we  have  her  half-sister,  Mary 
Dauntless,  by  Mr.  J.  Stratton's  Regulus  42270,  bought  when  four 
years  old  and  afterwards  sold  to  his  breeder,  he  being  considered  by 
Mr.  Taylor  the  most  successful  sire  he  has  ever  used.  Both  sisters 
are  like  following  the  dam's  example,  and  especially  good  in  this 
respect  appears  Lady  Belle,  one  of  Belinda's  daughters.  Melody 
7th,  a  red  and  white  Musical,  with  a  good  outline,  has  bred  two 
heifers  since  coming  from  Buckland,  while  Furbelow  Stanton,  out  of 
Charming  FLU  below,  hailing  from  the  same  breeder's  herd,  has 
every  prospect  of  growing  into  one  of  the  best  matrons.  Lavender 
24th  and  Beech  Nut — also  a  Lavender,  through  Belinda— are 
excellent  daughters  of  Eegulus ;  and  Lady  Anna,  out  of  Mr.  Harris' 
Miss  Fawkes  was  awarded  the  reserve  at  the  London  dairy  show  of 
five  years  ago.  Crossing  over  the  road  here  is  a  Seraphina  from 
Kingscote,  and  Belinda  Stanton,  own  sister  to  Beech  N"ut,  a  beautiful 
heifer.  Last,  but  by  no  means  so  in  point  of  merit,  we  have  Miss 
Kitty,  a  grand  old  sort,  bred  at  Madresfield  Court,  but  as  many 
another  excellent  cow  has  done,  she  has  not  bred  her  daughters  up 
to  the  same  standard  of  excellence. 

The  Chew  Court  herd,  since  its  commencement  eleven  years 
ago,  has  been  bred  by  Mr.  J.  Colthurst  solely  from  the  two  tribes 
then  purchased,  both  of  ancient  descent,  though  not  what  are  now 
recognized  as  fashionable  families.  The  Lancasters  weie  first 
obtained  from  Mr.  James  How's  sale  in  May  of  1876,  unfortunately, 
Maid  of  Hope,  a  beautiful  heifer  then  purchased  was  lost  in  calving, 
one  of  the  disastrous  effects  of  buying  animals  forced  for  sale.  In 
August  of  the  same  year,  at  the  dispersion  of  Mr.  Edward  Hall's 
old  established  Shallcross  Hall  herd,  three  more  Lancasters  were 


334  S1TORTITORX    HERDS    OF    EXGLAXD. 

bought,  and  so  prolific  have  they  been  that  they  now  number  thirty- 
one  females.  Mr.  Hall  obtained  his  original  cow  from  Mr. 
Wilkinson,  and  he  in  turn  from  Mr.  Charles  Colling.  Two  of  the 
sires  used  by  Mr.  Hall — Wonderful  14022,  and  Chilton  Hero 
17564 — were,  one  from  Earl  Spencer's  Zeal,  and  the  other  from  her 
grand-daughter.  It  was  this  tribe  which  produced  Mr.  A.  Cruick- 
shank's  Champion  of  England  17526,  and  Mr.  Edwards'  first  prizfa 
cow  at  the  recent  Dairy  Show  was  by  Duke  of  Lancaster  49460. 
Several  sons  of  Lancaster  35th  have  been  used  to  the  Olives  or 
Dahlias,  now  increased  to  thirteen  from  the  purchase  of  a  heifer 
calf,  Olive  Bud,  privately  from  Mr.  J.  H.  Braikenridge,  she  was  got 
by  the  Bracelet  bull,  Earl  of  Killerby  33802,  and  traced  to  Dahlia, 
by  Magnum  Bonum  2243.  Mr.  Greo.  Taylor's  Olive  Blossom  3rd, 
the  mother  of  his  highest  priced  bull  at  Bingley  Hall  last  March, 
was  the  union  of  a  Lancaster  sire  with  an  Olive  cow,  and  the 
precisely  same  cross  has  now  produced  an  excellent  red  bull  calf  for 
Mr.  Colthurst.  It  has  been  the  custom  to  send  most  of  the  females — 
which  are  good  regular  breeders  and  deep  milkers — to  Mr. 
Braikenridge's  sires,  through  the  courtesy  of  the  owner. 

Mr.  J.  H.  Braikenridge  has  for  many  years  been  carefully 
breeding  a  herd  of  Booth  cattle  at  The  Kookery.  not  however 
strictly  confined  to  those  tribes  which  the  public  rank  as  fashionable, 
as  in  the  animals  which  now  compose  the  herd  are  found  specimens 
of  the  Broadmoor  Pyes,  descended  fiom  two  half  sisters,  Peony,  by 
Mr.  Peel's  Buccaneer  25693  and  Penance,  by  the  Warlaby  Royal 
Benedict  27348,  out  of  a  cow  by  the  Knowlmere  Cynric  19542;  the 
Madrigals,  mother  and  daughter,  bought  at  the  dispersion  of  the 
Childwick  Hall  shorthorns  ;  and  the  Beeswings  having  an  excellent 
foundation  of  good  old  blood.  The  Annas  were  obtained  at 
Middleton  Quernhow,  by  the  purchase  of  Anna  7th,  the  best  of  her 
family  for  265gs.  and  her  cow  calf  for  71gs  ;  with  the  exception  of 
Anna  13th,  all  the  present  members  of  the  tribe  are  known  as 
Bright  Eyes',  and  in  the  naming  of  both  this  family  and  the  Bracelets, 
the  owner  has  brought  the  names  of  two  cows — Bright  Eyes  and 
Bracelet — calved  in  the  earlier  part  of  the  contury  into  notice.  Two 


SHORTHORN    HERDS    OF    ENGLAND.  335 

other  valuable  lines  of  blood  are  bred  by  Mr.  Braikenridge,  viz :  the 
Madalines  descended  from  a  grand  cow,  Blooming  Butterfly  bought 
at  Brought  on  in  1876  and  afterwards  sold  to  Mrs.  Pery ;  and  the 
Glitters  bought  on  two  different  occasions  from  Mr.  Robert  Jefferson. 
The  sires  nsnd  at  The  Rookery  have  comprised  animals  of  the 
Bracelet,  Flower  and  Mantalini  tribes,  bied  by  Messrs.  Ackers, 
Burnyeat,  Downing  and  Talbot-Oosbie,  while  at  present  Fisherman 
52878,  bred  by  Her  Majesty  the  Queen,  of  the  Knightley  Cold 
Cream  family,  with  several  top  crosses  of  Booth  blood  is  assisting 
home  bred  young  sires  which  have  been  greatly  employed  by  Mr. 
Braikenridge,  and  in  due  time  he  will  possess  a  herd  of  one  uniform 
type,  so  delightful  to  lovers  of  the  breed  to  witness. 

About  five  miles  from  the  once  fashionable  Bath,  we  have  the 
first  of  the  numerous  Gloucester  shire  herds,  in  number  exceeded 
only  by  those  found  in  Yorkshire,  yet  contrasting  strangely,  as 
now  that  the  famous  Prinknash  herd  has  been  dispersed  under  the 
hammer,  there  is  not  a  single  Booth  breeder  in  either  the  rich  vales, 
or  the  exposed  Cotswolds,  of  which  the  county  is  chiefly  comprised, 
yet  Berkeley,  Kingscote,  and  Tortworth,  have  been  household  words 
amongst  breeders  for  many  a  long  year.  Mr.  H.  A.  Matthews 
began  following  in  the  steps  of  the  breeders  to  whom  the  herds  now 
mentioned  belong  at  the  dispersion  of  a  large  portion  of  The  Hendre 
herd  three  years  ago,  by  selecting  Princess  Bickerstaff,  Lady  Daisy 
3rd,  and  Princess  Linda  2nd,  promising  heifers  belonging  to  the 
Bell  Bates  family  of  Capsicums  and  the  Old  Daisies.  Princess 
Bickerstaff  has  especially  fulfilled  her  early  promise  and  won  several 
prizes  at  the  district  and  other  shows,  where  Mr.  Matthews  may  be 
said  to  have  been  exceptionally  fortunate,  considering  his  recent 
commencement  in  the  art. 

Laughton  Duke  8th  53101,  a  good  looking  highly  bred  Kirk- 
levington  bull,  was  bought  two  years  ago  at  the  spring  sale  in 
Bingley  Hall  and  is  still  in  service.  Mr.  Matthews'  other  purchases 
have  been  Place  3rd,  --out  of  Prude,  bred  by  Mr.  Thos.  Bell— and 
Lady  Mary  10th — from  Lady  Mary  2nd  also  bred  at  Brockton  Hali- 
but both  have  bred  only  males,  The  Gwynnes  are  represented  by 


336  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

a  straight  red  heifer,  out  of  that  magnificent  cow,  Pearlie  G-wynne, 
sold  for  360gs.,  at  the  Elmhurst  sale.  .Rose  Walnut,  an  extremely 
pretty  cow,  was  bred  at  Snitterfield,  and  by  one  of  Lord  Braybi  ooke's 
Heydon  Dukes,  while  Double  Walnut,  also  a  Knightley,  has  a  name 
easily  denoting  her  origin,  but  is  not  so  shapely  an  animal.  Sabrina 
5th,  a  robust  red  of  large  scale,  although  bred  at  Kingscote  and  by 
the  imported  Duke  of  Hillhurst  28401,  was  obtained  from  Capt. 
Liddon,  she  has  bred  three  calves  two  of  which  have  been  prize  takers, 
the  heifer  winning  in  her  class  at  Bingley  Hall  and  realizing  the 
highest  figure.  Mr.  Matthews  also  purchased  three  in-calf  heifers 
from  Mr.  K.  H.  Gould,  of  Didrnarton,  these,  like  his  other  pur- 
chases have  been  more  addicted  to  bull  breeding  than  is  desirable 
for  the  satisfactory  increase  of  the  herd. 

Badminton,  with  the  stables  and  kennels  appertaining  thereto, 
are  sufficiently  well  known  to  need  no  further  mention  than  to  add 
that  the  illustrious  pack  and  their  noble  huntsman  are  in  as  fine 
form  as  ever.  It  is  here  the  agent  of  the  extensive  estate — Mr. 
John  Thompson — who  is  the  breeder  of  a  choice  herd  of  pedigree 
cattle,  and  not  the  owner  as  is  generally  the  case.  Mr.  Thompson's 
occupation  comprises  but  twenty-five  acres  of  good  pasture  land,  in  the 
midst  of  which  are  a  very  comfortable  petit  set  of  farm  buildings. 
Being  within  ten  minutes  walk  of  the  village — quite  a  model  of 
neatness  with  its  many  picturesque  cottages — the  herd  supplies 
the  owner  with  a  pleasant  recreation  from  the  anxieties  attendant 
on  the  management  of  one  of  the  most  extensive  estates  in  the 
county.  The  present  state  of  the  herd,  both  as  regards  their 
merits  and  the  manner  in  which  they  have  been  mated,  show  the 
care  and  patience  which  have  been  bestowed  upon  them  by  the 
owner  in  bringing  them  to  their  present  condition.  In  earlier  days, 
Mr.  Thompson  bred  chiefly  from  the  Broombo rough,  Didmarton 
and  Lenton  stocks,  with  some  of  the  Eev.  H.  Berry's  G-azelles,  but 
Tuesday,  the  23rd  of  September,  1873,  witnessed  the  sale  of  fourteen 
lots  belonging  to  Mr.  Thompson,  when  C.ipt.  Blatluvayt's  herd  was 
dispersed  at  Dyrham  Park,  and  the  aveiage  of  over  fifty  pounds 
must  have  been  a  gratifying  result.  In  tha  latter  part  of  the  year, 


SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND.  337 

five  females  of  the  Darlington  tribe  were  purchased  privately  from 
Mr.  K.  P.  Davies,  who  had  obtained  three  of  them  just  three  years 
previously  at  Mr.  W.  Butler's  sale,  held  adjoining  the  village  of 
Badminton,  where  Mr.  Thompson  had  also  been  a  buyer,  'For  some 
time  the  owner's  attention  was  confined  to  this  tribe,  but  five  years 
later,  four  Barringtons  of  the  Oxford  Duchess  branch  were  bought 
at  Messrs.  Horswell's  sale.  Mr.  Thompson  has  sent  many  of  his 
females  to  the  stud  bulls  in  use  with  the  famous  herds  in  the 
neighbourhood,  while  of  late  years,  males  of  noble  lineage  have  stood 
at  the  Duke's  Home  farm  for  the  use  of  the  numerous  tenantry  and 
Mr.  Thompson  has  thus  been  enabled  to  take  advantage  of  them, 
Laughton  Duke  5th,  51512,  bred  by  Mr.  J.  H.  Casswell,  an  especially 
grand  heavy  fleshed  animal,  has  been  located  there  for  the  past  two 
seasons.  Occasionally  home  bred  young  bulls  of  the  Darlington 
tribe  have  been  used  not  only  to  the  Barringtons,  but  to  their  own 
family. 

Ever  since  Pretty  Maid's  daughter,  by  Mr.  Bell's  Thomas 
5471,  was  named  Darlington,  has  the  name  pure  and  simple  with 
numerals  attached  been  given  to  the  branch  now  at  Badminton  and 
it  is  still  continued.  The  Twenty-fifth,  a  magnificent  roan,  fast 
approaching  her  eleventh  year  is  the  successful  result  of  the  union 
of  two  different  branches,  Mr.  Thompson  having  bought  Darlington 
9th,  at  Mr.  Robarts'  sale,  which  bred  Lord  Darlington  7th  to  Second 
Duke  of  Grlo'ster  28392,  the  sire  of  the  matron  now  before  us. 
The  oldest  of  her  five  daughters  has  been  sold  for  exportation  to 
South  America,  but  none  of  the  three  fair  ones  left  behind  promise 
to  equal  the  grand  old  matron.  The  red  and  white  Thirtieth  and 
her  heifer  calf  of  last  season,  are  all  that  have  a  direct  Duchess  cross 
in  their  pedigree,  it  being  noticeable  that  the  tribe  is  singularly  free 
from  this  blood  and  excepting  4th  Duke  of  Oxford,  from  the  other 
great  Bates  tribe,  hence  why  is  it  that  this  branch  of  the  Darlingtons 
is  not  more  resorted  to  for  sires  by  breeders,  when  so  many  fine 
cows  and  heifers  are  to  be  seen  at  Badminton.  ?  The  Thirty -second,  a 
short  legged  deep  bodied  cow  of  great  substance,  has  bred  a  very 
nice  heifer— the  Thirty-fifth— to  Wild  Duke  4th  44255,  which  having 

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338  SHOKTIIORN  HEEDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

recently  had  her  first  born,  appears  to  have  a  promising  show  for 
milk.  The  Thirty-fourth,  a  compactly  made  gaudy  red  and  white, 
is  no  bad  result  of  the  working  of  the  double  Darlington  cross,  in 
this  instance  separated  by  Col.  Kingscote's  Oxford  Beau  6th  40422, 
while  her  roan  yearling  son  is  very  handsome.  The  tribe  now 
consists  of  twelve  females,  three  having  been  sold  during  the  past 
summer  for  exportation  and  four  previously  at  a  high  figure  to  the 
Earl  of  Bective,  the  male  additions  in  earlier  years  having  been 
considerably  in  excess  of  the  more  desirable  sex.  The  produce  of 
Messrs.  Horswell's  Barringtons  have  been  named  Harrington  Dukes 
and  Duchesses,  and  the  four  still  remaining  at  Badminton  are  a 
fine  lot  of  cattle,  but  when  comparing  them  with  their  rivals  it  must 
not  be  forgotten  that  only  the  very  best  of  this  tribe  are  now  seen, 
as  in  order  to  keep  the  herd  limited  to  the  accomodation,  Mr. 
Thompson  had  to  dispose  of  either  one  fjunily  or  the  other,  and  it 
has  always  fallen  to  the  lot  of  tho  Barringtons  to  accompany  the 
young  bulls  to  Bingley  Hall.  Barrington  Duchess  and  Barrington 
Duchess  4th,  are  a  handsome  pair  of  own  sisters,  the  former  being 
wonderfully  level,  and  the  latter  particularly  grand  in  front  showing 
just  the  least  possible  weakness  in  her  loin,  yet  a  younger  cow — 
Barrington  Duchess  5th — with  her  well  laid  shoulders  and  lengthy 
quarters,  completes  an  excellent  trio,  worthy  of  any  tribe. 

Didmarton  has  long  been  connected  with  shorthorns,  and  on 
Mr.  -R.  H.  Gould  taking  possession  of  the  farm  at  the  expiration  of 
the  tenancy  of  Mr.  Stiles  B-ich,  he  could  hardly  do  less  than  purchase 
a  young  bull  for  service  on  his  holding,  when  witnessing  the 
successful  sale  held  in  the  spring  of  1868  and  not  only  did  he 
purchase  Imperial  Duke  of  York  26431,  a  son  of  7th  Duke  of  York, 
but  Guelder  Rose  3rd,  a  daughter  of  Mr.  Harvey's  Lord  Lally 
22161,  and  there  are  still  descendants  of  this  cow  in  Mr.  Gould's 
possession.  From  time  to  time  an  occasional  pedigree  animal  was 
purchased  until  quite  an  extensive  herd  has  been  gathered  together 
again  at  Didmarton,  and  as  in  the  days  of  old,  sires  of  Bates  blood 
have  always  been  used,  Col.  Kingscote's  General  Clarence  28680 


SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND.  339 

following  Imperial  Duko  of  York,  and  Mr.  R.  P.  Davies'  Wild  Duke 
36001  and  Prince  Arthur  38892,  of  the  Wild  Eyes  and  Peach  families 
succeeding  him.  Monmouth  45258,  of  the  Old  Daisy  tribe  then 
came  from  The  Hendre  and  left  some  fine  cows,  especially  Welcome 
6th,  one  of  the  best  on  the  farm,  Recently  Kirklevington  Beau 
51484,  also  bred  by  Mr.  Eolls,  from  his  770  guinea  heifer  at 
Berkeley,  has  been  in  service,  although  a  good  red  Wild  Eyes- 
Lord  Bright  Eyes  48169 — had  been  for  a  short  period  at  Didmarton, 
while  now  we  find  a  level  roan  yearling  Surmise  from  Kingscote. 

As  regards  mere  pedigree,  Sockburn  Nan,  a  good  dark  roan 
Blanche,  descended  from  Mr.  C.  O.  Eaton's  Olga,  with  her  two  year 
old  heifer.  Sockburn  Nancy,  must  be  considered  the  most  fashionably 
bred,  but  there  are  a  number  of  useful  cows  and  heifers  occupying  that 
place  on  the  farm  which  it  would  be  well  for  many  more  herds  if 
they  had  to  do  the  same.  Comfort,  a  deep  fronted  square  built 
heifer,  our  favourite  of  the  two  year  olds,  while  her  dam,  Cowslip, 
is  one  of  the  best  of  the  matrons,  descends  to  Comely,  purchased 
from  Mr.  John  Thompson.  Charming  Nelly  and  Charming  Mol, 
also  of  this  family  are  a  pair  of  pretty  sisters  doing  no  discredit  to 
their  names,  especially  the  younger,  a  daughter  of  Wild  Duke  4th 
44255,  which  was  bred  at  Berkeley,  and  sired  by  Duke  of  Connaught. 
The  Welcomes,  represented  by  the  excellent  cow  before  referred  to, 
were  also  originally  obtained  at  Badminton,  but  at  the  dispersion  of 
Mr.  W.  Butler's  heid.  Lilly  Niblet  is  now  the  only  female  left 
representing  llhoda  Niblett,  bought  at  the  Broadway  sale  of  1876, 
while  Chloe  is  one  of  several  tracing  to  the  Kingscote  herd  and 
having  for  a  foundation  some  sound  good  blood. 

Mr.  J,  C.  Hatherell,  whose  farm— Oldbury-on-the-Hill — adjoins 
that  of  Mr.  Gould,  having  also  a  fancy  for  the  Bates  type  of  cattle, 
purchased  from  Mr.  Kello,  Lady  Fantail  2nd  and  her  roan  heifer 
calf,  by  Lightburne's  Duke  of  Oxford  36895;  Atalanta,  bred  by 
Archdeacon  Holbech,  out  of  Asenath,  a  grand-daughter  of  Asia,  by 
the  1,000  guinea  Grand  Duke  2nd  12961,  the  third  in  descent  from 
Mr.  Bell's  Aeonib;  and  the  Surmise  heifer,  Hush,  having  those  well 


340  SHORTHORN    HERDS    OF    ENOLA.ND. 

known  sires,  13 uke  of  Tregunter  5th,  Duke  of  Underley  and  Eighth 
Duke  of  Geneva,  upon  Surmise  3rd's  daughter  Tacita.  With  the 
exception  of  a  well  bred  .Nonsuch  heifer,  bought  at  the  dispersion  of 
Mr.  W.  Ashburner's  herd,  Mr.  Hatherell  has  confined  his  attention 
to  the  three  families  obtained  from  Mr.  Kello,  and  excepting  the  pur- 
chase of  Beverley  Oxford  13th  49153,  from  Mr.  R.  Botterill,  the 
females  have  been  sent  for  service  to  Grand  Duke  of  Glo'ster  36721,  at 
Kingscote,  and  the  sires  located  at  the  Duk3  of  Beaufort's  Home 
farm,  for  the  use  of  his  tenantry.  Oxford  Fantail,  has  matured 
into  a  handsome  shorthorn  like  cow,  and  the  few  females  of  the 
well  bred  families  previously  named,  will,  by  continuing  the  use  of 
suitable  males  grow  into  a  nice  Bates  herd. 

Nearly  forty  years  ago  the  herd  at  Kingscote  was  founded  by 
the  late  Col.  Kingscote,  who  was  assisted  in  his  purchases  by  the 
then  Earl  Ducie.  The  situation  is  one  of  the  most  elevated  and 
exposed  on  the  Cotswold  Hills,  yet  for  fast  approaching  half-a- 
century  pedigree  cattle  have  held  their  own  on  the  estate,  and  the 
name  of  the  owner,  Gol.  Kingscote,  stands  high  in  the  ranks  of  short- 
horn breeders.  The  earlier  sires  were  from  Tortworth,  and  included 
Fourth  Duke  of  York  10167  and  Duke  of  Glo'ster  11387,  the 
Duchess  line  of  blood  being  still  continued  in  the  male  line  after  the 
dispersion -of  the  great  herd  in  the  Yale,  the  then  rising  one  of 
"Wetherby  being  resorted  to,  and  Duke  of  Wharf  dale  19648,  Second 
Duke  of  Wetherby  21618,  Third  Duke  of  Clarence  23727  and  Third 
Duke  of  Claro  23829,  were  either  bought  or  hired  from  Col.  Gunter. 
Duke  of  Hillhurst  28401, "out  of  Duchess  97th,  was  imported  from 
Canada  at  nearly  the  cost  price  of  the  dam,  taken  out  at  l,000gs. 
as  a  heifer  by  Mr.  Cochrane,  and  in  addition  to  proving  the  sire  of 
Duke  of  Connaught,  was  let  for  a  season  to  Messrs.  Foster  and 
Moore  for  the  highest  sum  on  record,  thus  the  herd  is  full  of  the 
blood  of  the  Duke  of  Connaught,  even  more  so  than  many  which 
have  the  magical  name  direct  in  the  pedigrees  in  their  herd,  as  the 
four  Duchess  sires  previously  used  from  Wetherby  were  all  of  the 
same  line  of  blood,  obtained  at  Tortworth  in  '53,  by  Col.  Gunter. 


SHORTH011N    HERDS    OF    ENGLAND.  341 

The  herd  at  Kingscote  has  been  essentially  a  breeding  one  and 
that  on  a  considerable  scale,  a  grand  total  of  eighty  pedigree  animals 
being  now  found  at  the  date  of  our  visit  one  winter's  day  in  the 
beginning  of  the  new  year.  No  public  sale  has  been  held  since  the 
summer  of  1882,  when  a  small  selection  were  sent  to  be  sold  at 
Berkeley,  a  good  demand  having  of  late  been  experienced  for  the 
young  stock  of  both  sexes  for  exportation  to  South  America,  and  to 
keep  the  herd  up  to  its  full  breeding  strength,  several  fresh  tribes 
have  been  added.  The  most  important  of  the  several  sales  held  at 
Kingscote,  was  the  one  Mr.  Stratford  presided  over  twelve  years  ago, 
when  the  forty  head  averaged  <£179  4s.  8d.,  and  7(50gs.  was  given 
for  a  Wild  Eyes  heifer,  by  Mr.  W.  Angerstein,  yet  notwithstanding 
that  an  Oxford  realized  "  eleven  hundred "  four  years  later,  the 
average  fell  short  by  nearly  <£80. 

Bell  Bates  cattle  formed  a  larger  proportion  of  the  herd  a  dozen 
years  ago  than  at  the  present  day,  when  their  descendants  number 
rather  more  than  a  third  of  the  entire  stock.  In  Ariel  Girl,  the 
fifth  generation  bred  at  Kingscote,  from  Ariel  5th,  the  entire  hopes 
of  the  A  combs  are  centred.  The  Capsicum",  or  Lady  Bickerstaffes  as 
they  are  now  named,  trace  like  the  Georgianas  and  Peaches, to  animals 
bought  direct  at  Brockton  Hall,  Lady  Bickerstaffe  4th,  the  matron, 
is  one  of  the  few  daughters  left  in  the  herd,  by  a  very  fine  bull — 
Cowslip  Boy  38051 — exhibited  successfully  at  the  Kilburn  Royal, 
where  he  was  placed  second  to  Vice  Admiral,  but  our  favourite  is 
Lady  Bickerstaffe  7th,  a  neat  level  red  heifer  bought  as  a  calf  at 
The  Hendre  along  with  her  mother,  Miss  Bickerstaffe  3rd,  whose 
dam  had  previously  gone  from  Kingscote.  Another  very  coloury 
nice  heifer  of  this  family  is  Lady  Bickerstaffe  8th,  one  of  Prince 
Saladin  4th's  get,  a  son  of  the  Earl  of  Bective's  favourite  Lady  Sale 
of  Putney,  and  used  by  Col.  Kingscote  with  his  son  George  Saladin 
2nd  51331,  previous  to  the  purchase  of  the  present  sire.  The 
Georgianas — here  named  Georgies,  with  part  of  the  sire's  name 
added — are  well  represented  by  the  lengthy  Georgie  Hazlecote,  with 
her  pretty  roan  calf,  and  number  one  more  than  the  Peaches,  the 


342  SHORTHORN  HERDS  o 

two  together  only  reaching  one  over  the  half  dozen,  the  latter  are  all 
half  sisters,  named  Prudishes  ;  the  Fourth,  a  promising  young  cow, 
has  newly  calved,  but  it  is  the  two  year  o'd,  a  red  of  great  substance, 
with  good  straight  lines  that  pleases  us  most.  The  Lily  Bell's  are 
limited  to  the  purely  bred  Lady  Rosedate  Bates  2nd,  by  Duke  of 
Eosedale  9th  41419,  and  it  must  not  be  omitted  mention  that  Col, 
Kingscote  was  one  of  the  first  to  u^e  the  Dukes  of  Hosedale,  three 
having  found  their  way  at  different  times,  to  the  top  of  the  Cotswolds. 
The  Surmises  are  limited  to  Silentia  3rd,  a  dark  red  rather  under- 
sized cow,  bought  at  Kimbolton,  now  enjoying  an  excellent  reputation 
for  milk,  and  Lady  Secret  4th,  a  good  fronted  roan,  out  of  Lady 
Surmise,  bred  at  Brailes.  The  Kirklevingtons  are  the  most  recent 
acquisition  of  the  Bell  Bates  sorts,  Kirkmaple,  a  grand-daughter 
of  Kirklevington  18th,  considered  one  of  the  most  beautiful  of  the 
many  fine  cows  of  the  family  at  one  time  in  Mr.  R.  Pavin  Davies' 
possession,  and  her  little  cow  calf — Kingscote  Kirkmaple — were 
bought  three  years  ago  at  the  dispersion  of  the  Countess  of  Stamford 
and  Warrington's  herd,  the  former  having  bred  two  excellent  bulls 
and  a  very  lengthy  roan  out  of  Marchioness  of  Kirklevington  5th, 
bred  at  Tortworth,  does  credit  to  his  dam  and  sire,  the  latter  being 
by  the  young  Gtaorgie  bull  since  sold  to  go  to  Buenos  Ayres. 

The  Honeys  have  had  a  long  connection  with  the  herd,  and  no 
females  were  offered  at  the  sales  until  1879,  when  twenty-one 
averaged  <£64  13s.  The  pedigree  may  be  justly  described  as  being 
full  of  Duchess  and  Princess  blood,  and  originated  at  Hart  Warren, 
in  the  county  of  Durham.  This  tribe  like  several  others  of  excellent 
foundation,  have  not  received  that  favour  at  the  hands  of  the  public 
which  they  richly  deserve,  yet  it  cannot  be  on  the  score  of  their 
being  ill  looking  cattle  in  the  case  of  the  Honeys,  as  when  one  or 
two  heifers  have  been  made  up  for  exhibition  purposes  they  have 
been  much  admired,  especially  at  Bristol  and  Kilburn,  where  at  the 
former  Honey  60th  was  placed  second  in  her  class,  at  the  present  time 
her  daughter  Honey  92nd,  is  considered  the  best  of  the  fourteen,  and 
the  century  has  at  last  been  completed,  Honey  102ad  being  the 


SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND.  343 

latest  arrival.  The  Cowslips,  limited  to  Cowslip  Tea  and  her  two 
daughters  are  equal  to  the  Honeys  in  the  excellence  of  their  breeding, 
as  what  could  be  more  desirable  than  the  array  of  names  of  Messrs. 
Charge,  Stephenson,  Bates  and  Bolden,  headed  by  Lord  Braybrooke, 
as  the  breeders  of  the  sires  in  Cowslip  Tea's  pedigree.  Red  Rose 
of  Wye  and  Red  Rose  of  Dove  2nd,  a  pair  of  good  looking  represen- 
tatives of  their  tribe — the  latter  especially  deep  and  good  in  her 
brisket — were  bought  at  Elmhurst,  whence  came  Deepdale  5th,  of 
great  beauty  of  form,  with  excellent  shorthorn  character,  to  re- 
introduce  once  more  the  Darlingtons,  which  informer  times  included 
that  grand  cow  Dora,  sold  to  Lord  Fitzhardinge  for  265gs.,  as  long 
ago  as  1871,  and  her  first  produce,  Kingscote  Darlington  1st,  augurs 
well  for  the  future.  In  Daphne  3rd  we  behold  the  last  remnant  of  the 
famed  Sholebroke  herd  not  included  in  the  sale,  she  was  a  present 
to  Col.  Kingscote  from  the  late  Mr.  Oliver,  and  the  trio  of 
Darlingtons  are  the  best  shaped  family  at  Kingscote. 

The  Seraphinas  and  Wallflowers,  two  of  the  most  numerous 
tribes,  reach  double  figures,  and  are  noted  for  their  excellent 
breeding  and  milking  propensities,  the  former  consists  of  three 
branches,  obtained  from  the  herds  of  Messrs.  Cheney,  Clarke  and 
Woodward.  Sabrina  4th  has  three  good  heifers  to  her  credit ;  and 
Sabrina  24th,  a  taking  heifer  out  of  Sabrina  10th,  eclipses  either  of 
her  newly  purchased  companions — Red  Duchess  9th  fromUllenwood, 
or  Rosedale  Barrington  from  Sandringham — in  point  of  individual, 
while  Sabrina  25th,  is  the  last  daughter  of  Seraphina  15th,  purchased 
from  Mr.  Clarke.  The  Wallflowers  are  quite  a  local  family,  and 
originated  at  Kingscote,  were  then  sold  to  a  neighbour,  who  had  the 
privilege  of  using  the  Kingscote  bulls  and  at  his  sale,  two  or  three 
females  were  re-purchased  by  Col.  Kingscote.  Lady  Scar  Hill  4th, 
an  exceedingly  deep  milker,  is  on  the  verge  of  completing  her  fifteenth 
year  and  needless  almost  to  add  she  would  not  have  been  retained  so 
long  a  period  if  her  progeny  had  not  been  good,  her  last  heifer  being 
the  pick  of  seven  yearlings.  Wallflower's  Sunbeam,  a  large  framed 
fine  cow,  sustains  the  reputation  of  the  tribe  for  milk.  Lastly,  as 


344  SHORTHORN    HERDS    OF    ENGLAND. 

to  Lord  Wellington  6th  53230,  the  sire  in  service,  he  was  bred  at 
Hindlip,  from  Water  Lily  2nd,  one  of  the  purest  specimens  of  the 
popular  Waterloo  tribe,  and  appears  a  healthy  vigorous  young  bull, 
likely  to  leave  a  lot  of  good  coloured  stock  at  Kingscote. 

Mr.  James  Kello,  of  Horton,  was  better  known  in  the  shorthorn 
world  of  a  dozen  years  ago  than  that  of  to-day,  he  had  then  the 
charge  of  the  estate — more  than  half  of  which  is  now  in  his 
occupation — and  it  was  as  fine  a  herd  of  Bates  shorthorns  as  is 
to  be  found  at  the  present  day,  chiefly  however  was  it  famous  for 
its  Kuklevington  Duchesses,  one  of  which  was  disposed  of  bv  private 
treaty,  for  l,100gs.,  being  the  highest  price  any  member  of  the 
family  has  realized  amongst  English  breeders,  and  in  his  hands  the 
name  originated  which  has  since  become  so  famous.  Tungrove  and 
Wadden  Hill  Farms,  on  which  the  old  herd  used  to  graze,  are  si;  u<iU; 
at  the  foot  of  the  Cotswolds,  four  miles  from  Tate  Junction,  part  of 
the  latter  being  comprised  of  hill  land  chiefly  suitable  for  sheep, 
but  Mr.  Kello  has  some  grand  land  in  the  Vale  on  which  he  has 
been  quietly  gathering  the  nucleus  of  what  at  some  future  period 
may  be  one  of  the  leading  herds  in  the  county,  as  with  the  owner's 
ripe  experience  gained  Lorn  his  connection  with  the  grand  herd 
already  alluded  to,  there  is  every  prospect  of  success  in  store  for 
him.  Arethusa  6th,  bred  at  The  Oaklands  and  descended  from  Mr. 
Sheldon's  America,  is  a  lengthy  stylish  cow  not  wanting  in  character 
and  has  proved  herself  a  good  breeder,  her  yearling  son  Lord  Acomb, 
being  very  level.  Fan  tail  Flirt  is  a  combination  of  Bates  and 
Knightley,  and  Lady  Monmouth,  of  the  Townley  Vestris  tribe,  has 
three  Duchess  crosses,  in  addition  to  a  Cambridge  E/ose  and  Darling- 
ton, after  her  sire,  Mr.  Bolls'  Monmouth  45258.  The  Nibletts  of 
Niblett  foundation  and  latterly  better  known  as  having  produced  the 
Royal  winner  Rugia  Niblett,  have  llosy  Niblett,  a  very  handsome 
good  uddered  cow  and  heavy  milker  at  their  head,  she  is  surrounded 
by  her  three  daughters  Lady  Niblett,  Duchess  Niblett — perhaps  the 
best,  but  all  are  fair  to  gaze  upon,  and  like  their  dam  have  plenty  of 
substance — and  Duchess  Niblett  2nd,  the  two  latter  being  by 
LaughLon  Duke  5th  51512. 


SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND.  345 

Tortworth  was  recognized  close  on  half-a-century  ago,  as  one 
of  the  leading  herds,  and  again  is  the  fame  revived  by  the  Eight  Hon. 
Lord  Moreton — grand-son  of  the  late  owner — who  possesses  a  con- 
siderable number  of  the  fashionable  Kirklevington  and  Wild  Eyes 
tribes  in  addition  to  nearly  a  score  of  Chaffs  representing  the  old  herd, 
and  some  well  bred  Knightley  Furbelows  and  B-osies.  The  cattle  are 
not  located  at  the  Home  Farm  as  in  olden  times,  but  at  the  home- 
steads on  "Whit field,  or  perhaps  better  known  in  the  county  as 
"Example  Farm."  The  first  important  purchases  made  by  Lord 
Moreton  were  Kirklevington  Duchess  9th  and  Siddington  loth,  at 
the  Ashdown  House  sale  in  1878,  both  have  been  wonderfully  prolific 
and  are  still  breeding  at  the  respective  ages  of  fifteen  and  twelve 
years,  what  more  can  be-  desired  of  two  of  the  purest  Bates  animals.' 
The  red — Kirklevington  Duchess  9th — is  a  nice  type  of  an  old 
shorthorn  cow,  and  has  been  both  a  good  breeder  and  an  excellent 
dairy  cow.  Of  her  three  daughters,  the  Second,  Eighth  and  Tenth 
Marchionesses  of  Kirklevington.  the  calf  is  extremely  pretty ;  the 
two  year  old  very  lengthy  and  level  appearing  likely  to  develope 
into  the  same  stamp  as  the  dam ;  and  the  oldest  is  hardly  so  hand- 
some as  we  would  have  expected  from  the  union  of  Twentieth  Duke 
of  Oxford  28432.  Siddington  15th,  possessing  somewhat  more 
substance  than  Khklevington  Duchess  9th,  was  twin  to  Siddington 
16th,  and  the  pair  were  sold  when  eight  months  old,  at  one  of  the 
Siddington  House  sales  for  l,105gs.,  the  only  daughter  now  seen  is 
Lady  Siddington  4th,  by  Grand  Duke  34th  11642— hired  by  Lord 
Moieton  from  Messrs.  Hosken,  and  who  has  left  a  grand  lot  of 
daughters  at  Tortworth — very  lengthy  and  low,  she  is  one  of  the 
handsomest  heifers  in  the  herd.  Lady  Siddington  5th,  another  of 
Grand  Duke  34th's  get,  is  from  Siddington  10th,  bought  from  Mr. 
H.  de  Vitre  who  had  obtained  her  from  head-quarters.  Fair 
Kirklevington  4th,  represents  what  may  be  described  as  a  third 
branch,  but  in  reality  she  is  a  Siddington,  as  her  fourth  dam  was 
the  first  of  that  celebrated  branch  of  the  Kirklevingtons,  so  named 
by  the  late  Mr.  Bowly,  after  their  birthplace.  Although  the 
Kirklevingtons,  like  the  "Wild  Eyes,  only  number  nine  females,  yet 


^40  3HORTHOKJT    HERDS    OF    ENGLAND. 

it  is  from  no  lack  of  their  brooding  powers  that  they  are  not  more 
numerously  represented,  but  because  of  the  female  progeny  sold 
both  privately  and  publicly.  Winsome  Oxonia,  bought  at  the 
Shotley  Hall  sale,  proved  a  bull  breeder,  with  the  exception  of  Lady 
Whitfield,  a  great  favourite  of  the  owner  and  truly  she  has  a  right 
to  be,  with  her  beautiful  forequarters,  grandly  sprung  ribs  and 
excellent  quality.  Lady  Worcester  23rd,  from  Preston  Hall,  is  but 
a  grand-daughter  of  the  famous  Clear  Star,  and  appears  to  be 
following  her  example  in  obtaining  a  position  for  herself  at  Tortworth, 
by  breeding  a  heifer  like  Lady  Wotton ;  but  of  three  young  Wild 
Eyes',  Lady  Great  Eyes  2nd,  very  sweet  and  stylish,  carries  off  the 
prize  for  beauty,  her  dam  Great  Eyes  9th,  bought  ut  Al Walton,  was 
from  Mr.  Sartoris'  beautiful  cow,  Great  Eyes  7th,  Floral  Beauty 
and  Winsome  Wild  Eyes  5th,  bred  at  Killhow  and  Whittle- 
bury,  are  highly  bred  of  their  respective  branches,  HIP  latter  easily- 
recognizable  by  her  name  and  the  former  belonging  to  the  Bright 
Eyes. 

The  Chaffs  descend  to  Mr.  Ceiling's  Magdalena  by  Comet  155, 
but  take  their  now  tribal  name  from  Chaff,  bred  by  the  Earl  Ducie, 
who  with  her  three  daughters,  Chaplet,  Chinz  and  China,  were  sold 
at  the  sale  in  1853,  the  nineteen  including  descendants  of  Chaplet  and 
China.  The  earlier  sires  in  the  pedigree  were  chiefly  of  the  Messrs. 
Collings'  and  Mr.  Whitaker's  blood,  followed  by  those  of  the  Rev. 
H.  Berry's  and  Lord  Alrhorp's  before  Lord  Ducie's  Morpeth  7254, 
the  grandsire  of  Chaff,  who  was  by  Duke  of  Cornwall  5947,  a  son 
of  Mr.  Bates'  Fourth  Duke  of  Northumberland  3649.  Coomassie, 
in  her  twelfth  year  is  a  fit  matron  of  any  tribe,  and  her  three 
daughters,  the  Pifth,  Eighth  and  Eleventh  Lady  Charfields — the 
last  named  a  particular  good  sort — make  quite  a  charming  family 
group.  Crystal,  one  of  Oxford  Prince's  daughters — used  at 
Tortworth  in  the  earlier  days  of  the  present  herd — has  bred  eight 
calves  in  ten  years,  while  Cherry  Chaff,  bred  at  Lockinge  Park, 
tracing  to  Chaplet,  bought  by  Mr.  Langston,  is  the  mother  of  a  very 
lengthy  heifer.  Chicory,  also  tracing  to  Chaplet,  has  bred  Castania, 
a  very  pretty  calf  grandly  Covered  with  hair  while  her  own  sister 


SHOETHORtt   ttEliDS    OF    ENGLAND,  347 

Cordelia,  a  deep  fronted  loan,  stood  second  in  her  class  at  the 
Oxford  county.  Two  very  useful  roan  heifers  are  by  the  home 
bred  Earl  of  Siddington  Gth  51189,  from  Lady  Charfield  4th  and 
Chaffinch,  the  latter  obtained  direct  from  Duncombe  Park,  the  late 
Earl  ot  Fevershain,  buying  China  at  Tortvvorth,  from  which  cow 
the  former  heifer  is  also  descended.  The  Knightley  Furbelows 
number  just  half-a-dozen,  the  favourites  being  Erigone  6th,  a  fine 
cow  bought  at  Sandringham,  and  a  wealthy  heifer,  Hemlock. 
Fawsley  Flower  and  Fawsley  Flower  2nd,  half  sisters  out  of  Duchess 
Fawsley  4th,  bought  at  Whittlebury,  are  as  highly  bred  E-osys 
as  can  be  desired.  The  three  Sweethearts  bought  at  Osberton  are 
of  quite  a  different  type,  the  most  even  being  the  Forty-seventh,  by 
the  Warlaby  Prince  Albert  Victor,  while  another  introduction  of 
Booth  was  made  at  Mr.  D.  Pugh's  sale  when  three  Bergamots  of  an 
old  Gloucestershire  foundation  were  purchased,  they  are  a  good 
even  fleshed  class  of  cattle,  with  strong  constitutions,  none  more 
level  than  Bergamot  12th,  and  it  will  be  interesting  to  observe  the 
effect  of  crossing  back  to  Bates,  as  Bergamot  6th  which  left  Ozleworth 
Park  for  Wales,  was  by  Second  Earl  of  Walton  19672,  out  of 
Bergamot,  by  Cupid  14359,  a  bull  that  was  out  of  Darlington  6th, 
with  a  double  cross  of  Fourth  Duke  of  Oxford.  Several  other 
families  have  been  recently  introduced  for  a  trial,  a  red  Barrington 
Duchess  of  Mr.  Thompson's  breeding  we  view  with  special  favour 
as  being  likely  to  make  one  of  the  finest  cows  in  the  herd,  and 
Carolina  llth,  a  well  bred  Craggs,  bought  at  the  dispersion  of  the 
late  Mr.  Savage's  herd  has  bred  a  very  nice  roan  heifer.  The  sire  in 
service,  Baron  Oxford  16th  49090,  considered  the  best  Oxford 
youngster  at  the  last  Holker  sale,  has  developed  into  a  handsome 
bull,  with  a  thorough  masculine  head  and  "  crest,"  deep  flank,  fleshy 
thighs  while  he  is  of  undeniably  superior  quality  and  covered  with 
grand  hair. 

Betwixt  Tortworth  and  Berkeley  we  call  at  Heathermead,  to 
see  Mr.  G.  Stephens'  newly  established  herd  composed  almost 
entirely  of  purchases  from  the  former  place.  Zenith,  a  fine  large 
framed  white,  was  bred  at  Pencraig  Court,  and  sired  by  that  grand 


348  SHOBTHORN  HEEDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

bull  Duke  of  Oxford  20th  28432,  used  in  his  old  age  by  the  late 
Mr.  Beever.  "With  the  exception  of  the  Old  Daisy,  the  other 
animals  bought  by  Mr.  Stephens  from  the  neighbouring  herd  at 
Tortworth,  were  bred  by  Lord  Moreton.  Griselda,  a  Kriightley 
Furbelow,  descending  from  Harebell,  by  the  well  known  Fourth 
Duke  of  Thorndale  17750,  is  the  dam  of  two  nice  heifers,  Genesta 
and  Geraldine,  the  latter  by  Baron  Oxford  16th  49090,  is  especially 
promising,  but  the  especial  pet  of  Mrs.  Stephens — who  takes  great 
interest  in  the  management  of  the  live  stock  which  are  viewed  in 
excellent  order — is  a  red  and  white  Baron  Oxford  10th  calf,  out  of 
Fair  Kirklevington  2nd,  certainly  she  is  a  beauty  and  being  as  highly 
bred  and  good  looking  is  all  the  more  worthy  of  attention,  yet 
opinions  differ  and  at  the  county  show  we  notice  Heal hei mead 
Chaff,  by  Duke  Great  Eyes  5th  51090,  showing  more  size,  but  not 
nearly  so  perfect  in  shape,  has  been  prefei  red,  and  in  addition  to  the 
latter's  dam,  Lidy  Charted  3rd,  Mr.  Stephens  also  obtained  Lady 
Charfield  9th,  indeed  anyone  making  a  selection  from  Tortworth 
could  scarcely  overlook  the  merits  of  the  Chaffs,  which  have  been 
connected  with  the  place  so  many  years.  Red  Duchess  3rd,  a 
handsome  dark  red  Blanche,  was  considered  the  best  of  Mrs.  Bubbs' 
herd,  and  has  recently  had  a  nice  cow  calf,  since  her  arrival  at 
Heather  mead.  There  is  still  a  very  level  two  year  old  to  be 
mentioned  and  preferred  for  evenness  to  the  Tortworth  purchases, 
this  is  Oxonian,  bred  in  South  Wales,  but  from  Oxford  Mixture  3rd, 
bred  at  Tardley  and  descended  from  that  extraordinary  dairy  cow 
of  Mr.  Bates'  of  King's  Heath.  Marquis  of  Kirklevington  3rd 
53277,  a  handsome  roan,  has,  like  his  sire — Grand  Duke  34th — a 
noble  front  with  a  good  wide  back  and  loin,  but  on  standing  behind 
him  he  is  fo.und  not  quite  so  truly  made  as  in  front,  yet  notwithstand- 
ing he  gives  us  the  impression  of  being  a  thorough  serviceable  sire, 
as  he  shows  quite  the  Bates  character,  being  a  grandson  of  Kirklev- 
ington Duchess  9th,  surely  his  breeding  will  satisfy  the  strictest  purist. 

Five  miles  beyond  Tortworth  we  reach  the  rich  Vale  of  Berkeley, 
where  the  old  Castle,  in  its  stately  though  gloomy  grandeur,  stands 
as  firm  as  in  the  days  of  old ;  the  hounds  are  as  full  of  bone  and  as 


SHORTIIOTltf    TTETIRS    OF    ENGLAND.  349 

swift  footed  as  ever  ;  while  the  noble  owner  — the  Eight  Hon.  Lord 
Fitzhardinge — has  had,  until  six  months  ago,  the  most  impressive 
shorthorn  sire  of  modern  days,  standing  at  the  Home  Farm,  for  the 
past  ten  years.  The  males  at  Berkeley  have  always  been  of  the 
highest  breeding,  as  well  as  individual  merit.  Grand  Duke  of 
Waterloo  28766 — whose  half  sister  Waterloo  33rd  was  sold  privately 
by  Lord  Fitzhardinge  to  the  Duke  of  Manchester,  for  l,200gs.— 
having  preceded  Duke  of  Connaught  33604,  and  who  in  turn  had 
followed  Lord  Wild  Eyes  5th  26762,  bred  at  Walton-on-the  Hill, 
while  Duke  of  Oxford  45th  39775,  was  one  of  the  highest  priced 
young  bulls  ever  sold  at  Holker,  and  Duke  of  Leicester  3rd  46256, 
the  best  of  three  Dukes  sold  at  Castle  Hill  came  to  assist  Duke  of 
Connaught,  and  in  the  past  summer,  Barrington  Duke  50359,  was 
bought  at  the  Sandiinghain  sale.  But  few  interested  in  shorthorns 
fajled  to  visit  Berkeley  in  order  to  see  the  sire  that  had  cost  four 
thousand  and  five  hundred  guineas  ! !  notwithstanding  this  enormous 
outlay,  he  more  than  repaid  it  in  the  amount  of  the  fees  earned  by 
him,  while  his  services  in  enhancing  the  reputation  of  the  Berkeley 
Castle  herd  it  would  be  difficult  to  estimate,  for  the  last  four  years 
no  sale  has  taken  place,  yet  there  is  a  great  scarcity  of  heifers,  the 
South  Americans  having  returned  again  and  again  to  carry  away 
specimens  of  this  famous  herd.  Let  no  misguided  individual  assert 
that  shorthorns  bought  on  a  right  principle  will  not  pay,  when  such 
an  enormous  outlay  with  good  interest  can  be  returned  by  one 
animal.  As  to  the  showyard  successes  of  Duke  of  Connaught's 
stock,  many  will  remember  those  beautiful  heifers,  Lady  Wild  Eyes 
15th,  Dowager  2nd  and  Kirklevington  Empress  3rd,  successfully 
exhibited  at  the  Eoyal  Shows  held  at  Bristol,  Kilburn,  Carlisle 
and  Derby,  as  well  as  at  the  Great  Yorkshire  Meetings. 

The  herd 'at  the  present  time  has  been  considerably  reduced  by 
the  sale  of  the  heifers  at  high  prices  to  go  abroad,  and  such  grand 
cows  as  Blanche  Eose  5th,  Dowager,  Kirklevington  Empress  and 
Wisdom  having  given  up  successful  breeding  careers  somewhat  too 
soon,  thus  the  numbers  are  not  quite  so  extensive  as  in  former  years. 
The  Duchesses  are  represented  by  both  the  Airdrie  and  Grand 


350  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

Duchess  branches,  Grand  Duchess  52ud,  out  of  Mr.  H.  Leney's 
fine  cow  Grand  Duchess  39th,  lining  bought  when  a  calf,  at  the 
dispersion  of  the  Sholebroke  herd  for  5()0gs.,  her  first  born  has 
been  unfortunately  lost,  but  it  will  be  a  pity  if  so  well  bred  a 
daughter  of  Duke  of  Connaught  should  fail  to  leave  female  produce 
behind  her.  Duchess  of  Leicester  3rd,  purchased  at  Castle  Hill  along 
with  the  now  reigning  Duke,  after  breeding  four  calves  before  she 
was  five-and-a-half-years  old  has  been  sent  for  service  to  Col. 
Kingscote's  Lord  Wellington  6th  5  >j>30,  where  she  is  found  to  be 
possessed  of  nice  Bates  character  and  carrying  plenty  of  flesh 
considering  the  work  she  has  done.  Duchess  of  Berkeley,  a  very 
handsome  heifer  is  a  successful  result  of  breeding  the  Castle  Hill 
purchase  to  the  young  Wild  Eyes  bull  Lord  Waterford  48257 ; 
and  Duchess  of  Berkeley  3rd,  the  youngest  born  is  a  promising  little 
lady,  apparently  quite  equal  to  maintaining  the  dignity  of  being 
a  Duchess.  Kirklevington  Czarina  2nd,  although  not  bred  at 
Berkeley,  was  calved  only  on  the  opposite  side  of  the  Severn,  she  is  a 
compact  well  made  heifer  doing  credit  to  her  illustrious  ancestry, 
as  beyond  her  grand-sire  Duke  of  Connaught,  a  double  cross  of 
Seventh  Duke  of  York  is  found  in  her  pedigree,  while  Kirklevington 
Princess  2nd,  is  also  of  the  much  prized  Siddington  branch.  Another 
valuable  tribe  are  the  Lallys,  mother  and  daughter,  the  former — 
Lally  of  Lymage  an  exceedingly  grand  massive  level  cow  with  a 
beautiful  head  and  horn,  almost  a  model  of  a  thorough  Bates  short- 
horn, could  not  well  help  bringing  a  shapely  heifer  of  good  quality 
to  Duke  of  Connaught,  which  she  has  accordingly  done  in  Lally  of 
Lymage  2nd.  The  Winsomes  are  like  the  Lallys,  represented  by 
mother  and  daughter,  Wisdom  5th  being  own  sister  to  the  second 
prize  heifer  at  the  B.  and  W.  E.  show  at  Worcester  in  1880,  while 
the  heifer  is  one  of  Duke  of  Leicester  3rd's  daughters.  There  is 
also  Lady  Wild  Eyes  8th,  a  grand  old  cow  of  the  same  branch  as 
that  beautiful  heifer,  Lady  Wild  Eyes  15th,  so  successfully  exhib- 
ited by  the  noble  owner.  Wild  Eyes  33rd,  is  the  dam  of  Lord 
Waterford,  exported  to  Chili,  and  the  siro  of  the  young  Duchess, 
She  is  very  purely  bred,  being  out  of  an  eight  hundred  guinea  heifer, 


STTOTlTnOKN    HERDS    OF    ENGLAND.  351 

sold  at  Mr.  Angerstein's  sale.  Of  the  same  branch  but  tracing 
through  the  Gaddesby  herd  are  Wild  Duchess  of  Worton  and  Wild 
Duchess  of  Eosedale  4th,  bought  at  the  dispersion  of  Major  Chaff ey's 
little  herd. 

Ever  since  Dora  was  bought  at  Ozleworth,  the  Darlingtons 
have  been  good  cattle  and  the  two  young  Dowagers,  half  sisters, 
from  the  grand  old  matron  of  that  name,  fully  maintain  the 
reputation.  The  Gazelles  and  Minstrels  once  held  a  prominent 
place  in  the  herd,  but  they  were  gradually  supplanted  by  more 
fashionable  tribes,  and  Gazelle  48th,  a  white  of  good  quality  is  the 
only  one  of  either  family  that  remains.  Eugia  Niblett  after  coming 
from  Churchill  Heath,  won  at  the  Bristol  Eoyal  and  was  sold  to 
Mr.  J.  H.  Angus,  of  Collingrove,  Australia,  and  her  daughter,  Red 
Niblett.  a  compact  arch  ribbed  little  cow,  has  bred  the  only  heifer 
we  see  with  a  double  cross  of  Duke  of  Connaught.  Another  of  the 
family  came  with  the  two  Wild  Eyes  heifers  in  the  shape  of  the 
wealthy  fleshed  Eosedale  Niblett  2nd.  After  breeding  such  a  sire 
as  Grand  Duke  of  Waterloo,  it  would  not  be  likely  that  the  family 
should  be  absent,  and  Waterloo  50th,  a  lengthy  roan,  was  bought  at 
East  Donyland  and  has  bred  a  straight  bull  calf.  The  Blanches 
have  long  been  maintained  as  a  standard  tribe  at  Berkeley  and  Lady 
Blanche  Eose,  considered  the  most  beautiful  heifer  at  the  recent 
Sandi-inghaiu  sale,  was  purchased  after  a  sharp  competition  with  the 
agent  of  Sir  W.  H.  Salt,  for  230gs.,  to  assist  Blanche  Eose  12th, 
in  still  keeping  up  the  family  at  Berkeley. 

Mr.  Arthur  Niblett — whose  grandfather  originated  the  tribe  of 
that  name  already  mentioned  in  connection  with  three  herds  in  the 
county — began  to  breed  pedigree  cattle  in  October  of  1884,  when 
on  the  first  of  that  month  he  attended  the  Duffryn  sale  and  purchased 
two  Moss  Eose  heifers,  and  the  bull  calf,  Westlander  52347,  used 
during  the  last  two  seasons  previous  to  the  purchase  of  Mr.  C.  E. 
Lynn's  King  of  Stroxton  4th  54496,  a  fourth  prize  bull,  in  his  class 
at  Bingley  Hall,  and  of  the  Queen  family  a  favourite  of  the  late 
Mr.  J.  Lynn's.  Eoan  Eosetta  brought  a  cow  calf  to  Cyprian  47000, 
named  Eosebud  and  was  then  sold,  as  she  failed  to  come  to  Mr. 


352  SHORTHORN"  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

Niblett' s  standard  in  her  milking  qualities,  this  being  essential  as  well 
as  strong  constitutions,  and  as  much  size  as  possible  for  shorthorns 
to  retain  their  place  at  Eoyston.  Cordelia,  the  other  Moss  Eose, 
has  bred  two  bulls  and  one  heifer,  the  latter  being  only  three  weeks 
old,  is  by  Mr.  Butt's  Lord  Sockburn  53218.  The  old  Niblett  tribe 
has  been  introduced  by  the  purchase  of  Low  Niblett  from  Mr.  E. 
H.  Gould,  she  has  a  handsome  yearling  daughter,  Lady  Niblett,  but 
unfortunately  the  dam  appears  disinclined  to  breed  again.  Hecla 
2nd  and  Dainty  de  Breos,  are  of  the  Blanche  and  Duchess  Nancy 
tribes,  the  latter  being  considered  by  Mr.  Niblett  the  best  looking 
animal  he  possesses,  while  she  is  without  doubt  the  best  bred  one. 

Mr.F.  H.  Butt  also  breeds  a  few  shorthorns  in  rhe  neighbourhood 
of  Stonehouse,  at  Little  Haresfield,  his  herd  being  principally 
composed  of  three  families  purchased  at  Mr.  W.  G.  Game's  sale  of 
1881  and  1882,  from  the  former  came  Tulip  Blossom  by  Mr.  Bowly's 
Col.  Tregunter  7th  30769,  she  has  had  half-a-dozen  calves — three 
of  each  sex — one  of  her  sons  two  years  ago  obtaining  a  fourth  prize 
in  a  class  of  nearly  two  hundred  entries  at  the  great  Birmingham 
March  sale,  while  a  very  promising  roan  is  her  present  year's 
produce ;  and  Butterfly  2nd,  a  cow  which  has  also  had  her  share  of 
female  offspring,  the  family  being  now  five  in  number.  Rose  of 
Warlaby  6th  from  the  second  Broadmoor  sale,  lias  bred  two  very 
nice  heifers.  A  fourth  family  in  Mr.  Butt's  possession  are  the 
home  bred  Eosies  and  the  pedigree  of  Eed  Eose  may  be  said  to  show 
the  sires  used  by  him.  The  Eev.  E.  E.  Williams'  Logan  of  Maindee 
53115  is  the  foundation  cross,  following  we  have  Mr.  Edmonds' 
Master  Tregunter  2nd  53294,  and  Sir  G.  H.  Smythe's  Lord 
Somerset  40243 — a  son  of  Duke  of  Connaught  33004 — Mr.  Williams 
being  the  breeder  of  the  fourth  cross,  Ixum  44959  and  the  heifer 
is  a  daughter  of  the  Darlington  bull  Clapcot  5th  49286.  At  present 
Lord  Sockburn  53218,  a  three  year  old  Blanche,  of  the  Olga  branch 
reigns  at  little  Haresfield. 

Four  miles  from  the  county  town  M:\  Thomas  Morris  and  his 
father,  have  been  breeders  of  good  cattle  for  a  little  over  half-a- 
century,  beginning  with  two  fine  cows  purchased  from  a  Mr. 


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Strickland  in  Yorkshire,  who  had  obtained  the  stock  from  the  family 
of  that  name,  which  was  so  well  known  in  connection  with  the  breed 
in  this  county  and  from  whom  the  late  Mr.  Morris  bought  the  first 
two  male  animals,  to  cross  his  northern  purchases.  Booth 
and  Bates  have  both  been  represented  in  the  sires  used  at  Maisemore 
Court,  but  the  latter  are  now  in  the  ascendant,  as  the  cows  by  the 
former  were  found  not  to  be  equal  to  the  daughters  of  the  Bates 
bulls  in  their  milking  qualities.  The  first  males  bought  by  Mr.  T. 
Morris  were  Bel  us  8879  from  Tort  worth  and  Macdonald  13268, 
from  Hen  don,  Samson  12041,  of  Mr.  Faulkner's  Sweet-briar  tribe 
came  next  in  turn,  and  Royal  Alfred  18748,  hired  from  Carperby, 
brought  in  the  Booth  element,  as  did  Mr.  Ackers'  Earl  of  Beeston, 
although  Kent  Oxford  20047  and  Charleston  21400,  from  the 
fashionable  Bates  herds  of  North  Frith  and  Holker  had  intervened, 
as  well  as  Duke  of  Devonshire  23738,  with  a  Booth  sire,  but  a  dam 
full  of  Bates  and  Princess  blood.  Grand  Duke  of  Waterloo  34077, 
was  also  hired  from  Mr.  C.  Hobbs — his  purchaser  at  the  Sholebroke 
sale — for  six  months,  and  Grand  Duke  Worcester  46456,  noticed 
when  writing  of  Mr.  G.  J.  Bell's  herd,  appears  as  active  as  ever, 
and  if  he  leaves  as  good  stock  in  his  piesent  home  as  he  did  when 
at  The  Nook,  his  owner  will  have  no  reason  to  be  dissatisfied  with 
him. 

Mr.  Morris  has  endeavoured  to  breed  a  good  useful  clsss  of 
animals  which  are  much  wanted  in  the  country,  and  he  cannot  be 
said  to  have  failed  in  his  object,  when  the  grand  lot  of  shorthorn 
dairy  cows  are  inspected  in  the  yards.  Only  three  females  have 
been  bought  by  the  present  owner  and  none  of  their  descendants 
now  remain,  all  the  animals  tracing  to  the  original  Yorkshire 
purchases,  excepting  the  stud  bull,  and  consistently  named  with 
letters  beginning  with  L.  and  S.  respectively,  but  as  Mr.  Morris 
omits  to  add  numerals  to  any  of  the  names  which  in  one  instance — 
Levity — we  notice  there  are  no  less  than  five  generations,  of  a  similar 
name,  without  any  distinguishing  addition,  it  requires  a  little  extra 
care  in  distinguishing  between  mother  and  daughter  in  our  notes. 
Dairy  farmers  have  come  five  and  six  times  in  succession  for  the 

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354  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

young  bulls,  showing  the  local  repute  of  the  stock  and  since  our 
visit  we  hear  of  an  extensive  sale  having  been  made  to  South  America. 
Sabina,  one  of  Charleston's  daughters  and  the  oldest  of  the  numerous 
matrons,  has  a  well  shaped  udder,  while  Scrip,  another  of  this  bull's 
get — who  it  may  be  mentioned,  left  many  fine  cows  at  Winterfold, 
before  coming  to  Maisemore  Court- -is  a  massive  red  with  a  sweet 
feminine  head  and  graceful  horn,  denoting  great  shorthorn  character, 
like  all  we  see  of  Charleston's  daughters,  one  more — Sonata — is 
especially  worthy  of  mention.  Sprite  is  a  heavy  fleshed  compact 
young  cow,  of  quite  the  Booth  type,  indicating  at  once  her  sire — - 
Earl  of  Beeston — whose  best  daughter  is  probably  Salad,  while 
Sabina  possesses  more  of  the  dashing  Bates  character  than  her  sire's. 
Silo,  by  Grand  Gwynne  3rd,  also  used  by  Mr.  Morris,  as  well  as  a 
Lally  from  Winterfold  (the  grand-sire  of  Silo)  omitted  in  our 
previous  notice  of  the  various  males,  is  a  short  legged  useful  sort,  and 
Sophy  is  also  good.  The  L's  however  although  far  less  numerous, 
carry  off  the  honours  with  Levity,  a  beautiful  style  of  cow,  sired  by 
Mr.  Bowly's  Duke  of  Siddington  3rd  38183,  and  a  winner  at  the 
County  show  as  one  of  a  pair.  The  heifers  unfortunately  being  at 
a  distant  farm,  are  unseen,  but  the  grand  lot  of  cows — both  numer- 
ous and  good — speak  well  of  Mr.  Morris'  judgement  as  a  breeder, 
while  in  the  other  departments  of  the  farm,  from  v  hat  we  can 
judge  by  appearances,  the  tenant  apparently  has  not  lacked  in  the 
knowledge  requisite  to  mark  the  successful  man. 


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CHAPTER  XIV. 

The  Gloucestershire  Herds  ( continued). — Butler's  Court. — Hathcrop. — 
Southrop  House. — Kastleach. — Maiseyhatnpton. — Marston  Hill. — 
Poulton  Priortj. — North  Cerney. — Sherbourne. — Great  Hissin/jton. — 
Oxfordshire  Herds. — Sarsden  Lodge  Farm. — Melbourne  Villa. — 
Berkshire  Herds. — Windsor. — Grazeley  Court. — Charlton  House. 

In  continuing  our  visits  to  the  numerous  and  excellent  herds 
in  the  county  of  Gloucester,  we  enter  by  way  of  the  Great  Western 
branch  running  from  Oxford  to  Fairford  and  it  is  necessary  to  travel 
to  Lechlade,  only  one  station  short  of  the  full  length — twenty-six 
miles — of  this  useful  line  before  we  have  a  halting  pla^e.  The  late 
Mr.  W.  Atkell  was  well  known  for  the  extensive  herd  of  dairy 
shorthorns  bred  by  him  at  Dudgrove,  and  in  the  cattle  department 
of  the  farm,  his  sons  at  Butler's  Court  and  Hatherop,  believe 
there  is  nothing  like  the  pure  bred  shorthorns  to  help  to  pay  the 
rent.  Both  herds  began  with  the  old  Dudgrove  stock,  while  their 
modus  operandi  may  also  be  said  to  be  the  same,  no  public  sale  has 
been  held  by  either,  surplus  females  being  sent  to  Bingley  Hall  as 
near  their  calving  as  possible,  and  the  young  bulls  annually  to  the 
March  sale,  where  they  have  been  successful  in  the  prize  lists. 

The  Dudgrove  herd  was  begun  in  1841,  with  animals  purchased 
from  the  Misses  Strickland  of  Apperley  Court,  and  at  their  sale  seven 
years  later,  Frost,  whose  progeny  have  been  of  great  repute  for 
dairy  purposes,  and  not  a  single  quarter  was  lost  by  the  tribe  for 
the  thirty  years  they  remained  in  the  late  Mr.  Arkell's  possession. 
Bulls  were  largely  used  from  the  Siddington  herd,  as  well  as  their 
sons  from  Dudgrove  cows.  Mr.  Daniel  Arkell  first  came  to  Butler's 
Court  in  1872,  bringing  with  him  Flower  Girl  and  Formosa  of  the 


356  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

Frost  tribe  as  a  start  in  shorthorn  breeding.  His  female  purchases 
have  been  limited  to  three  of  the  Lee  tribe  springing  from  Young 
Rose,  by  Mr.  Sanday's  Nottingham  15014 — who  was  extensively 
used  at  Broad  Hinton — which  were  obtained  at  the  sale  of  the  first 
portion  of  the  Dudgrove  herd  ;  Jemima  from  Mr.  J.  B.  Jenkins'  sale 
in  1875,  and  Lady  Dennison  of  the  same  descent  from  a  Mr.  Curtis, 
a  neighbour  of  Mr.  Jenkins  ;  and  Pink  37th,  with  her  calf  from  Mr. 
Gr.  Hewer's  sale  of  three  years  ago.  Mr.  Arkell  like  his  father 
resorted  to  Siddington  for  a  ma'e  and  obtained  Seventh  Baron 
Wetherby  23384,  afterwards  the  Grarnes  supplied  Prince  of  Geneva 
16th  42196,  from  Churchill  Heath  and  Lord  Eoehampton  48242, 
from  Broadmoor.  Earl  Beauchamp's  Habis  47097  has  left  some 
excellent  stock,  and  Paley  54780,  once  more  brings  in  the  Broadmoor 
blood  with  a  dash  of  Booth  through  the  Pyes.  He  has  been  hard 
worked,  but  his  wide  loin  and  fleshy  thighs  are  prominent 
characteristics,  yet  a  little  more  depth  in  front  would  be  advantageous 
to  his  general  appearance.  The  Frosts  are  numerously  represented 
in  a  meadow  near  the  river  Colne,  which  is  almost  within  a  stone's 
throw  of  some  of  the  Dudgrove  land.  Flush,  a  dark  red,  is  one  of 
Habis'  daughters ;  Flora,  the  own  sister  and  Freedom,  are  from  the 
shapely  uddered  and  good  framed  Frosty,  seen  amongst  the  dairy 
cows ;  Fanny  and  Flighty,  half  sisters,  out  of  Frolicsome,  have  nice 
promising  udders,  and  indeed  the  whole  lot  of  eighteen  in  piofit  have 
every  appearance  of  fully  satisfying  the  owner  twice  a  day  when 
they  are  bi  ought  in  to  be  milked,  but  neither  Fanciful  nor  Frolicsome, 
a  third  pair  of  handsome  sisters  must  be  omitted  mention.  Bessie 
Lee  and  Nelly  Lee  are  found  in  front  of  the  Court  with  Lady 
Dennison  8th,  a  grand  deep  made  heifer,  which  throws  the  merits 
of  the  two  Lees  somewhat  in  the  shade,  but  her  dam,  Lady  Dennison 
5th  is  also  a  taking  cow.  Lizzie  Dennison,  a  fine  old  white  showing 
great  shorthorn  character,  is  the  mother  of  the  attractive  Lady 
Dennison  9th.  Pink  37th,  one  of  the  most  shapely  of  the  matrons, 
has  for  the  last  three  years  been  sent  over  to  Prince  Frogmore's 
Seal  48488,  at  Hatherop,  but  as  yet  we  see  no  hopes  of  a  "  second" 
Petted  Pansy  resulting  from  the  union.  The  little  calf  which 


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accompanied  her  from  Mr.  Hewer's  has  grown  into  a  nice  straight 
heifer.  The  Fillpails,  bred  from  an  uneligible  cow,  obtained  at 
Dudgrove  are  quite  equal  to  fulfilling  anticipations  when  hearing  of 
their  suggestive  names.  Cheerful,  from  the  same  origin,  not  only 
a  good  framed  cow,  has  been  an  excellent  breeder,  her  three  sons  of 
1884-5-6  having  been  commended,  reserve  and  winner  of  third 
prize,  when  exhibited  at  Birmingham  March  sale,  afterwards  real- 
izing fifty-two,  fifty-five  and  sixty-six  guineas  respectively  and  the 
roan  one  of  this  year  is  the  best  of  the  spring  calves. 

Hatherop  is  half-a-dozen  miles  from  Butler's  Court  and  here 
Mr.  William  Arkell  farms  even  more  largely  than  his  brother,  and 
Oxfordshire  Downs  are  also  bred  as  well  as  shorthorns,  three  pens  of 
lambs  having  gained  prizes  at  the  recent  Banbuiy  Show.  The 
herd  was  founded  almost  solely  on  the  purchases  made  at  the  two 
Dudgrove  sales,  with  the  exception  of  the  Ursulas  from  Mr.  T. 
Arkell  of  Draycott,  near  Swindon  :  Janettes  and  E/ubys  at  Mr. 
Hewer's  sale,  and  the  Florentias  through  Frantic,  sent  by  her  owner 
Mr.  R.  H.  Carter,  to  be  sold  at  Swindon.  The  females  are  not 
nearly  so  numerous  as  at  Butler's  Court,  the  Janettes  barely  reaching 
double  figures,  are  the  most  largely  represented,  the  Sixth,  a  nice 
stamp  of  cow  with  a  well  shaped  udder,  is  perhaps  the  best  of  the 
family,  she  and  her  half  sister  the  Eighth,  being  from  the  Fourth,  a 
cow  that  gave  twenty-six  quarts  of  milk  per  day  for  two  months 
after  calving.  The  Dudgrove  Frosts  number  only  one  sho^t  of  the 
Janettes,  Forest  Queen  3rd  is  the  dam  of  a  straight  young  cow, 
Forest  Queen  7th,  by  Mr.  Hobbs'  Wellesley  9th  47237  and  a  white 
heifer  to  Prince  Frogmore's  Seal.  Factory  Maid  2nd  and  Flower  of 
Hatheiop  are  from  Factory  Maid,  one  of  the  best  breeders  ever 
possessed  by  Mr.  "W.  Arkell,  she  having  been  the  dam  of  three  first 
prize  bulls  at  Bingley  Hall  in  1880-1-3,  which  averaged  X107  8s., 
including  prize  money,  such  a  feat  is  worthy  of  recording.  Of  th^ 
half  sisters  Euby  4th  and  Euby  5th,  we  prefer  the  latter,  an 
attractive  roan  heifer,  but  the  former  having  calved  at  two  years  old, 
has  had  less  chance  than  usual  of  regaining  her  bloom  with  the 
unwonted  scarcity  of  grass  this  summer.  The  Florentias  and  Ursulas 


358  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  KNGLAND. 

of  Didmarton  ancestry,  are  equally  represented.  Fuschia's  Florentia 
4th  and  Euschia's  Florentia  5th,  own  sisters  in  blood,  have  each 
brought  a  cow  calf  this  season,  while  Ursula  6th,  a  deep  milker,  has 
three  daughters,  the  Eighth — another  heavy  milker — Ninth  and 
Tenth,  surrounding  her  in  the  Park  (which  Mr.  Arkell  has  included 
in  his  farm),  in  front  of  Sir  Thos.  Bazeley's  mansion.  The  Sweet- 
briars,  well  known  at  JDudgrove  for  their  milking  properties,  are 
represented  by  Sweetbriar  9th,  a  deep  made  white  cow,  whose 
half -brother  was  a  Birmingham  winner  in  1883.  Prince  Frogmore's 
Seal  48488,  a  dark  roan  lengthy  good  fleshed  bull,  has  been 
brought  into  prominent  notice  by  his  three  daughters  exhibited 
by  Mr.  John  Game,  with  the  result  of  winning  thirty-five  and  forty- 
four  prizes  in  1885  and  1886.  He  was  bred  at  Broadmoor  and  is 
of  the  Pye  tribe,  so  well  known  in  connection  with  that  farm. 
Previously  Mr.  Hobbs'  Wellesby  9th  4/  237  had  been  in  service,  and  in 
earlier  days  the  almost  pure  Bates  King  of  the  Fuschias  41762,  and 
British  Lion  42844,  who  was  of  the  same  family  as  Lord  Wantage's 
Burlesque  and  her  daughters,  winners  in  the  family  class  at  the 
Eoyal  two  years  in  succession. 

One  of  Mr.  W.  J.  Edmonds'  numerous  farms — which  extends 
over  1,100  acres — almost  adjoins  Mr.  W.  Arkell's  land,  and  a  portion 
of  the  herd  are  located  on  it,  which  we  view  on  our  way  to  the 
owner's  residence  at  Southrop.  Before  noticing  any  of  the  animals 
individually,  a  few  remarks  on  the  sires  used  and  tribes  we  find  on 
the  farms  appears  desirable,  Mr.  Edmonds  has  bred  largely  from  the 
Siddington  herd,  both  by  purchase  of  females,  as  well  as  males  from 
the  late  Mr.  Bowly,  and  of  the  ninety-one  animals  which  comprise 
the  female  portion  of  the  herd,  no  less  than  sixty-eight  trace  to  his 
stock  and  the  following  sires  have  been  used,  bred  by  that  veteran 
breeder,  viz:  Eattlesnake  20627,  Fifth  Baron  Wetherby  23382, 
Third  Lord  Waterloo  29220,  Col.  Tregunter  9th  33406,  Oxford 
Swell  38838  and  Lord  Holker  6th  45098,  of  the  Musical,  Eose  of 
Oxford,  Euby  and  Gazelle  tribes,  all  well  known  when  in  Mr. 
Bowly's  hands  and  full  of  the  blood  of  Seventh  Duke  of  York  and 
Fourth  Duke  of  Oxfoid.  Second  Earl  of  Walton  19672,  a  pure 


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Kirklevington  bull  was  in  service  from  1872  to  1874,  and  since  the 
giving  up  of  the  Siddington  herd,  the  same  line  of  breeding  has  been 
continued,  Wellesley  32nd  48931  and  Hindlip  28th  54329,  of  the 
Musical  tribe  having  been  purchased  from  Maiseyhampton.  The 
latter,  still  in  service,  was  highly  commended  in  a  large  class  at 
Bingley  Hall,  while  his  dam  won  the  dairy  prize  at  Chipping  Norton. 
His  colleague,  Winsome  Duke  2nd  53875,  a  handsome  level  dark 
roan,  is  a  son  of  Grand  Duke  Harrington  4th  37975  and  that 
magnificent  cow,  Mr.  Titley's  AVinsome  Colleen. 

From  thirty  to  forty  cows  are  generally  in  milk,  and  as  to  the 
capabilities  in  that  respect,  one  of  them  had  died  from  milk  fever  a 
few  days  previous  to  our  visit,  the  owner  having  endeavoured  to 
encourage  the  dairy  properties  as  much  as  possible  by  the  use  of 
bulls  from  good  milking  families.  The  Roses  of  Oxford  have  the 
most  ancient  descent  of  the  families  that  passed  through  Mr.  Bowly's 
hands,  as  they  trace  to  the  days  of  the  brothers  Colling,  but  in 
numbers  they  are  more  than  doubled  by  the  Fairies  which  as  in  the 
.days  of  old  are  very  numerous  and  form  quite  a  nice  herd  when  they 
are  added  together,  thirty- three  being  the  grand  total.  In  addition 
to  the  Fourth  Duke  of  Oxford  cow's  name — Fairy — being  continued, 
her  dam's,  Fair  Star,  has  been  revived,  and  of  the  three  first  of  the 
latter  name,  the  Second  is  the  best  of  the  trio,  while  the  Twenty-fifth, 
also  seen  in  the  same  pasture — close  to  Hatherop — has  a  grand 
capacious  udder.  The  Roses  of  France  have  only  four  crosses 
beyond  the  Oxford  and  Kirklevington  bulls  used  at  Siddington,  yet 
are  as  good  cattle  as  the  Rose  of  Oxfords,  and  the  Twenty-second 
is  thought  the  best  of  the  first  pasture.  The  Cloudy  Morns  have 
not  so  lengthy  a  descent  as  the  last  family,  while  the  Rubies  and 
Gazelles  are  two  of  the  tribes  retained  by  Mr.  Bowly  for  the  greater 
portion  of  his  career  as  a  breeder.  The  four  other  families  at 
Southrop,  are  the  Blanches  bought  at  the  dispersion  of  the  late  Mr. 
C.  Barnett's  herd  in  1876;  Dulces,  from  a  cow  of  that  name,  bought 
two  years  later  at  Dudgrove,  and  Dulce  5th  is  an  especially  good 
cow ;  Tulips,  of  the  Walnut  branch  of  the  Knightleys  and  Didos 
were  obtained  at  West  Ogwell  the  same  year  as  th<?  Blanches  were 


360  SHORTHORN  HKRDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

bought,  although  the  latter  tribe  are  only  three  in  nnmber,  they  are 
fine  cattle  and  deep  milkers,  a  great  favourite  in  the  herd  being 
Dido  8th,  a  short  legged  massive  red,  which  the  herdsman  remarks 
"still  gives  six  gallons  per  day  (August)  and  calved  on  March  7th." 

At  Eastleach,  a  few  miles  from  Southrop,  Mr.  Thomas  Mace 
has  been  quietly  breeding  a  herd  from  one  animal  named  Butterfly 
Duchess,  until  it  has  reached  thirty-six  females  and  the  old  lady 
still  breeding,  while  nearly  the  same  number  of  produce  of  both  sexes 
have  been  sold,  she  must  thus  be  reckoned  one  of  the  most  prolific 
animals  in  existence,  and  has  been  a  handsome  cow  in  her  younger 
days  and  is  still  graceful  in  her  old  age.  In  breeding  she  is  a 
daughter  of  Mr.  E.  L.  Setts'  Royal  Cambridge  2i?d  25010,  from  a 
Royal  Butterfly  14th  cow,  both  sires  used  in  the  old  herd  at 
Sherbourne,  the  property  of  the  late  Mr.  Thomas  Mace.  Red 
Butterfly,  a  real  good  sort,  was  Butterfly  Duchess'  first  calf,  she  has 
also  a  very  straight  topped  daughter  in  Red  Butterfly  3rd  and 
another,  Red  Butterfly  4th,  has  Lord  Penrhyn's  Geneva's  Duke 
38349  for  sire.  Roan  Butterfly,  the  mother  of  Red  Hero,  sold  to 
Mr.  J.  Game  for  76gs.,  is  also  in  the  pasture  with  several 
more  fine  shorthorn  like  animals.  In  wending  our  way  towards 
Eastleach,  we  find  Roan  Bntteifly  4th,  a  good  looking  young  cow, 
which  has  begun  her  breeding  career  by  having  produced  the  best 
of  three  grand  roan  yearling  heifers,  by  Prince  Frogmore's  Seal  48488. 
Mr.  Mace  has  recently  purchased  Yiscount  Harrington  3rd  53797, 
a  level  well  proportioned  two  year  old,  bred  at  Elmhurst,  and  Lord 
Roseberry  5th,  a  promising  roan  yearling,  out  of  Red  Rose  of 
Glamorgan. 

Maiseyhampton  has  been  brought  prominently  into  the  front 
ranks  of  dairy  herds  by  the  successes  of  Matchless  5th,  at  the  London 
dairy  show,  and  as  a  breeding  herd,  the  annual  contingent  of  good 
coloured  youngsters,  full  of  flesh  and  hair,  sent  to  the  great  Birmingham 
March  sale  has  impressed  the  public  favourably,  if  their  prices  are 
to  be  taken  as  a  criterion.  Mr.  Hobbs  after  using  Duke  10145, 
bought  in  1850,  bred  like  his  neighbour,  Mr.  Edmonds,  almost 
exclusively  from  the  Siddingtou  herd  by  purchasing  no  less  than 


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eight  sires  in  succession  from  the  late  Mr.  E.  Bowly,  more  than 
half  the  females  now  tracing  to  three  oi  the  families  so  long  in  that 
veteran  breeder's  possession.  In  recent  years,  Kingscote  has 
supplied  two  Dukes  of  Hazlecote,  and  Brailes  a  Darlington  and 
Foggathorpe,  while  Grand  Duke  of  Waterloo  34077,  bought  at 
Sholebroke,  proved  himself  a  most  impressive  sire,  as  witness  the 
splendid  lot  of  daughters  seen  in  the  pastures  and  his  son,  Wellesley 
16th  47242^  was  extensively  used  previous  to  being  sold  to  Mr. 
Geo.  Taylor.  The  Musicals  are  the  most  prominent  family,  and 
number  more  than  one  third  of  the  entire  females.  Musical  2nd 
was  purchased  at  the  Siddington  sale  of  1869,  in  company  with 
Chorus,  the  latter  beng  a  daughter  and  the  former  a  great  grand- 
daughter of  La  Polka,  by  Earl  Spencer's  Monzani  6222,  though 
both  having  one  foundation.  Mr.  Hobbs  has  distinguished  the 
two  branches  by  retaining  the  original  names  and  the  Choruses  now 
number  close  on  a  dozen  representatives.  Musical  8th,  the 
matron  of  this  branch,  is  one  of  the  handsomest  cows  in  the 
herd,  so  lengthy  and  deep,  with  such  capital  indications  of  rnilk, 
she  is  a  treat  to  gaze  upon,  indeed  the  Musicals  are  the 
owner's  favourite  family  and  not  without  just  cause.  The  Eighth 
has  been  seen  with  a  number  of  heifers,  but  the  next — Musical 
14th — a  wide  framed  young  cow  is  the  first  pointed  out  of  the  forty- 
three  cows  in  profit,  of  which  only  four  are  un-eligible  for  Coates' 
and  with  justice  we  may  say  they  are  one  of  the  grandest  lot — 
especially  taking  into  account  the  number — of  dairy  cows  we  have 
had  the  pleasure  of  inspecting,  a  credit  with  their  strong  constitutions, 
large  frames  and  well  filled  udders,  either  to  shorthorns,  or  any 
other  breed.  Ten  more  Musicals  are  included  in  the  forty-three,  of 
which  the  Tenth,  a  rare  wealthy  sort  and  a  winner  at  Chippenham ; 
the  Twelfth,  a  grand  cow  carrying  more  flesh  than  many  of  her 
companions ;  and  the  light  roan  Thirteenth  are  the  best.  Of  the 
Choruses  we  have  noted  most  favourably  are  the  aged  Choru  s5th 
and  her  Grand  Duke  of  Waterloo  daughter — Chorus  15th — while 
Ruby  6th,  a  fine  old  cow  in  her  ninth  year,  is  the  only  one  of  Mr. 
Hobbs'  females  bred  at  Siddington  and  a  bull  calf  out  of  her  daughter 


362  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

Euby  3rd,  it  is  the  owner's  intention  to  use  on  the  heifers.  Weston 
Gazelle  2nd,  a  highly  bred  specimen  of  her  tribe,  whoso  family  had 
passed  through  the  herds  of  Ashdown  House  and  Weston  Park  before 
arriving  at  Maiseyhampton,  has  had  a  cow  calf  since  her  arrival. 

The  Matchlesses  and  Quicksilvers,  are  descended  from  Matchless 
and  Kiss  me-Q.uick,  bought  at  Mr.  John  Lane's  sale  in  1864,  here 
again  the  various  animals  are  known  by  number  and  we  observe  it 
is  the  practice  to  so  name  all  females  bred  on  the  farm,  th0  Twentieth 
and  Twenty-first,  of  the  former  family  are  a  pair  of  nice  cows,  while 
Quicksilver  9th,  has  an  extensive  udder,  but  not  near  so  shapely  as 
many  of  Mr.  Hobbs'  animals.  Of  the  Fannies,  the  Twenty -fifth  is  the 
best  of  five  and  has,  like  the  Eighteenth,  bred  a  Bingley  Hall 
winner.  Constance  and  Darlington  3rd,  although  quite  alone  in 
representing  their  different  families,  the  owner  has  every  reason  to 
be  satisfied  with  their  appearance  when  compared  with  the  more 
numerously  represented  ones.  The  yearling  heifers  are  a  nicj  lot  and 
with  the  exception  of  Lady  Lumley  from  The  Wolds,  are  all  by 
Devonshire  47686,  a  handsome  red  bull  bred  at  Hindlip — from  that 
fine  cow  Darling — which  has  done  excellent  service.  Two  roan 
Musicals  are  our  favourites  of  the  yearlings,  but  a  Quicksilver  takes 
precedence  in  an  older  lot,  where  we  find  the  solitary  Orange 
Blossom.  In  addition  to  Devonshire,  whose  sons  and  daughters  are 
so  promising,  Mr.  Hobbs  has  purchased  two  still  more  fashionably 
bred  males,  Duke  of  Brunswick  51009,  descended  from  Tenth 
Duchess  of  Geneva  of  New  York  Mills  fame,  having  come  from  the 
dispersion  of  the  Ullenwood  herd,  and  Thorndale  Duke  3rd  53754, 
from  Audley  End,  where  he  had  been  sent  by  his  breeder  Mr.  A.  H. 
Lloyd  to  be  sold  in  company  with  the  famous  Thorndale  Roses,  to 
which  tribe  he  belongs.  His  dam  has  already  been  favourably 
noticed  in  The  Harewoods  herd,  and  of  the  two  later  acquisitions  of 
Mr.  Hobbs'  we  prefer  the  dark  red  masculine  like  animal  hailing 
from  Surrey,  although  "  His  Grace  "  has  many  good  points,  yet  he 
might  have  been  of  greater  scale,  but  mated  with  the  large  fine 
cows  at  Maiseyhampton  there  will  be  little  fear  of  the  produce 
wanting  in  this  respect. 


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Passing  on  fioni  Fairfoid  to  Poulton  Priory,  we  call  at  Marston 
Hill  and  see  Mr.  F.  P.  Bulley's  herd  which  has  recently 
produced  the  Royal  winner  B.uonet  52459.  Lord  of  the  Forest  4th 
51622,  bred  at  Pririknash,  is  a  great  lengthy  three  year  old,  suffering 
from  a  tender  foot  and  is  thus  seen  at  a  disadvantage.  His  pre- 
decessor, 8ir  John  Carew  2nd  47107,  was  also  of  Mr.  Ackers'  breeding 
and  closely  related  to  his  Yorkshire  prize  family  of  1882.  The 
heifers  are  in  some  distant  pastures  and  we  have  to  be  content  with 
seeing  the  cows  which  include  several  very  fine  daughters  of  Sir 
John  Carew  2nd.  Rosebud,  a  deep  fleshy  sort  is  from  a  Dudgrove 
cow ;  Brown  6th  and  Brown  8th,  are  half-ulsters,  one  by  a  Bates 
and  the  other  by  the  Booth  bull,  from  Brown  oth,  purchased  from 
Mr.  C.  Hobbs,  the  former  appears  to  be  an  especially  deep  milker ; 
but  Lady  Waterloo,  a  grand-daughter  of  Brown  5th,  by  one  of  the 
Maiseyhampton  Wellesleys,  is  considered  by  the  manager  to  be  one 
of  the  best  cows  at  the  pail  under  his  charge.  Venus  8th,  the 
mother  of  Baronet,  has  a  capital  frame  and  let  us  hope  the  owner 
may  have  the  pleasure  of  winning  a  Royal  victory  with  one  of  her 
sons.  Daisy,  also  of  Venus  ancestry,  is  very  straight  on  her  top, 
while  Red  Rose  is  a  stylish  dark  red  of  similar  descent. 

Arriving  at  Poulton  Priory,  we  find  Mr.  H.  J.  Marshall  has 
been  carefully  cultivating  the  milking  properties  of  his  cows  for 
several  years  and  although  not  being  able  to  compete  successfully 
with  some  of  the  records  published  from  time  to  time,  yet  he  has 
succeeded  in  obtaining  an  appreciable  improvement  in  the  yield  of 
milk,  last  season  out  of  his  dairy  of  thirty  cows,  of  which  a  third  are 
usually  heifers  having  had  their  first  calf,  twelve  of  them — including 
two  heifers — gave  an  average  of  646  gallons,  and  that  of  the 
whole  dairy  at  the  weekly  measurement  a  few  days  before  our  visit 
in  the  month  of  August,  with  almost  a  total  absence  of  grass,  was  a 
fraction  over  two  gallons  per  diem.  Before  resorting  to  the  pur- 
chase of  pedigree  females,  Mr.  Marshall  began  by  using  bulls  of 
shorthorn  descent  twenty-seven  }  ears  ago,  when  Royalty  was  bought 
from  the  Royal  Agricultural  College  at  Cirencester,  and  five  years 


364  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENULAND. 

later  Charlie  came  from  Maiseyhampton,  whose  pedigree  has  not 
been  recorded  although  eligible.  Since  that  date  sires  have  been 
purchased  from  Messrs.  St.  John  Ackers,  Fawkes,  T.  Game,  Hobbs, 
Stratton,  and  E.  Thompson,  while  Mr.  Hands'  Lord  Oxford  Pearl 
54532,  a  very  taking  young  bull,  of  a  family  of  excellent  dairy  repute 
at  Canley,  is  now  in  service,  assisted,  as  the  stud  bulls  have  hitherto 
been,  by  a  home  bred  one  when  required. 

The  cows  in  milk  are  first  visited  and  found  rather  below  their 
usual  number.  Brilliance  2nd  and  Barbara  2nd,  daughter  and  gt  and- 
daughter  of  cows  of  the  Rosalind  tribe  (which  trace  to  Eed  Rose,  by 
Marquis  407)  bought  at  the  latter  Dudgrove  sale,  where  also  a 
specimen  of  the  Frosts  was  obtained,  and  Fountain  is  a  short  legged 
good  sort,  while  Fuschia,  recently  purchased  from  Mr.  D.  Arkell  (as 
Mr.  Marshall  wishes  to  increase  this  family),  has  an  excellent  udder, 
but  somewhat  small  in  frame.  Firkin  2nd,  also  a  Frost,  by  the 
home-bred  Robespierre  43907 — who  w*as  from  Mr.  W.  Hewer's  Red 
Lass,  which  gave  1,033  gallons  in  290  days,  when  suffering  from  a 
dislocated  hip  in  her  tenth  year — has  grand  forequarters,  but  is  not  so 
good  behind  as  Moonlight  2nd  another  of  the  same  bull's  produce, 
of  the  Sweetheart  tribe.  Epitaph  28th,  tracing  back  to  No. 
15  Chilton  sale  purchased  at  Sevenhampton,  has  bred  the  Thirty- 
first,  which  appears  likely  to  grow  into  the  same  good  square  stamp 
as  the  mother.  The  strawberry  roan  Rosamond,  was  the  produce 
of  Royal  Lady  4th,  of  one  of  the  old  Farnley  tribes,  to  the  seven 
hundred  guinea  Richmond  37340,  after  coming  south  to  Poulton 
Priory,  she  has  every  promise  of  deep  milking  qualities,  and  her 
Robespierre  daughter  alongside,  is  a  good  sort.  Lastly  we  have  the 
handsome — though  gaudy — red  and  white  Mist  2nd,  a  grand- 
daughter of  a  purchase  at  the  Windsor  sale  of  1871,  while  amongst 
the  heifers  and  "dry"  cows  next  seen,  a  half-sister  (Mist  3rd),  is 
one  of  the  favourites,  with  her  straight  lines  and  grand  wide  loin, 
another  of  this  family — Midge  2nd — is  also  conspicuous  for  good 
looks.  Ada  Byron  2nd,  evidently  shows  the  results  of  the  two 
Duchess  sires  found  in  her  pedigree,  while  the  stylish  Epitaph  17th 
is  very  deep,  and  Firkin  3rd  is  a  pretty  arch  ribbed  Frost.  The 


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yearlings  are  seen  on  the  opposite  side  of  the  homestead,  where 
Barbarina  and  Epitaph  34th,  from  two  cows  which  averaged  676 
gallons  for  last  season,  are  our  especial  favourites,  thus  showing 
that  deep  milkers  can  breed  quite  as  attractive  produce  as  indifferent 
ones,  and  are  much  more  profitable,  thus  why  do  not  all  breeders 
only  retain  them  ? 

After  having  travelled  through  a  bleak  and  half-cultivated 
district  on  the  opposite  side  of  Cirencester, — locally  pronounced 
"  Cicester  " — we  suddenly  have  a  change  for  the  better,  but  this  part 
of  the  county  being  strange  to  us,  we  have  not  the  opportunity  of 
knowing  whether  the  land  is  of  a  better  description,  or  the  trans- 
formation is  owing  to  the  occupier — Mr.  T.  K.  Hulbert —  who  won 
the  Eoyal  prize  for  large  arable  farms  with  North  Cerney.  when  the 
Society  held  its  last  meeting  at  Bristol.  Mr.  Hulbert's  spacious 
occupation  of  1,100  acres  is  rented  from  Lord  Bathhurst,  and  is  a 
farm  somewhat  more  adapted  for  a  good  flock  of  sheep,  than  for  a 
herd  of  shorthorn  cattle,  but  a  spirited  and  enterprising  tenant  like 
Mr.  Hulbert  feels  sure  that  he  is  capable  of  producing  both  with 
such  a  large  area  and  variation  in  the  quality  of  the  land.  A  flock 
of  over  350  ewes  are  kept,  of  which  two-thirds  are  Cotswolds,  and 
the  remaining  portion,  Shropshires.  Although  out  of  their  district, 
the  ownef  informs  us  they  answer  remarkably  well,  and  believes 
there  is  little  difficulty  in  having  a  pure  flock  of  each.  But  as  it  is 
more  especially  the  cattle  we  have  to  deal  with  to-day,  it  may  bfc 
stated  that  Mr.  Hulbert's  first  purchases  were  six  animals  from  the 
Marquis  of  Ailesbury's  sale  in  1874,  and  Countess  13th  and 
Victoria  at  the  Siddington  and  Berkeley  Castle  auctions  two  years 
'later,  the  last-named  being  now  represented  by  her  daughter,  Victoria 
Waterloo,  a  very  massive  cow  of  Bates  character  with  a  snowy 
white  calf  by  her  side ;  "her  daughter  Virgin,  by  Mr.  Stratton's 
Pearl  Setter  43745,  of  a  coarser  description ;  and  a  younger  sister 
by  Harold  44920,  being  more  to  our  fancy  as  a  shorthorn.  Gra/elle 
45th,  of  the  late  Mr.  Bowly's  breeding,  is  a  grand  cow,  but  unfor- 
tunately has  no  female  offspring. 


366  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

Countess  of  Holker,  by  Duke  of  Holker  2nd  43514,  and 
Gertrude,  by  the  Gazelle  bull  Lord  Gifford  3rd  43516,  are  from 
Countess  13th,  the  clam  of  six  heifers,  five  of  which  are  in  the  herd 
tracing  to  a  family  looked  upon  with  favour  by  Mr.  Bates,  the 
pedigree  ending  with  Young  Alive  O  !  2996,  and  Eclipse  236  ;  the 
older  sister  is  decidedly  the  best  of  the  two  in  addition  to  being  the 
dam  of  our  choice  amongst  eleven  two-year-olds  seen  at  a  distant 
building.  Some  breeders  would  say  what  a  pity  not  to  breed  such 
animals  to  Bates  bulls,  but  Mr.  Hulbert  has  an  objact  in  view  to  the 
contrary,  and  that  is  to  breed  all  his  shorthorns  either  to  bulls  bred 
by  Mr.  Stratton,  or  full  of  his  blood.  Countess  of  Pearl,  also  from 
Countess  13th,  but  by  Pearl  Setter  43745,  is  very  pretty  with  a 
good  udder,  although  smaller  than  her  other  sisters,  while  Helen,  a 
grand-daughter,  has  a  red  bull  calf  by  her  side.  Vanity,  by  Mr. 
Little's  Ullric  42529,  from  a  daughter  of  one  of  the  original  pur- 
chases at  the  Marquis  of  Ailesbury's,  is  one  of  the  best  cows  in  the 
herd,  and  the  produce  by  Harold  44920,  is  very  compact. 
Georgiana,  also  a  grand-daughter  of  one  of  the  Saversnake  pur- 
chases, is  the  dam  of  an  exceedingly  pretty  roan  heifer.  Brenda 
and  Minnie,  are  an  admirable  pair  of  twin  sisters  from  Hilda. 
Lettuce,  from  Erdine,  of  the  Stratton  Llanwern  family  is  a  good 
cow,  and  the  dam  of  a  pretty  yearling,  as  well  as  a  calf  of  a  similar 
quality.  The  descendants  of  Moss  Rose  by  Phoenix  1190,  are 
also  represented  at  North  Cerney ;  others  originally  descended  from 
dairy  cows  are  full  of  Stratton  blood,  and  in  a  few  years  we  have 
no  doubt  but  Mr.  Hulbart's  herd  will  contain  the  Stratton  type 
throughout.  May  Fly  51739,  the  sire  in  service  was  bred  at  The 
Duffryn,  by  Acropolis  47316,  from  Merry  May,  the  handsomest 
cow  sold  in  the  1883  sale ;  he  resembles  his  dam  in  being  firmly  put 
together  as  well  as  having  quality,  style  and  substance,  while  his 
calves  are  undeniably  good  and  especially  excelling  in  uniformity. 

After  leaving  North  Cerney,  we  drive  along  the  Cotswolds,  a 
distance  of  about  twelve  miles  before  arriving  at  Sh  jrbourne,  formerly 
the  residence  of  Mr.  Mace  an  extensive  breeder,  1)ut  now  the  home 
of  Mr.  W.  H.  Tremaine,  who  is  the  occupier  or  the  homestead 


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and  seven  hundred  acres  of  land  ;  he  has  been  a  breeder  for  about  a 
dozen  years,  succeeding  to  his  father's  herd  in  1875,  which  had  been 
bred  by  him  in  Cornwall— where  also  Mr.  W.  H.  Tremaine  fanned 
until  eighteen  months  ago  — from  two  cows  purchased  about  1867 
from  Mr.  Whitford,  of  St.  Erne,  viz :  Rachel  and  Ruth  16th,  by  Mr. 
George  Game's  Townley  Grand  Duke  17673,  descended  from  the 
Ruth  tribe  already  fully  noticed  in  writing  of  Mr.  Trethewy's  herd  ; 
and  Match  7th,  from  Mr.  Noble,  of  Probus,  tracing  through  a  family 
name  commencing  with  M.,  to  Mab,  by  Mr.  Charge's  Sir  Stephen 
1456,  full  of  Colling  blood.  The  present  herd  is  descended  from 
his  father's  stock  with  the  exception  of  four  from  Lady  Maynard, 
the  grand-dam  of  Favourite  252  and  ten  of  various  ages,  with  about 
three  or  four  crosses  upon  a  tribe  long  in  the  family  without 
registration.  The  Ruths  number  twenty  females  and  the  M's 
thirteen,  although  they  are  both  creditable  cattle,  and  of  one  type 
we  give  our  preference  to  the  former,  rarely  have  we  seen  so  many 
animals  standing  upon  such  short  legs  and  containing  so  much 
substance  as  we  have  the  pleasure  of  seeing  in  Mr.  Tremaine's  herd. 
Bulls  have  been  principally  used  of  Bates  blood,  including  Mr.  S. 
Rich's  Third  Duke  of  Waterloo  23801,  a  son  of  Seventh  Duke  of 
York  17754  and  Waterloo  28th,  being  thus  full  brother  to  the 
mother  of  Lord  Fitzhardinge's  Grand  Duke  of  Waterloo  28766  ;  and 
Duke  of  Monmouth  44608,  having  Duke  of  Connaught  for  grand- 
sire,  and  for  grand-dam,  Mr.  Bowly's  Siddington  7th,  a  cow  with  a 
double  cross  of  Seventh  Duke  of  York,  thus  giving  the  herd  a  large 
proportion  of  the  blood  of  this  noble  sire.  General  Clarence  2nd 
28690,  bred  at  Kingscote,  by  Col.  Gunter's  Third  Duke  of  Clarence 
23727,  from  a  Bell  Bates  Georgiana,  had  preceded  the  Waterloo  and 
Benbicula  45970,  of  the  Bracelet  tribe,  has  been  used  for  the  last 
twelve  months,  but  he  is  destined  for  the  shambles,  as  the  owner 
intends  returning  to  his  old  line  of  blood. 

Ruth  Clarence,  a  daughter  of  General  Clarence  2nd  28690,  and 
the  original  purchase  is  the  first  animal  that  attracts  attention,  she 
is  in  her  sixteenth  year  and  grazing  on  a  cold  winter's  day  as  freshly 
as  if  it  had  been  midsummer,  there  is  no  lack  of  constitution,  size,  or 


368  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

yield  of  milk,  "a  good  sort  to  breed  from"  is  the  remark  we  make 
to  our  host.  Rose  of  Waterloo  and  Rose  of  Waterloo  2nd,  two 
roan  sisters,  by  Third  Duke  of  Waterloo  23801,  from  Rachel,  are  of 
a  similar  type.  From  Rachel  2nd,  half-sister  to  the  Rose  of 
Waterloo;  Ruth  Clarence  2nd,  own  sister  to  Ruth  Clarence,  and 
the  three  cows  previously  mentioned,  the  score  of  Ruths  possessed 
by  Mr.  Tremaine  are  descended.  The  M.'s  are  similarly  crossed  and 
named  Waterloo  Marchionesses  and  Countess  of  Clarences,  each 
taking  the  names  from  their  respective  sires.  There  are  ten  two 
year  old  heifers,  principally  by  Duke  of  Monmouth  44608,  which 
are  creditable  alike  to  the  sire  and  to  the  breeder.  Our  choice  falls 
upon  the  two  roan  first  Ruths  of  Kirklevington,  while  two  reds,  from 
Ruth  Clarences  Sixth  and  Eighth,  are  straight  and  level.  The  best 
of  the  young  bulls  is  a  white  yearling,  by  Mr.  Chapm;in's  Royal 
Oxford,  from  Ruth  Charmer  6th,  and  the  matron  of  the  herd  has 
recently  produced  a  roan  bull  calf  of  Benbicula's  best  stamp. 

Great  Rissington  is  situate  on  the  side  of  the  Cots  wolds,  half 
way  down  the  adjoining  hill  lies  Broadmoor,  and  in  the  valley  of 
the  Windrush  the  lands  adjoin.  The  Games  have  long  been  pioneers 
of  agriculture  in  the  county,  and  the  family  have  b^en  tenants  upon 
the  Sherbourne  estate  for  upwards  of  four  centuries,  Mr.  Thomas 
Game's  name  appearing  in  the  second  volume  of  Coates',  and  he 
bred  pedigree  cattle  at  Broadmoor  from  the  year  1825  until  his 
death  in  1873,  when  the  one  hundred  and  one  head  realized  the 
handsome  sum  of  .£5944  Is.  His  three  sons  have  all  followed  in 
their  father's  steps,  by  breeding  principally  the  same  families  which 
occupied  the  Broadmoor  pastures,  to  which  farm  Mr.  W.  G.  Game, 
the  eldest,  succeeded.  Mr.  George  Game  first  began  at  Easingdon, 
in  1847,  but  thirteen  years  later  removed  to  Churchill  Heath,  where 
his  herd  became  well  known.  Mr.  John  Game  was  the  youngest, 
and  after  assisting  in  the  management  at  home,  he  left  to  undertake 
the  charge  of  a  large  tract  of  land  in  Ireland.  Subsequently  he 
established  a  herd  of  Jerseys  and  a  flock  ot  So  utl.  downs  for  the  late 
Mr.  E.  Majoribanks,  at  Bushey,  in  Hertfordsh:  <»,  thus  it  was  not 
until  1878  that  he  took  the  farm  at  Great  Lissington,  situate 


SHORTHORN    HERDS    OF    EN&LA.AD. 

betwixt  those  of  his  brothers  and  in  view  of  the  old  family  home. 
He  at  once  purchased  animals  of  the  tribes  most  prized  by  the  family 
from  the  herds  at  Broadmoor  and  Churchill  Heath,  and  at  their 
dispersion  shortly  afterwards,  he  obtained  a  number  of  fine  cattle. 
Mr.  Game  in  laying  the  foundation  of  his  herd  had  the  advantage 
of  selecting  from  cattle  whose  pedigrees  had  assisted  in  building  up 
nearly  half-a-century  previously,  and  his  successes  in  the  show  yard 
are  almost  a  natural  consequence.  For  the  three  past  seasons 
more  different  animals  have  been  successfully  exhibited  from  the 
Great  Rissington  herd  than  from  any  other  in  the  kingdom,  and 
certainly  the  owner  deserves  great  praise  in  endeavouring  to  main- 
tain the  superiority  of  the  breed  in  such  a  high  lying  district,  and 
although  the  middle  of  March,  snow  is  on  the  ground  and  falling 
fast  around  us,  as  we  pass  from  yard  to  yard,  thus  our  notes  are 
taken  under  most  disadvantageous  circumstances,  while  the  cattle, 
when  brought  out  for  inspection  from  their  comfortable  quarters, 
have  as  great  a  dislike  as  ourselves  for  the  unseasonable  weather. 

The  herd,  numbering  close  on  one  hundred  head,  are  in  splendid 
order,  and  the  land  on  which  they  are  bred,  being  of  a  sweet  lime 
stone  brash,  it  is  healthy  for  breeding,  but  too  weak  and  thin  for 
growing  large  frames  without  artificial  help.  The  twenty-seven  Pyes 
are  the  most  prominent  family  in  the  present  herd,  as  they  were  at 
Broadmoor,  in  the  days  of  old,  and  they  have  once  more  asserted 
their  superiority  by  producing  that  beautiful  heifer,  Petted  Pansy,  the 
most  successful  of  any  animal  bred  by  Mr.  Game.  She  has  a  sweet 
feminine  head  and  horn,  with  great  depth  of  chest,  good  shoulders 
and  underline,  while  her  ribs  are  well  sprung,  and  quality  of  flesh 
exceptionally  fine,  yet  her  quarters  might  be  a  little  lengthier. 
Scotland's  Pansy,  a  fine  shorthorn-like  cow,  in  addition  to  breeding 
the  successful  white  heifer,  has  had  a  second  Petted  Pansy,  to  Mr. 
Attwater's  Hope  49730,  a  bull  of  the  Stratton  Moss  Rose  tribe. 
Frogmore  Pansy,  from  Scotland  Pansy's  half-sister,  was  obtained 
with  Prussian  Pansy,  Scotland's  Pansy  and  Prussian  Pansy  3rd, 
from  Mr.  J.  Houlton,  who  had  been  a  buyer  at  Broadmoor. 
Frogmore  Pansy,  bred  two  nice  heifers  to  Mr.  Lloyd's  Waterloo 

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SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

Count  2nd  50628,  in  Mr.  VV.  G.  Game's  ownership,  but  both  have 
found  their  way  here,  and  the  younger  has  been  placed  first  at  the 
County  show.  Frogmore  Pippin  and  Frogmore  Pippin  2nd,  are  also 
of  Mr.  Houlton's  breeding  and  the  latter,  a  very  promising  roan  of 
excellent  quality  is  next  favourite  to  Petted  Pansy,  out  of  the  twenty- 
seven  Pyes,  while  it  is  intended  to  use  her  own  brother,  Prince 
Frogmore  Pippin,  one  of  the  best  of  the  home-bred  young  bulk. 
Baronet  52459,  a  heavy  fleshed  son  of  Mr.  Ackers'  Sir  John  Carew 
2nd  47107,  has  been  in  service  the  past  season  and  his  calves  are 
arriving.  His  breeder  was  Mr.  F.  P.  Bulley,  and  for  dam,  he  has 
that  fine  cow  Venus  8th.  The  Epitaphs,  tracing  to  Mr.  Mason's  No. 
25,  have  produced  Lady  Ebury,  placed  second  at  the  Shrewsbury 
Royal,  with  Jemima  Foggathorpe  2nd,  to  Messrs.  Hosken's  Laura 
6th  and  Sylvia  llth ;  while  Lady  Ebury  4th,  a  very  handsome  heifer,  is 
the  best  of  the  eight.  Another  family  with  the  same  initial  letter 
are  the  Evenlodes,  confined  to  Evenlode  7th  and  her  two  heifers. 
The  Game  "N"  tribe  although  not  possessed  of  a  lengthy  ancestry 
were  an  old  and  favourite  tribe  at  Broadmoor,  having  produced  a 
number  of  prize  animals,  including  Sir  Sidney  Newport,  a  winner  of 
the  <£50  prize  at  the  Bingley  Hall  March  Exhibition,  whose  brother, 
Broadmoor  Prince  44478,  used  at  Great  Rissington,  was  considered 
to  have  done  especially  good  service.  The  Roses  were  also  at 
Broadmoor,  and  the  matron  of  the  trio  by  which  it  is  only  repre- 
sented, bred  Red  Rosamond,  exported  after  being  successfully 
exhibited,  by  Dr.  Frias  to  Buenos  Ayres.  Princess  Ellen,  of  the 
Phillis  tribe,  went  from  Churchill  Heath  into  Cornwall,  and  at 
Messrs.  Hosken's  sale,  Mr.  Game  secured  Miss  Maggie  2nd  and 
Miss  Maggie  4th,  to  revive  the  sort  in  what  may  be  termed  the 
re-establishment  of  the  old  Broadmoor  herd.  The  Rissington  Girls 
are  all  the  offspring  of  Rocking  Girl,  a  nice  cow  of  good  character. 
Ringlet  5th,  with  a  capital  frame,  has  the  same  foundation  sires  as 
the  Ruths,  of  which  Mr.  Game  also  acquired  females  at  Mr. 
Trethewy's  sale.  Neither  the  Maid  of  Oxfords  nor  Foggathorpes 
have  any  connexion  with  Broadmoor,  yet  many  honours  have  fallen 
to  their  share,  Maid  of  Oxford  llth  being  u  placed"  in  the  milking 


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competition  at  the  London  Dairy  Show,  while  Broadmoor  Fogga- 
thorpe,  is  one  of  the  handsomest  animals  in  the  herd  and  a  very 
regular  breeder,  having  produced  five  calves  before  being  five  years 
old. 

The  day  following  our  visit  to  Great  Eissington  we  enter 
Oxfordshire,  and  shortly  after  passing  Churchill  Heath,  we  reach  the 
Sarsden  Lodge  Farm,  now  in  the  occupation  of  Mr.  Matthew 
Savidge,  who  has  bred  pedigree  cattle  on  it  since  1864,  when  the 
herd  with  which  he  had  been  so  long  connected,  came  to  an  honour- 
able termination  under  the  hands  of  Mr.  Strafford,  when  one 
hundred  and  twenty  one  animals  averaged  £42  1 8s.  6d.,  and  at  that 
sale  he  purchased  jointly  with  his  neighbour,  Mr.  Cradock,  Eoyal 
Arch  Second,  of  the  Chaff  tribe,  and  Silver  Crescent,  by  Col. 
Gunter's  Archduke  2nd  15588,  a  cow  which  had  been  unfit  to  offer 
at  the  auction,  and  there  are  now  thirty-five  animals  descended  from 
her  on  the  farm.  Mr.  H.  Webb  had  bought  Charity  at  the  sale  of 
1864,  and  at  his  sale  eight  years  later,  Mr.  Savidge  bought  her  daughter 
Faith,  whose  son,  Eoyal  Hope  (by  Mr.  Talbot  Crosbie's  Eoyal 
Blithesome  40620),  put  to  her  half-sister,  Cherry  Blossom,  produced 
a  remarkably  fine  white  cow,  Cherry  Bloom,  considered  the  best  of 
those  in  milk,  and  her  son,  Monarch  54728,  after  being  used  at  home, 
has  recently  been  disposed  of  to  a  Mr.  Ireland.  Mr.  T.  G.  Cm-tier's 
sale  eleven  years  ago,  contributed  a  third  and  last  family  in  the 
Knightley  Walnut  cow,  Young  Wheedle,  which  after  breeding  twin 
heifers,  Miss  Wheedle  and  Miss  Wedlock,  produced  nothing  but 
the  opposite  sex.  Miss  Wheedle  was  sold  to  Mr.  J.  Walter,  M.P., 
for  lOOgs.  for  exhibition  purposes,  while  Miss  Wedlock  bred  Lady 
Waterloo,  by  Mr.  Oliver's  Grand  Duke  of  Waterloo  3rd  43321,  a 
second  very  fine  white,  which  in  turn  has  produced  Midsummer 
Pride  to  Hindlip  Prince  4th  48024,  considered  by  the  owner  the 
best  of  the  Princess  bull's  get,  privately  purchased  by  him  from  Sir 
H.  Allsopp's  herd.  The  Knightleys  have  retained  their  habits  pi 
fertility,  and  a  dozen  trace  to  the  twin  retained  by  Mr.  Savidge,  for 
breeding  purposes.  The  second  sire  used  on  the  farm  was  Harold 
28814,  bought  at  the  Milcote  sale  of  1864.  and  the  Knightley  blood 


372  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

was  again  introduced  by  the  purchase  of  The  Lord  Warden  39026, 
along  with  his  dam,  Young  Wheedle.  Afterwards  Mr.  Bowly's  Lord 
Fitz-Clarence  19th  38603,  preceded  Mr.  Sartoris'  Lord  Rosy  34661, 
which  proved  a  most  valuable  sire,  his  heifers  being  heavy  milkers, 
and  his  successor  was  Mr.  Sheldon's  Glady's  Prince  44873,  whose 
son,  Gladys  Boy,  was  exchanged  by  Mr.  Savidge  with  his  nephew, 
Mr.  Stokes,  for  Lord  Ernest  49904,  exhibited  at  the  Brighton 
Meeting  of  the  Bath  and  West,  where  he  stood  second  to  Royal 
Ingram,  and  and  afterwards  sold  for  exportation.  His  sons,  Lord 
Ernest  2nd,  from  Tiny,  combining  the  Old  Daisy  blood  on  the  sire's 
side,  and  the  Barm p ton  Rose  on  the  dam's,  is  a  massive  dark  roan, 
and  likely  to  prove  a  successful  sire,  several  calves  being  of  great 
promise,  but  the  white  Lord  Ernest  4th,  is  perhaps  the  more  level 
of  the  two,  although  not  so  near  the  ground  as  the  roan,  he  is 
descended  from  Silver  Crescent,  and  these  are  now  in  service.  The 
good  looks  of  Lady  Ernest  1st,  are  most  prominent  amongst  a  group  of 
fourteen  heifers,  and  the  matrons  have  good  square  frames,  with  well 
filled  udders,  capable  of  satisfying  the  owner  twice  a  day,  while  the 
herd  generally  is  kept  in  store  condition  to  supply  the  dairy,  and  only  a 
few  of  the  most  promising  male  calves  are  retained  for  sires.  Since 
our  visit,  Mr.  Savidge  has  purchased  the  heavy  fleshed  Crawshay 
51044,  of  the  Old  Daisy  tribe,  from  the  Maindiff  Court  herd. 

Close  to  the  important  market  town  of  Banbury  we  find  Mr. 
W.  Munton  has  in  the  course  of  the  last  thirty-two  years  raised  a 
herd  numbering  at  the  present  time  over  forty  head,  of  quite  an 
unique  character,  being  entirely  descended  from  one  cow — Culworth 
Beauty — and  that  cow  not  registered,  the  more  credit  therefore  is  due 
to  the  owner  for  the  care  and  judgement  exercised  in  the  manage- 
ment of  a  herd  which  should  produce  two  such  young  bulls  as  at  the 
recent  Birmingham  Autumn  Show,  were  in  a  class  of  fifty-eight 
entries,  including  two  from  the  Brailes  herd,  awarded  the  first  prize 
and  reserve  number,  and  also  realized  the  highest  prices  of  any  two 
animals  in  the  sale.  Culworth  Beauty  is  described  as  being  a  "remark- 
ably fine  cow  of  good  quality  and  a  great  milker"  and  was  purchased  by 
Mr.  Munton  from  her  breeder,  Mr.  G.  Home,  who  was  noted  for  his 


SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND.  373 

herd  of  dairy  cows,  and  who,  living  in  the  neighbourhood  of  Edgecot 
and  Eawsley  Park,  had  unusual  opportunities  of  using  first  class 
sires,  but  unfortunately  never  registered  his  stock.  Commencing 
with  Mr.  Stuart  Marjoribanks'  The  Fop  27630,  and  Sir  Charles 
Knightley's  Abydos  14055,  as  the  foundation  crosses  on  Culworth 
Beauty,  Mr.  Munton,  until  he  began  to  purchase  bulls  on  his  own 
account,  sent  his  females  away  from  home  to  first  class  bulls,  bred 
in  the  herds  of  the  Duke  of  Devonshire,  Lord  Penrhyn,  Archdeacon 
Holbech,  Messrs.  Adkins,  Game,  Langston,  Lythall,  and  Sheldon. 
In  recent  years  Pretender  29577,  Prince  Puck  35168,  and  Prince  of 
Geneva  4th  37250,  of  the  Pye  tribe ;  and  Karl  of  Arvon  41470,  from 
Hindlip,  have  been  used,  some  of  the  heifers  having  however  been 
sent  to  Mr.  J.  A.  Rolls'  Dukedom  51095,  and  Mr.  Sheldon's  champion 
prize  bull,  Duke  of  Banington  13th  46191.  May  Duke  53301,  out 
of  Mr.  J.  J.  Sharp's  extraordinary  fine  cow,  May  Duchess  15th,  is 
now  in  service,  he  has  great  depth  of  body  with  a  grand  loin  and 
lengthy  quarters,  but  if  anything  his  hair  might  perhaps  be  of  a 
little  softer  texture. 

The  Moss  Roses  are  the  owner's  favourite  branch  and  at  the 
present  time  are  twenty  in  number.  Moss  Rose  2nd,  fifteen  years 
old  last  April,  has  been  a  beautiful  cow  in  her  younger  days  and  her 
yearling  son,  Rose  Duke  5th  54943,  by  May  Duke  53301,  is  the 
younger  of  the  pair  of  grand  red  bulls,  which  have  since  done  so 
well  in  Bingley  Hall ;  his  companion,  Rose  Duke  4th  34942,  also  by 
May  Duke,  being  from  Moss  Rose  4th,  a  half-sister  of  the  old  Matron 
and  a  good  fleshy  sort.  The  very  level  Moss  Rose  14th,  a  daughter 
of  Moss  Rose  2nd,  is  wonderfully  covered  with  hair,  and  Moss  Rose 
9th,  a  nice  breeding  cow,  is  the  result  of  sending  Moss  Rose  5th, 
a  good  roan — seen  at  the  buildings  where  she  had  recently  calved — 
to  Mr.  J.  H.  Blundell's  Duke  of  Oxford  32nd  36527,  and  the  red 
and  white  Louise  5th,  is  also  by  the  same  sire.  In  all,  thirteen  cows 
are  grazing  in  the  park-like  ground  adjoining  the  house,  of  these,  a 
heavy  fleshed  daughter  of  Prince  of  Geneva  4th  37250,  and  the 
light  roan  Louise  6th,  by  the  Duchess  Nancy  bull,  Earl  of  Arvori 
41470,  which  has  been  extensively  used  in  the  herd,  must  not  be 


1374  SHOFiTHORN    HRRDS    OF    KNGLAND. 

omitted  mention.  Altogether  Mr.  Munton  may  be  congratulated 
on  possessing  a  number  of  very  good  cows  ;  but  it  is  in  th*>  younger 
stock,  where  so  many  herds  fail,  that  Mr.  Munton  especially  excells, 
and  the  grand  half-dozen  blood  red  yearling  daughters  of  May 
Duke,  are  "as  like  as  peas." 

On  arriving  at  Windsor,  we  wend  our  way  through  the  town, 
past  the  Grates  of  the  Castle— so  well  known  to  all  loyal  English- 
men— and  enter  a  magnificent  avenue  of  elms,  which  have  stood  for 
many  generations  and  still  appear  as  graceful  and  noble  as  ever, 
yet  showing  the  approach  of  autumn,  as  here  and  there  a  leaf  is 
descending  from  its  lofty  seat  upon  the  walk  along  the  Royal  Park, 
which  is  so  often  travelled  by  young  and  old,  but  our  destination  is 
the  Prince  Consort's  Shaw  Farm,  causing  us  to  turn  abruptly  to  the 
left  before  the  first  mile  is  covered.  Having  obtained  the  necessary 
permission  from  Mr.  VV.  Tait  (who  succeeded  his  father,  the  late 
Mr.  H.  Tait,  in  the  management  of  the  herds  and  farms,  with  which 
his  name  was  so  honourably  and  successfully  connected  for  many 
years),  there  is  no  hindrance  to  our  entering  the  farm  premises 
where  the  spacious  buildings  are  arrayed  as  if  they  had  been  built  by 
an  experienced  hand,  and  the  general  neatness  impresses  us 
most  favourably  as  to  the  present  management.  It  is  not  however 
the  buildings  we  have  come  to  see,  but  their  contents. 

The  Windsor  herd  dates  to  the  days  when  Mr.  Majoribanks' 
herd  was  kept  in  Bushey  Grove,  yet  it  was  not  until  theFawsley  sale  of 
1856  that  the  most  important  purchases  were  made,  Cold  Cream 
and  Alix,  of  the  Furbelow  and  Walnut  families,  being  then  bought 
for  lOOgs.  each.  Prince  Alfred  13494  (afterwards  used  in  the 
Imperial  herd  in  France),  was  the  first  of  a  long  series  of  bulls 
hired  from  Warlaby,  but  in  Field  Marshal  47870,  the  present  head 
of  the  herd,  quite  a  different  line  of  blood  is  introduced,  as  he  was 
bred  at  Sittyton,  although  purchased  a  year  ago  from  Mr.  W. 
Duthie,  his  fine  masculine  head,  deep  chest  and  flank,  heavy  thighs, 
lengthy  hindquarters,  broad  loin,  well  sprung  ribs,  neatly  laid  and 
well  covered  shoulders,  constitute  him  one  of  England's  noblest  sires, 
unfortunately  his  age  prevents  his  competing  at  the  Eoyal,  otherwise 


SHORTHORN    IIR11DS    OF    ENGLAND.  375 

the  colours  of  many  of  the  recent  winners  would  be  lowered  by  his 
appearance  in  the  ring.  The  Field- Marshal's  trusty  aide-de-camp 
is  Gracchus,  a  neat  red  and  white  yearling,  bred  at  Catterick,  The 
matrons  and  their  babes  are  found  in  a  portion  of  the  Park.  Alix 
7th,  the  fourth  generation  from  the  original  purchase,  is  a  deep 
fronted  cow  of  good  quality,  although  not  the  equal  of  Eugenie, 
descended  from  the  other  Fawsley  purchase,  as  she  is  considered 
the  choice,  her  graceful  carriage,  neat  shoulders,  expanded  ribs,  and 
level  top,  with  the  cow  calf  by  her  side,  are  greatly  admired. 
Another  of  the  same  lengthy  type  is  Carolina  10th,  if  anything 
more  ladylike  in  appearance,  and  her  little  daughter  is  very  pretty, 
thus  giving  us  a  favourable  impression  of  the  Cold  Creams,  which 
although  limited  to  a  quartette,  appear  likely  to  revive  the  family 
fame,  as  since  coming  to  Windsor  they  have  been  victorious  at  the 
Aberdeen,  Inverness,  and  Stirling  Meetings  of  the  Highland  Society. 
Strawberry  Leaf  and  Lady  Grace,  two  half-sisters,  bought  at  the 
West  Dereham  sale,  have  excellent  foundations  in  descending  from 
the  stocks  of  Mr.  Troutbeck  and  Mr.  Jolly,  the  former  is  very  neat, 
but  lacks  the  great  substance  of  her  companion,  a  wealthy  good  sort. 
Not  far  distant  we  have  Fraulein,  of  the  Norfolk  Seedling  tribe,  a 
cow  greatly  admired  at  the  recent  Sandringham  sale,  where  she  was 
purchased  by  Mr.  Tait.  Excepting  the  Alixes,  of  which  Alina,  a 
robust  hair)  calf,  out  of  Alix  7th,  and  Alix  10th,  a  very  nice  yearling, 
by  Mr.  Aylmer's  Sir  Benedict  42389 — who  came  on  hire  for  a  short 
period— are  the  best,  we  have  only  to  make  mention  of  three  more 
families  which  may  be  described  as  the  old  Windsor  herd,  ^hese  are 
Faithless,  a  straight  lengthy  heifer,  descended  from  Sir  Charles 
Knightley's  Polly,  but  whose  ancestress  was  obtained  at  Watering- 
bury  ;  Bertha,  a  heavy  fleshed  Sir  Benedict  yearling,  is  from  a  Royal 
Benedict  cow,  bought  at  Churchill  Heath,  which  bred  to  the  age  of 
fifteen,  there  are  also  pointed  out  Bracelet  and  Brenda,  of  the  same 
tribe  ;  and  the  pretty  Water  Nymph,  one  of  the  best  of  this  year's 
calves,  does  credit  to  Royal  Leopold  53609 — hired  from  Catterick 
before  being  exported  to  Buenos  Ayres — and  the  tribe  tracing  to 
Jasmine  by  Mr.  Ceilings'  Midas  435,  which  she  so  worthily  represents. 


370  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

Spicy  6th  and  Marchioness  6th,  daughters  of  Mr.  Handley's  Master 
Harbinger  40324,  possessed  of  great  depth  of  frame  and  strong 
constitutions,  although  not  fashionably  bred,  have  pedigrees  descend- 
ing from  the  herds  of  good  breedeis  in  earlier  days.  Daisy's  Gem, 
tracing  to  Mr.  Burrow's  Dora,  a  thick  fleshed  good  sort,  well  covered 
with  hair,  is  a  purchased  daughter — from  Colly nie — of  Field- 
Marshal,  while  Molly  Lind,  from  Burnside,  and  by  the  victorious 
Goldfinder  47967,  with  her  calf,  by  Goldfinder's  Heir  52913— make 
a  good  pair.  Camphor  and  Camilla  descend  like  Daisy's  Gem,  from 
Mr.  Burrow's  stock,  on  the  West  coast  of  Cumberland,  but  from 
Eliza,  by  Young  Western  Comet  1575.  Bessie  32nd,  Roan  Lady 
14th  and  Maraquita,  are  a  remarkable  massive  trio  of  yearlings, 
promising  well  for  the  future  of  the  herd  at  Windsor. 

The  Grazeley  Court  herd,  belonging  to  Mr.  W.  I.  Palmer, 
descends  principally  from  three  daughters  of  the  Waterloo  Marquis 
of  Hillhurst  40309, bred  at  Broughton  Pastures.  Baroness  Hillhurst 
and  Baroness  Hillhurst  2nd,  were  own  sisters,  from  Baroness  of 
the  Blanche  tribe,  and  Lady  Hillhurst  Craggs,  at  once  denotes  her 
ancestress,  Mr.  Bates'  Craggs,  by  Son  ot  Second  Hubback  2683. 
Afterwards  purchases  were  made  at  the  Loggans  Mill  sale,  and  at 
Manoravon,  the  Booth  blood  was  introduced  by  four  Mistress  Marys 
and  Czarina  12th  coining  into  Berkshire.  On  entering  th-)  buildings 
situate  at  the  rear  of  the  Court,  which  is  about  four  miles  from 
Reading,  we  are  greatly  taken  with  several  young  heifers  which  are 
being  brought  under  cover,  and  in  one  of  the  yards  we  find  an 
excellent  trio  of  two  year  olds,  Lady  Grace  is  particularly  lengthy, 
and  they  all  do  credit  to  their  sire,  Longboat  48154,  bought  by  Mr. 
Palmer  from  Mr.  Holborow,  and  used  as  the  successor  to  Capt. 
Mytton's  Caractacus  42879,  who  proved  very  successful  both  as  a 
sire  and  in  the  show  ring,  winning  amongst  other  honours,  the 
Roy  a)  at  Reading  in  1882.  A  dozen  cows  are  found  in  the  Park, 
and  half-a-score  over  the  fence  include  Marchioness  4th,  from 
Manoravon.  In  the  former  are  some  very  fine  animals,  Lady 
Hillhurst  Craggs  being  a  cow  of  large  scale ;  Baroness  Hillhurst  2nd, 
deep  and  massive ;  while  Flourish,  the  daughter  of  her  older  sister, 


SHORTHORN    HERDS    OF    ENGLAND.  377 

by  Caractacus  42879,  is  one  of  the  best  of  the  dozen.  Daisy  Pearl 
having  only  had  one  calf,  promises  to  mature  into  a  fine  cow ;  lastly 
Rosebud  3rd  and  Czarina  12th,  are  two  grand  old  matrons,  especially 
the  latter,  which  stood  third  in  her  class  at  Kilburn. 

At  Charlton  House,  within  three  miles  from  Wantage  Road 
Station,  on  the  Great  "Western,  Mr.  H.  Denis  de  Vitre  has  long  been 
a  supporter  of  the  particular  branches  of  the  Barmpton  Roses, 
Blanches  and  Madalines,  which  made  Townley  famous  in  the  days  of 
old.  After  using  Messrs.  Leney's  Grand  D\ike  of  Kent  2nd  28759, 
the  Old  Daisy  blood  was  introduced  by  the  use  of  two  Blushing 
Dukes,  bred  at  Pencraig,  and  females  have  also  been  added  to  the 
herd,  as  have  the  more  fashionable  Siddingtons  and  Wild  Eyes. 
The  Piincess  line  has  been  brought  in  through  the  brothers,  Prince 
Ronald  46920  and  Prince  Randolph  51925,  sons  of  Prince  Saladin 
40452  and  Lady  Wellesley  3rd.  The  present  sires  are  the  massive 
deep  red  Gerald  3rd  46419,  formerly  used  by  Mr.  A.  T.  Matthews, 
and  Duke  of  Darlington  llth  52756,  a  capital  roan  yearling,  bred  by 
Mr.  Evan  Baillie,  from  his  fine  cow,  Countess  of  Darlington  2nd. 
Mr.  de  Vitre  intends  to  have  every  one  of  his  pedigree  cattle  to 
possess  good  dairy  properties,  and  no  female  will  be  retained  that 
does  not  satisfy  the  owner  in  this  respect.  On  account  of  the 
somewhat  limited  accommodation  at  Charlton,  it  is  the  intention  to 
annually  draft  a  few  of  the  older  cows  to  the  Bingley  Hall  sales,  as 
the  owner  considers  that  by  so  doing  he  has  the  opportunity  of 
bringing  them  before  the  largest  company  of  dairy  farmers  during 
the  year  at  a  public  sale. 

The  cows  in  profit  have  every  appearance  of  doing  their 
duty  at  the  pail,  even  including  the  highly  bred  Lady  Alice  Siddington 
and  Lady  Elizabeth  Siddington,  half-sisters,  out  of  a  Grand  Duke  of 
Kent  2nd,  daughter  of  Siddington  10th,  bought  as  a  calf  at  Mr. 
Bowly's  sale  of  1872,  for  505gs.  Berkshire  Butterfly  2nd,  Cambridge 
Butttrfly,  and  Midsummer  Butterfly,  belong  to  the  Madaline  tribe, 
and  the  last  named,  a  deep  bodied  good  cow  is  our  special  favourite, 
but  she  and  her  dam — Cambridge  Butterfly — are  of  a  not  very 
taking  red  and  white;  Mistress  Daisy  and  Daisy  Barmpton  both 


378  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

appear  extremely  heavy  milkers  and  Wild  Duchess  of  Geneva  5th, 
bred  at  Gaddesby,  has  recently  had  twins.  In  another  pasture, 
Lady  Jane  and  Lady  Jeannie,  a  pair  of  good  looking  dark  red 
Barmpton  Roses,  trace  to  Col.  Townley's  "Rose  of  Lancashire,  which 
branch  passed  to  Pencraig,  from  whence  they  travelled  to  Charlton. 
Coy  Blush,  in  her  fifteenth  year,  is  the  only  doubtful  cow  in  the 
herd,  and  considering  how  beautiful  she  was  in  her  younger  days,  it 
seems  a  pity  to  part  with  her,  yet  Mr.  De  Vitre  has  a  daughter  and 
grand-daughter  to  keep  up  the  Blush  branch,  which  was  the  late 
Mr.  B^ever's  favourite,  and  400gs.  it  is  said  was  offered  in  vain  for 
Coy  Blush,  when  at  Pencraig.  Townley  Belle,  Townley  Memento, 
and  Dereham  Butterfly,  are  of  three  different  lines  of  the  Barmpton 
Rjses,  one  going  back  to  Rose  of  Lancashire,  another  to  Paris 
Butterfly,  by  the  illustrious  Master  Butterfly  1331,  and  the  third  to 
the  Duchess  of  Lancasters,  which  were  conspicuous  in  the  second 
Townley  herd.  The  latest  arrivals  in  the  calf  pens  are  by  Gerald 
3rd  46419,  while  three  older  ones  are  by  a  son  of  old  Coy  Blush's 
and  in  naming  the  calf,  by  Oxford  Duke  of  Killhow  6th  50130,  out 
of  Lady  Alice  Siddington,  Charlton,  the  owner  has  followed  the  late 
Mr.  Bowly's  example  with  the  tribe  originally,  as  the  Siddingtons 
acquired  their  name  from  his  residence.  The  older  heifers  are  in  an 
off  lying  pasture  near  to  Wantage  Road  Station,  here  we  have 
Chatter,  of  the  Chaff  tribe,  Wild  Duchess  of  Charlton,  Princess 
Blanche — a  lineal  descendant  of  the  beautiful  Royal  Butterfly's 
Duchess — as  well  as  Barmpton  Roses  and  Old  Daisies,  all  reared  in 
a  natural  state  thus  being  more  likely  to  ensure  the  thorough 
development  of  the  milk  glands. 


SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND.  379 


CHAPTER  XV. 

The  Monmouthshire  Herds.  —  Caldicot  Hall.  —  The  Duffryn. — 
Llanrumney  Hall. — Maindiff  Court. — The  Hendre. — Herefordshire 
Herds. — Brynywyn. — Clifford  Priory. — Loicer  Eaton. —  Worcester- 
shire Herds. —  Oddingley. — Stoney  Lane. — Bentley  Manor. — Rosedale. 

Monmouthshire  is  entered  by  means  of  that  successful 
engineering  enterprise — originally  planned  by  Mr.  Charles  Richard- 
son— the  Severn  Tunnel,  and  Caldicot,  within  one-and-a-half  miles  of 
the  Junction  is  the  first  horns  of  the  pedigree  shorthorn  on  entering 
the  County  in  this  direction.  The  Rev.  E.  T.  Williams  possessed  a 
small  herd  previous  to  the  purchase  of  Iris  and. Irene,  from  Mr. 
Bulteel,  of  Pamplete,  who  had  the  stock  originally  from  Sarsden 
Lodge,  and  this  laid  the  foundation  of  the  present  herd  of  twenty-five 
head,  which  comprises  only  two  other  families.  Subsequently 
Mr.  Williams  purchased  at  one  of  the  Berkeley  sales,  a  heifer, 
tracing  through  No.  25  Chilton  sale,  to  Mr.  Mason's  blood,  and 
winding  up  with  Colonel,  while  the  animals  from  Mr.  Bulteel's  had 
Irishman,  Sty  ford  and  Favourite,  as  an  honourable  termination  to 
their  pedigree,  and  Mr.  Williams  has  crossed  the  two  families  as 
much  as  possible,  and  has  purchased  in  addition,  such  sires  as  Baron 
Oxford  4th  25592,  not  the  celebrated  bull  of  that  name,  used  at 
Holker,  but  a  son  of  his  half-brother,  Baron  Oxford  2nd  23376 ; 
Earl  of  Horton  8th  33801,  a  highly  bred  Kirklevington,  from  Mr. 
R.  P.  Davies';  Young  Barrington  42760,  of  the  Florentia  tribe,  bred 
by  Mr.  W.  H.  Brown ;  and  Sinbad  48698— a  son  of  Lord  Dunmore's 
Marquis  of  Worcester  8th  43323  and  Ruby  Sweetlips — from  the 
Bates  herd  at  Sandringham.  Mr.  Williams  has  now  sixteen  females 
of  the  two  tribes  mentioned — eight  of  each — and  a  grand-da ug'iter 
of  the  Old  Daisy  cow,  Escape,  bought  at  The  Hendre  sale,  and  from 
time  to  time  he  has  carefully  weeded  out  such  animals  as  did  not 
suit  his  fancy,  breeding  especially  for  constitution,  quality  and 
character. 


380  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

On  reaching  Newport,  our  first  enquiry  is  for  The  Duffryn,  and 
on  arriving  there  we  have  the  misfortune  to  find  Mr.  Richard 
Stratton  absent  from  home.  The  family  have  long  been  connected 
with  a  breed  of  cattle  which  may  be  said  to  have  been  of  their  own 
founding,  as  the  short  legged,  heavily  fleshed  animals  of  medium 
size,  inclining  more  to  the  Booth  type  than  the  Bates,  have  been 
long  and  honourably  known  in  English  showyards,  but  the  greatest 
successes  achieved  in  late  years  have  been  in  the  Halls  at  Birmingham 
and  Islington  at  Christmas  time;  Mr.  Stratton  in  1878  and  1882 
winning  the  champion  at  Smithfield,  and  on  two  other  occasions  the 
champion  in  the  female  classes,  while  from  1849  to  1871,  six  gold 
and  fourteen  silver  medals  were  won  by  Mr.  Stratton's  father,  whose 
herd  at  Broad  Hinton  was  commenced  by  the  purchase  of  Phoenix 
6290,  in  the  year  1838,  one  of  his  get,  named  Moss  Eose  and  her 
daughter,  Young  Moss  Eose,  by  Mr.  Adkins'  Lottery  4280,  proved 
extraordinary  prolific,  and  at  the  respective  ages  of  twenty  and 
seventeen  years,  their  portraits  appeared  in  the  Farmer's  Magazine. 
From  the  descendants  of  Moss  Eose  and  her  daughter  have  sprung 
the  best  of  the  "  Stratton  " — the  name  has  almost  become  as  familiar 
as  Bates  and  Booth,  amongst  showyaid  frequenters — cattle,  and  of 
the  one  hundred  animals  which  comprise  the  present  herd,  the 
greater  part  are  their  descendants,  while  many  of  the  sires  used  at 
Broad  Hinton,  Alton  Priors,  and  The  Duffryn,  have  been  of  this 
family,  and  the  time  of  our  visit  is  no  exception,  as  Pilot  51837,  a 
level  white  two  year  old  of  excellent  quality,  with  a  deep  full  chest 
and  good  wide  loin,  but  if  anything  hardly  of  sufficient  scale,  is 
assisting  Fitz  Mowbray  49591,  hired  from  Warlaby,  to  prevent 
the  deterioration  of  the  herd  with  regard  to  size,  on  account  of  the 
somewhat  close  breeding  followed  by  the  owner,  as  with  the 
exception  of  Bellerophon  47471  and  Rob  Eoy  29806,  nothing  but 
Moss  Eose  males  have  been  used  since  the  foundation  of  the  herd, 
sixteen  years  ago,  although  Booth  blood  had  been  introduced  at 
Broad  Hinton  ty  the  purchase  of  bulls  bred  at  Athelstaneford 
and  Westland,  and  Mr.  Ackers'  Crowned  Victor  36408  is  the 
grandsire  of  Pilot,  while  Pearl  Diver  3718-,  a  son  of  Col.  Lloyd 


SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND.  381 

Lindsay's  Rob  Roy  29806,  was  successfully  used.  It  will  be  thus 
seen  that  it  has  been  Mr.  Stratton's  practice  to  introduce  fresh  blood 
when  required,  not  by  direct  crosses,  but  in  a  diluted  form,  except 
in  the  use  of  Bellerophon  and  Fitz  Mowbray,  the  former  having 
however  a  Moss  Rose  sire  and  the  latter,  with  the  gradual  intro- 
duction of  Booth  blood  since  1860,  in  the  Broad  Hinton  herd,  could 
not  be  exactly  called  a  direct  cross.  Such  we  may  add  is  without 
doubt  the  correct  method  of  introducing  fresh  blood  into  a  herd 
when  required,  and  not  by  crosses  bred  almost  "  as  wide  apart  as  the 
two  poles"  as  several  breeders  have  tried  in  late  years,  thus  destroying 
the  typs  of  the  particular  tribe  in  the  produce,  which  should  be  the 
principal  object  of  the  breeder  to  maintain. 

After  seeing  the  stock  bulls  we  have  Rosy  Morn,  the  pretty 
successful  yearling  at  Cheltenham,  led  forth,  then  a  grand  Hereford 
steer  bought  recently  in  the  neighbourhood,  appears  equal  to 
assisting  the  symmetrical  Llanwern  19th,  in  maintaining  the  honour 
of  The  Duffryn  at  the  Christmas  shows,  the  latter  is  of  a  family 
which  has  been  carefully  bred  from  dairy  cattle  by  Mr.  Stratton, 
and  produced  a  number  of  prize  winners,  this  beautiful  maiden 
heifer  has  already  been  first  in  her  class  at  Birmingham,  and  unless 
her  quarters  form  a  source  of  objection  to  the  judges,  she  should 
rank  as  the  champion  of  her  sex  in  the  coming  contest.  Before 
leaving  the  buildings  we  have  Llanwern  23rd.  which  managed  to 
secure  premier  honours  at  the  Wilts  county  show.  One  of  the  first 
of  the  eighteen  pedigree  dairy  cows — which  are  a  capital  lot  of  short 
legged  animals,  showing  abundant  signs  of  milk  in  their  shapely 
udders — is  Rosy  Gem,  a  nice  style  of  cow,  and  the  mother  of  Rosy 
Morn.  Then  Maid  of  Athens  has  also  been  an  excellent  breeder, 
her  son,  Acropolis — a  Royal  winner  at  York — and  Belus  have  been 
used  at  home.  Lily  Pale  is  a  giand  specimen  of  the  dairy  shorthorn, 
and  Birthday  Rose  has  also  an  extensive  udder,  but  not  near  so 
shapely  as  Lily  Dale's.  Prudence,  a  grand  arch-ribbed  young  cow, 
carrying  a  lot  of  flesh,  has  Crowned  Victor  for  sire,  while  Cordelia 
2nd  and  Wild  Rose,  are  a  pair  of  nice  stylish  cows.  The  white 
Merry  Legs  is  half-sister  to  Mr.  Howell's  Merry  May,  the  highest 


382  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  KNGLAND. 

priced  cow  (115gs)  at  Mr.  Stratton's  sale  three  years  ago  when  an 
average  of  £43  3s.  Id.  was  made  for  the  forty  head.  Day  Dream 
has  a  roan  son  at  the  homestead,  with  a  tremendous  coat,  but 
it  is  Bo-peep  and  Golden  Fleece,  both  quite  of  the  "  Stratton"  type 
that  engage  our  thoughts  as  we  are  hurried  off  to  distant  meadows 
to  see  a  large  contingent  of  dry  cows  and  heifers,  with  a  few  suckling 
their  calves,  comprising  a  total  of  some  forty  to  fifty  head.  In  the 
nearer  of  the  two  meadows  we  admire  Lustre,  a  beautiful  fronted 
heifer,  Timbrel  5th,  a  white,  of  a  family,  bred  for  many  years  at 
Artfert,  tracing  to  April  Daisy,  by  Belshazzar  1763,  but  Wild 
K-ose,  a  roan,  out  of  March  liose  is  the  handsomest.  Again  in  the 
adjoining  field  the  exceedingly  level  roan,  Timbrel  9th,  out  of 
Timbrel  4th,  immediately  attracts  attention ;  Picotee,  a  Moss  Rose 
with  beautifully  level  shoulders,  is  engaged  in  suckling  a  cow  calf ; 
a  Llanwern  does  not  disgrace  the  family  name,  but  it  is  the  grand 
old  matron,  Maid  of  Isis,  by  Twentieth  Duke  of  Oxford  28432,  from 
Maid  of  Athens,  that  is  most  admired,  with  such  an  example  of 
success  from  the  union  of  a  Bates  sire  with  a  home-bred  cow,  it  is 
almost  a  wonder  that  the  owner  has  not  ventured  further  experiments 
in  this  direction. 

Leaving  The  Duffryn,  we  proceed  to  Llanrumney  Hall,  about 
five  miles  distant,  where  the  river  Kuraney  only  divides  Mr.  G.  C. 
Williams'  estate  from  the  "  Principality."  Mr.  Williams  believes 
like  Mr.  Stratton,  that  shorthorns  should  milk,  and  in  fact  not  only 
pay  for  their  keep,  but  yield  a  profit  in  addition.  The  milk  is  sent 
into  Cardiff  twice  every  day,  and  the  purchases  are  selected  with 
regard  to  their  dairy  properties,  and  any  animal  which  does  not  reach 
Mr.  Williams'  standard  is  drafted.  The  herd  was  founded  seven 
years  ago,  by  the  purchase  of  Portrait  9th,  with  her  daughter, 
Rosebud,  by  Grand  Duke  of  Geneva  2nd  31288,  of  the  Bioadmoor 
Pye  tribe,  from  the  late  Mr.  J.  R.  Homfray,  of  Penllyn  Castle,  the 
former  came  in  calf  to  Lord  Hindlip's  Confirmative  4±563,  and 
Llanrumney  Portrait  was  the  produce,  but  she  is  not  so  handsome 
as  Rosebud,  a  very  fine  cow,  one  of  whose  sons  has  been  exported 
this  year  to  Buenos  Ayres  and  she  also  has  a  promising  daughter  in 


SHORTHORN  HERBS  OF  ENGLAND.  383 

Llanrumney  Eosebud,  by  Eed  Eover  46963.  Lady  Gwynne, 
another  grand  old  matron,  displaying  nice  shorthorn  character,  is 
however  only  a  recent  acquisition,  having  been  purchased  with  her 
calf,  New  Year's  Gwynne,  by  Lord  Lat horn's  Prince  of  Cranes  2nd 
45387,  thus  combining  the  two  different  branches  descended  from 
Mr.  Eobert  Collings'  Princess,  which  report  credited  with  having 
been  sold  for  TOOgs.  in  the  early  part  of  the  century,  to  Sir  H. 
Vane  Tempest,  Bart.,  and  whose  daughters,  Nell  Gwynne  and  Elvira, 
proved  such  extraordinary  milkers.  Lady  Daisy  2nd,  a  very  level 
roan,  is  the  best  specimen  of  milk  and  flesh  combined  in  one  animal, 
as  she  has  a  particularly  nice  udder,  and  Mignon  Daisy  5th,  also  of 
this  family  is  another  straight  young  cow.  Turning  riverwards  after 
seeing  the  dairy  cows,  and  passing  through  a  nice  piece  of  coppice, 
suitable  alike  for  either  reynard  or  pheasants,  we  come  in  view  of 
the  best  crop  of  swedes  seen  this  season,  in  the  pasture  to  the  right, 
are  a  small  flock  of  Oxfordshire  Down  ewes,  with  a  fine  ram  of  Mr. 
Albeit  Brassey's  in  their  company,  and  on  the  left,  the  heifers. 
George  Eosedale  2nd  47949,  a  dark  red  robust  five  year  old,  of 
excellent  quality,  was  bred  at  Kingscote,  from  the  Bell  Bates  Georgie 
Hillhurst  6th.  His  young  stock  are  satisfactory  and  Mr.  Williams 
intends  in  future  never  to  purchase  a  sire  without  seeing  its  dam,  would 
that  mote  owners  of  pedigree  cattle,  who  attempt  to  breed  not  only 
purely  dairy  shorthorns,  did  likewise,  and  even  go  a  step  further,  by 
seeing  the  dam  of  the  sire,  then  we  might  hope  to  find  the  shorthorn 
breed  still  more  popular  for  its  dairy  and  flesh  forming  qualities 
than  it  is  at  the  present  day. 

Mandiff  Court  has  a  beautiful  situation  on  the  Welsh  borders, 
in  close  proximity  to  Pen-y-Va],  otherwise  the  Sugar  Loaf  Mountain, 
the  summit  of  which  is  nearly  two  thousand  feet  in  height.  The 
late  Mr.  Crawshay  Bailey,  was  an  extensive  purchaser  at  the 
Pencraig  Court  sale  of  1879,  he  having  bought  nine  females  of  the 
Strawberry  branch  of  the  Old  Daisies,  and  with  the  exception  of  Mr. 
Richard  Stratton's  Prairie  Flower  and  her  daughter,  Precious 
Flower,  the  present  herd  are  entirely  descended  from  these  pur- 
chases, from  the  latter  breeder  came  Ameer  40974,  of  the  Moss 


384  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

Rose  tribe,  which  was  mated  with  both  the  Old  Daisies  and  his  own 
family.  Mr.  R.  H.  Masfen's  Helot  46492,  succeeded  him,  and  after- 
wards Capt.  A.  C.  Duncoinbe's  Prince  of  Windsor  45406,  of  the 
Carperby  Lily  tribe,  brought  in  the  Booth  blood,  still  more  so  did 
Hero  52998,  a  handsome  young  bull,  bought  at  Acton  Burnell  for 
160gs.,  as  he  was  almost  of  pure  Booth  descent,  but  the  fine  massive 
Barrington  Duke  6th  49121,  obtained  at  the  dispersion  of  the 
Llangattock  Park  herd,  is  a  worthy  specimen  of  the  rival  "house."  The 
cows  in  the  Park  comprise  several  fine  handsome  animals,  March- 
ioness, one  of  Helot's  daughters,  being  perhaps  the  best ;  Dewdrop, 
Margarita  and  Mandiff  Daisy,  being  also  creditable  specimens  of  the 
same  sire's  get,  whereas  Blush  Rose  from  Morning  Blush,  the  highest 
priced  of  the  Pencraig  "  bunch, "  is  excelled  by  hei  younger  half- 
sister,  Maindiff  Blush,  seen  behind  the  buildings,  and  the  mother  of 
Crawshay  51044,  a  wonderfully  good  topped  young  bull  seen  therein 
but  since  transferred  to  the  ownership  of  Mr.  Matthew  Savidge. 
In  company  with  Maindiff  Blush,  we  find  a  grand  young  cow  in 
Royal  Daisy.  The  half-sisters,  Precious  Flower  and  Rosary,  are  a 
pair  of  symmetrical  cows  of  theStratton  type,  while  the  heifers  of  both 
tribes  are  however  some  distance  away,  but  if  Prince  of  Windsor's 
daughters  are  anything  like  his  son  Crawshay,  they  must  be 
uncommonly  good. 

Eighteen  years  ago  the  late  Mr.  S.  O.  Priestley,  whose  cattle 
were,  as  previously  mentioned,  entirely  descended  from  Mr.  Charles 
Colling's  Old  Daisy,  sold  a  number  of  cows  and  heifers  to  Mr.  J.  A. 
Rolls,  M.P.,  of  The  Hendre,  Monmouth,  and  with  the  exception  of 
four  animals,  the  entire  herd  are  now  descended  from  them,  although 
two  drafts  were  submitted  to  the  public  in  1879  and  1884.  On  the 
former  occasion  only  descendants  of  Mr.  Priestley's  cattle  were  sent 
to  Pencraig  Court  to  be  sold  in  conjunction  with  Mr.  Beever's,  and 
the  excellent  average  of  .£77  19s.  6d  was  obtained.  In  1884,  the  sale 
comprised  the  whole  of  the  several  families  that  had  been  purchased 
from  time  to  time,  excepting  Kirklevington  Empress  2nd,  bought  at 
Berkeley,  and  her  daughter,  the  result  being  satisfactory  for  the  year. 
Only  one  purchase  in  either  the  female  or  male  line  has  since  been 


SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND.  385 

made,  and  that  took  place  at  The  Duffryn  sale,  on  the  day  following 
the  one  at  The  Hendre,  when  Early  Rose,  the  very  last  female  lot 
of  Mr.  R.  Stratton's  was  purchased. 

Eight  hundred  acres,  are  now  farmed  around  The  Hendre — built 
in  the  Norman  and  Tudor  styles — under  the  management  of  Mr. 
Lipscombe,  the  shorthorns  are  bred  on  The  Pentre  farm,  and  the 
Hereford* — including  not  only  a  herd  of  the  ordinary  coloured 
"  Whitefaces,"  but  a  small  collection  of  the  ancient  grey  or  white 
breed — graze  on  the  uplands  of  Llangattock,  while  a  flock  of 
Shropshires  with  rams  from  Messrs.  Pulley  and  Knight,  in  service, 
roam  over  the  whole.  The  first  lot  of  cows  are  grazing  in  front  of  the 
mansion,  Tuscarora  3rd  and  Sweet  Blush,  being  two  of  the  oldest, 
the  former,  one  of  the  only  two  daughters  of  Mr.  R.  P.  Davies'  Grand 
Duke  of  Clarence  28750,  now  on  The  Hendre  estate,  has  bred  nine 
calves,  seven  of  the  male  sex,  including  Randolph,  an  especially 
good  young  bull  which  made  145gs.  at  the  last  sale,  while  the  latter 
showing  great  character,  arid  the  oldest  of  the  family  in  Mr.  Rolls' 
possesvsion,  has  her  two  daughters,  Blushing  Belle  and  Crimson 
Blush,  growing  young  matrons,  grazing  not  far  away,  the  last  named 
being  perhaps  the  best  looking.  Hilda  Daisy,  the  younger  of  Grand 
Duke  of  Clarence's  two  daughters,  a  fine  old  cow,  worthy  of  both 
the  tribe  and  her  sire,  has  bred  an  equal  number  of  both  sexes. 
Zoe's  Daisy,  of  beautiful  quality,  possessed  of  lengthy  quarters,  a 
grand  loin,  and  well  sprung  rib,  is  probably  as  truly  made  as  any  of 
the  cows,  excepting  Siddington  Blush  2nd,  a  handsome  red,  seen 
with  her  pretty  red  heifer  calf,  suckling  its  dam  in  one  of  the  covered 
yards.  This  animal  is  well  known  to  the  public,  having  been  exhibited 
successfully  in  1885  at  the  leading  shows,  when  she  gained  seven 
prizes,  including  third  at  the  Yorkshire,  she  is  now  in  her  tenth  year, 
has  well  retained  her  form,  and  is  again  to  be  exhibited  at  the  County 
Show,  which  takes  place  in  a  couple  of  days,  where  no  doubt  she 
will  do  credit  to  the  herd.  Rosy  Blush  and  Blushing  Princess, 
combining  the  good  old  blood  of  the  Chaff  and  Princess  families, 
through  their  sires,  Col.  Lloyd-Lindsay's  Churchill  37996  and  Mr. 
Sheldon's  Prince  of  Brailes  3rd  43821,  are  both  from  Siddington 

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380  SIIOUTHORN    HERDS    OF    ENGLAND. 

Blush  2nd,  but  neither  are  so  perfect  in  their  hind-quarters  as  their 
darn,  although  a  pair  of  nice  breeding  cows.  Zara,  one  of  the  best 
in  the  Park,  out  of  Zoe,  has  the  2nd  Duke  of  Siddington  33732,  for 
sire,  the  successor  of  Mr.  Davies'  Grand  Duke  of  Clarence  28750, 
which  was  the  first  male  used  on  the  Old  Daisies  by  Mr.  Rolls. 
An  Oxford  from  Kingscote  following,  while  two  own  brother^  of  the 
Princess  tribe  bred  at  Brailes,  preceded  Sir  John  Swinburne's 
Prince  Waterloo  4th  48531,  a  son  of  Duke  of  Barrington  8th  41356 
and  Lady  Waterloo  23rd,  the  sire  of  the  heifers  and  some  young 
cows  next  seen.  Eosy  Bloom,  Zolite,  Zarifa,  and  Hilda's  Delight, 
are  the  names  of  a  quartette  of  two  year  olds,  of  which  the  first 
named  is  a  very  deep  square  heifer,  while  of  a  younger  generatipn, 
Blushing  Priny,  out  of  Blushing  Princess,  is  "first  favourite,"  both 
it  is  noticed  are  grand-daughters  of  Siddington  Blush  2nd,  the  older 
being  out  of  Eosy  Blush.  Of  the  young  bulls,  a  red  out  of  Zoethorpe, 
is  of  great  length,  and  very  straight,  but  wanting  time  to  grow  into  a 
very  useful  animal  likely  to  elicit  more  guineas  at  Bingley  Hall  next 
March  than  any  other  of  the  young  bulls  from  The  Hendre,  where 
they  are  to  be  sent  for  disposal,  his  dam,  as  yet  to  be  seen  under  a 
large  covered  shed  in  company  with  Euddy  Blush,  Early  Eose, 
and  Kirklevington  Czarina,  where  she  reigns  supreme  so  far  as 
looks  are  concerned,  and  carries  herself  with  considerable  style, 
besides  possessing  great  substance.  The  Kirklevington  is  out  of  a 
beautiful  heifer  bought  by  Mr.  Eolls  for  770gs.,  at  one  of  the 
Berkeley  sales,  and  closely  related  to  Lord  Fitzhardinge's  Eoyal 
prize  heifer  at  Bristol,  in  1878,  her  sire  was  Duke  of  Connaught 
33604,  and  she  was  one  of  the  few  animals  in  this  country  that 
had  a  double  cross  of  the  illustrious  7th  Duke  of  York  17754,  in 
her  pedigree.  Kirklevington  Czarina  has  yet  only  had  male 
produce,  but  it  is  to  be  hoped  that  so  shorthorn  like  a  cow  will  yet 
leave  female  descendants  behind  her. 

Passing  on  to  the  county  town,  we  find  a  trio  of  herds  in  the 
neighbourhood.  Proceeding  first  to  the  seat  of  Mr.  J.  Eankin,  M.P., 
we  find  shorthorns  have  been  bred  at  Bryngwyn  since  1873,  when 
Dowke  10th,  descended  from  the  Rev.  Henry  Berry's  Claro  and 


SHORTHORN    HERDS    OF    ENGLAND.  387 

Laundress  2nd,  tracing  through  Lunette,  to  Lady  by  Cecil  120,  were 
bought  at  Capt.  Winnall's  sale.  Other  purchases  were  made  at 
Earl  Beauchamp's  in  1^82,  namely  Lady  Adria,  a  representative  of 
Mr.  Charles  Colling's  Moss  Rose,  and  Sunshine  ~>th,  of  short  descent, 
from  Eillpnil,  by  Duke  William  11400.  The  present  herd  is 
composed  entirely  of  these  four  tribes,  the  most  numerous  being  the 
Dowkes.  and  undoubtedly  the  best  of  the  twenty -three  animals 
which  compose  Mr.  Rankin's  list  of  shorthorns.  Duchess  3rd,  a 
grand -daughter  of  the  original  purchase,  possesses  great  substance 
and  squareness  of  frame,  she  and  her  daughter,  Grand  Duchess,  by 
Col.  Kingscote's  Duke  of  Hazlecote  54th  44684,  are  excellent  types 
of  what  pedigree  shorthorns  ought  to  be,  while  the  stylish  Dowke 
loth,  has  proved  an  excellent  breeder,  having  a  pretty  red  cow  calf 
by  her  side,  which  is  own  sister  to  Daffodil,  the  much  admired 
heifer  exhibited  at  Bingley  Hall,  where  the  best  of  the  two  year  olds 
and  yearlings  were  sent,  and  the  rich  roan  Dowke  16th,  which 
stood  by  her  sick',  had  both  the  same  sire  and  grand-dam.  Ada,  from 
Lady  Adi  ia,  although  the  second  p.  ize  heifer  at  Birmingham  is  truly 
made,  but  lacks  the  style  and  substance  of  the  Dowkes,  which  are 
her  half-sisters  on  the  sire's  side.  Laundress  4th,  an  extremely 
heavy  milker  and  quick  breeder,  has  produced  eleven  calves,  and 
only  recently  entered  her  twelfth  year,  but  the  female  offspring  do 
not  compare  favourably  in  quality  with  the  first  named  tribe,  yet 
Mr.  Shaw — Mr.  Rankin's  agent — informs  us  that  he  has  a  ready  sale 
at  good  paving  prices  for  all  bulls  of  this  family,  on  account  of  their 
excellent  dairy  properties.  Connaught  54120,  the  male  now  in 
service,  is  of  great  length,  style,  and  quality,  and  has  for  his  sire, 
Mr.  Bassett's  Connaught  Lad  47619 — a  son  of  Duke  of  Connaught 
33604— and  Mr.  J.  D.  Willis'  Blanche  Duchess  4th,  winner  of  many 
a  dairy  prize,  is  his  dam.  Mr.  Rankin  is  not  altogether  wrapped  up 
in  the  "  red,  white  and  roan,"  but  is  a  staunch  admirer  of  the 
"natives,"  of  which  a  herd  of  seventy  strong  are  excellent  of  their 
kind.  In  the  buildings  are  the  stud  bulls,  Cicero — a  son  of  the 
renowned  Lord  Wilton— and  Royal  Grove  4th,  by  another  celebrated 
sire,  The  Grove  3rd.  Giant-ing  across  the  yard  we  are  in  sight  of 


3SS  SllORTltOTIN    HERDS    OF    ENGLAND. 

Verbena  and  her  two  daughters,  Viola  and  Vesta,  almost  models  of 
their  breed,  but  Tidy  and  her  three  companions,  all  by  a  son  of  Lord 
Wilton,  are  even  better.  The  owner  has  certainly  been  to  head- 
quarters for  his  blood  and  it  is  evident  by  the  appearance  of  the 
animals,  he  will  receive  as  good  prices  as  any  breeder,  when  desirous 
of  parting  with  his  "  white  faced  "  beauties. 

Leaving  Bryngwyn  and  travelling  a  short  distance  by  train,  we 
duly  reached  Hay,  a  small  town  in  the  extreme  south,  and  on  passing 
through  the  meadows  from  the  station  to  Mr.  B.  H.  Allen's  of 
Clifford  Priory,  we  meet  an  old  friend  in  Arethusa  4th,  bought  at 
The  Oaklands  sale  of  1884,  along  with  her  daughter,  Arethusa  8th, 
by  Mr.  Oliver's  Cherry  Grand  Duke  9th  42922,  the  former  is  the 
dam  of  Argus  50704.  the  sire  in  service,  and  in  addition  to  Asia  2nd, 
from  the  younger  cow,  there  are  two  nice  young  bulls  from  mother 
and  daughter.  Mr.  Allen  has  resided  at  Clifford  Priory  for  twenty- 
four  years  and  for  seventeen  of  them,  has  been  engaged  in  breeding 
shorthorns.  The  herd  is  utilized  for  the  purposes  of  ordinary  stock 
and  numbers  over  seventy  head.  The  young  bulls  are  well  reared 
and  annually  sold  at  Birmingham,  where  they  have  won  several  prizes 
and  there  is  a  nice  selection  of  reds  and  roans,  principally  by  Argus 
50704,  for  the  spring  sale.  The  heifer  calves  are  attractive,  while 
eight  yearlings,  by  Sir  Knightley  Walnut  52166  and  Argus  50704, 
are  very  even,  and  the  dozen  two  year  olds  do  credit  to  Lord 
Moreton's  Earl  of  Siddington  4th  47819.  The  previous  sires  have 
been  of  Bates  blood,  Macgregor  29241,  a  Rose  of  JRaby  bull,  was 
purchased  at  Holker,  Hayle  43345,  a  Lally  came  from  Ogwell, 
Wetherby  Lad  32838,  from  Mr.  James  Knowles,  King  Eufus  38502, 
being  bred  at  Gaddesby,  and  Lord  Tortworth  31757,  at  Pencraig 
Court.  About  thirty  dairy  cows  are  roaming  in  the  pastures  and 
of  the  several  tribes,  the  Grenades  of  Bell  Bates  origin,  are  the  most 
fashionable  in  their  breeding.  The  Beetroots,  Bellas,  Charities  and 
Welcomes,  which  comprise  the  other  sorts,  are  of  local  reputation, 
and  originally  descended  from  dairy  cows,  but  they  have  been 
carefully  crossed  by  Mr.  Allen,  for  a  number  of  years. 


SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND.  380 

On  returning  from  Clifford  Priory,  and  driving  out  from 
Hereford  in  the  opposite  direction,  we  come  to  Lower  Eaton,  the 
seat  of  Mr.  J.  Pulley,  whose  herd  of  similar  dimensions  to  Mr. 
Allen's,  was  founded  in  1 866.  The  estate  of  four  hundred  and  fifty 
acres  is  principally  situate  upon  the  banks  of  the  Wye,  so  it  is 
natural  to  find  the  cattle  well  grown,  and  in  this  respect  we  are  not 
disappointed.  The  sires  first  used  were  Cherry  Butterfly  23550  and 
Col.  Tregunter  5th  30646,  obtained  from  the  famous  herds  at 
Sholebroke  and  Siddington,  Mr.  Har ward's  Lord  Claro  2nd  31640 
and  Mr.  Holford's  Duke  of  Worcester  2nd  39795,  belonging  to  the 
well  known  Lady  Worcesters,  so  well  known  in  the  former  herd, 
succeeding  them.  The  home-bred  Lord  Claro  4th  39596  and  Conrad 
33431,  were  next  slightly  used;  afterwards  Earl  of  Fawsley  8th 
44742,  from  Brailes,  and  his  son,  Lord  Fawsley  48189,  were  in 
service  and  they  were  succeeded  by  Mr.  Stratton's  Bridesman  45998 
and  Mr.  Welsted's  Plantagenet  48443,  and  at  present  Duke  of 
Eosedale  20th  51148,  belonging  to  the  highly  fashionable  Thorndale 
Eoses  is  being  used,  his  head  and  crest  are  very  handsome,  while  the 
depth  of  front,  chest,  flank  and  thigh  denote  the  making  of  a  good 
bull,  and  his  calves,  some  forty  in  number,  are  all  that  can  be 
desired  in  hair,  quality,  substance  and  style.  They  are  from  dams 
of  the  Pye  tribe,  which  trace  through  Lady  Maynard;  Sweethearts, 
Lady  Dentsdales  and  Gwynnes,  purchased  at  Mr.  Hetherington's  in 
1880 ;  and  the  Didos,  original ly  at  Milcote.  The  Lady  Dentsdales  as  a 
family,  are  preferred  before  any  of  the  others  at  Lower  Eaton,  for 
beyond  their  personal  appearance,  they  are  descended  from  Mr. 
Maynard's  famous  cow  Favourite,  by  Cotherstone  6093.  The 
Didos  are  also  full  of  Colling,  Jobling  and  Knightley  blood,  and  the 
Pyes  noted  in  the  hands  of  Messrs.  Game,  of  Broadmoor  and 
Churchill  Heath,  are  prominent  here.  Gulnare  4th,  although  in 
her  thirteenth  year,  is  looking  blooming  and  well,  being  the  dam  of 
one  of  the  best  animals  in  the  herd.  Duke  of  Sussex,  a  red  yearling 
by  Duke  of  Eosedale  20th,  from  Lady  Sussex  2nd  bought  at  the 
Horsted  sale,  is  remarkably  true  made  throughout,  and  we  shall  not 
be  surprised  if  he  is  heard  of  another  day,  as  a  winner  in  the  show 


SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

yard.  Beyond  Mr.  Pulley's  herd  of  large  framed  dairy  shorthorns, 
we  have  the  pleasure  of  seeing  his  flock  of  Shropsbires,  which  has 
contributed  many  winners  to  the  lloyal,  Bath  and  West  of  England 
and  other  shows. 

On  alighting  at  Droitwich,  in  the  neighbouring  counfy  of 
AVorcester,  and  wending  our  way  along  the  lanes  we  suddenly  come 
across  a  red  and  white  young  bull,  reminding  us  of  the  days  of 
Hubback  and  that  the  farm  of  Oddingley — in  the  occupation  of  Mr. 
James  Kendal — must  be  near  at  hand.  We  find  it  is  and  that  the 
tenant  is  minus  one  of  a  quartette  of  yearling  bulls,  which — or  to  be 
correct,  three  ot  them — are  grazing  in  a  paddock  adjoining  the 
buildings,  with  one  exception,  Mr.  J.  Thompson's  Harrington  Duke 
8th  52499,  is  the  sire.  Mr.  Kendal  has  been  interested  in  the 
breeding  of  cattle  since  1861,  when  he  purchased  a  score  of  heifers 
in  Derby  market  and  shortly  afterwards  commenced  to  use  registered 
sires,  but  the  first  male  bought  after  this  date  was  obtained  from  the 
Rev.  W.  Holt  B^ever,  without  a  pedigree,  and  when  required  in  after 
years,  it  was  unable  to  be  ascertained.  The  tenant  naturally  found 
that  the  produce  of  his  dozen  heifers  varied  in  quality,  the  weeds 
were  drafted  and  at  the  present  time  the  thirty  head  of  which  the 
herd  consists  are  descended  from  four  of  them,  to  which  have  been 
given  the  family  names  of  Cleopatra,  Cecilia,  Gwendoline  and 
Kathleen,  with  one  foundation  and  the  same  system  of  breeding, 
they  are  naturally  of  one  type,  but  however  uniform  a  group  of 
cattle  are,  there  is  usually  one  to  which  a  preference  is  given,  and 
in  the  fourteen  dairy  cows  on  the  Oddingley  farm,  it  is  Cleopatra 
5th  which  stands  in  this  position,  as  her  dairy  properties  are 
undeniable,  and  her  substantial  well  knit  frame  will  help  to  find  a 
customer  for  her  stylish  roan  son,  one  of  the  group  first  seen.  The 
Kathleens  have  the  choice  of  the  heifers  to  their  credit,  in  a  daughter 
of  Mr.  Matthews'  Euf us  48648,  who  is  also  the  sire  of  five  promising 
yearlings,  while  the  calves,  by  Barrington  Duke  8th,  do  him  justice, 
one  of  his  sons — a  deep  red — being  especially  good,  and  the  young 
bulls  before  alluded  to  are  well  adapted  for  Ordinary  dairy  cattle,  as  the 
sires  have  always  been  selected  by  Mr.  Kendal,  for  their  individual 
merits,  and  under  most  of  his  cows  are  found  excellent  udders. 


SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND.  391 

Travelling  from  Droitwich  to  Blackwell,  we  call  at  Stoney  Lane, 
to  see  Mr.  Thomas  Harris,  who  has  been  a  breeder  for  almost  half- 
a-century,  and  we  find  him  in  the  yard  admiring  some  of  the  dozen 
shorthorns  he  retains  to  remind  him  of  the  old  days.  With  one 
exception  they  are  descended  from  Mr.  R.  Ceilings'  Moss  Rose, 
through  Julia,  purchased  from  Sir  Charles  Knightley,  which  was  one 
of  the  only  two  cows  retained  at  a  sale  held  by  Mr.  Harris,  twenty- 
nine  years  ago,  and  of  whose  descendants  the  successful  sales  held 
in  1878  and  1884  were  largely  composed,  the  average  on  both 
occasions  being  betwixt  forty  and  fifty  pounds.  The  owner  is  fond  of 
the  old  sort,  and  Sorcerer,  of  this  tribe  is  being  used  with 
excellent  results,  the  calves  by  him  being  full  of  hair  and  of  guod 
colours,  their  dams  are  generally  very  uniform  in  type,  without 
showing  either  deterioration  or  coarseness. 

The  following  morning  finds  us  at  the  Home  Farm  of  the 
Bentley  Manor  estate,  the  property  of  Mr.  R.  Hemming,  which  with 
the  two  adjoining  holdings  now  in  hand,  consists  of  one  thousand 
acres  of  a  very  useful  arable  and  grass.  The  buildings  are  com- 
modious and  in  many  wavs  suitable  for  an  extensive  herd  of  pedigree 
cattle.  Two  excellent  sires  are  in  service,  the  senior,  Duke  of 
Charmingland  32nd  51110,  is  of  immense  size  and  substance  while 
not  lacking  in  either  style  or  quality,  and  we  doubt  if  Mr.  Sheldon 
has  bred  many  of  this  popular  Birmingham  name  superior  in  merit 
to  Mr.  Hemming's  bull.  The  younger  sire,  Galliard  54340,  from 
Waterloo  Crocus,  is  an  excellent  sample  of  the  older  bull's  piogeny. 
Mr.  Hemming  has  been  a  breeder  for  twenty-three  years,  having 
purchased  from  Mr.  Noakes,  Ada,  descended  from  Sir  George 
Strickland's  stock,  and  Grand  Crocus,  at  the  Sarsden  Lodge  sale, 
from  these  two  cows  the  entire  herd  is  now  descended.  Grand 
Crocus  6th,  a  grand-daughter  of  the  original  purchase,  in  her 
fourteenth  year  appears  hale  and  hearty,  two  of  her  daughters, 
Waterloo  Crocus  and  Roan  Crocus,  are  an  especially  grand  pair  of 
cows,  while  two  younger  sisters  are  also  good.  The  Adas  are  a  nice 
family,  but  will  not  bear  comparison  with  their  companions— the 
Crocuses — yet  the  Fifty-first  and  Fifty-ninth  are  a  taking  sort,  but 


392  SHOltTHORN    HERDS    OP    ENGLAND. 

the  favourite  is  the  Thirty -eighth.  The  two  families  number  about 
thirty  head,  which  are  found  in  reasonable  breeding  condition, 
suitable  for  the  general  purposes  of  stock. 

Mr.  C.  W.  Brierley's  successful  career  as  an  exhibitor,  has  made 
his  name  famous  in  the  shorthorn  circle  with  which  he  has  been 
connected  five  and  twenty  years,  having  commenced  by  purchasing 
Violet  Queen,  Eskdale  Maid,  and  Lavinia,  from  Mr.  Ambler,  but 
unfortunately  for  him,  after  being  a  breeder  for  sixteen  years,  his 
first  herd  of  forty-five  in  number,  were  all  destroyed  by  pleuromonia, 
in  April,  1879,  with  the  exception  of  three  young  calves,  which 
included  Snowflake,  since  the  heroine  in  many  a  show  ring,  she  is 
by  Bolivar's  Farewell  33173,  out  of  Bolivar's  White  Tulip,  by  the 
Royal  winner  Bolivar  15649,  descending  from  Mr.  Angus'  Lame  cow. 
Snowflake  the  winner  at  the  Royal  and  several  other  shows,  although 
nine  years  of  age,  is  still  looking  blooming  while  again  heavy  in  calf, 
her  true  form  has  changed  but  little,  yet  we  must  admit  the  beauty 
of  youth  to  some  extent  has  departed  from  her.  What  a  charming 
sight  to  behold  this  favourite  family  group  paraded  for  inspection, 
our  host  with  the  old  lady,  leads  the  way,  followed  by  "  Tommy  " 
with  her  two  massive  rich  roan  daughters,  Rosedale  Snowflake  and 
Rosedale  Nun,  with  their  snowy  white  offspring,  which  have  not  yet 
reached  their  first  birthday,  while  there  is  yet  another  left  behind, 
but  too  young  to  be  brought  forth  in  the  piercing  wind,  it  is  the 
youngest  born  of  Rosedale  Emperor  54939  and  Rosedale  Nun,  which 
is  still  in  the  box,  a  pretty  little  creature,  but  ho\\  small  to  be  from 
so  massive  a  beast,  with  such  expanded  ribs,  wide  loins  and  lengthy 
hind  quarters,  but  in  passing  before  us  she  steps  less  gracefully  than 
her  older  sister,  whose  sweet  countenance  and  beautiful  forequarters 
renders  her  so  attractive  to  meet,  while  her  extraordinary  carcase, 
moving  at  not  too  great  a  distance  from  the  ground,  is  a  source 
of  admiration.  Her  daughter,  Rosedale  Graceful,  is  still  more 
perfect,  but  her  companion,  Rosedale  Grace,  the  production  of 
Madrigal  51694  and  Rosedale  Nun,  if  anything  excels  in  sweetness, 
yet  perhaps  a  trifle  deficient  in  hair  and  substance.  Rosedale  Comet, 
Snowflake's  youngest  born,  although  possessing  many  good  points, 


SHOETHOIIN    HERDS   OF    ENGLAND.  393 

is  not  the  equal  of  his  sisters.  Eosedale  Goldust,  a  red  yearling, 
from  Eosedale  Snowflake,  completes  the  family  group,  he  has  length, 
size  and  style,  yet  lacks  the  grandeur  of  his  mother. 

Cowslip,  bred  by  Earl  Spencer,  with  all  the  characteristics  of  a 
.shorthorn,  is  the  dam  of  the  much  admired  Victoria,  a  heifer 
remarkable  for  her  personal  beauty.  Lady  Worsley,  a  winner  of 
several  prizes,  has  bred  a  nice  white  calf  by  Prince  Saturn  46926 — 
the  sire  of  Euckley  50398 — the  lady  herself  being  by  Self  Esteem 
2nd  28675,  from  Dewdrop,  by  Mr.  J.  B.  Booth's  Paul  Potter  38854, 
followed  by  Lord  Irwin,  Lord  Albert,  Mountain  Chief,  and  Blood 
Royal,  her  pedigree  thus  full  of  Booth  blood  or  "show  yard  career." 
Eosedale  Duchess,  principally  of  Bates  descent,  and  of  Mr.  Sharp's 
popular  May  Duchess  family,  is  very  wide  and  deep  in  front,  but 
somewhat  flat  in  the  rib,  her  two  daughters,  Eosedale  Maiden  and 
Eosedale  Pride,  are  very  taking,  although  it  is  to  her  disadvantage 
that  Eosedale  Maiden  has  not  followed  the  example  of  Eosedale 
Duchess  in  her  depth  of  body.  Empress  1 8th,  is  an  extremely  grand 
cow,  and  the  dam  of  Eosedale  Emperor  54939,  sold  for  exportation 
to  Buenos  Ayres.  A  bunch  of  pretty  yearling  heifers  are  next 
presented  for  our  inspection  in  Eosedale  Violet,  Ancient  Fashion, 
Lady  Cumberland  5th,  Marchioness  of  Waterloo  6th,  Miss  Pearl 
4()th,  and  Eosedale  Bessy,  they  are  all  of  a  good  stamp,  but  Ancient 
Eashion,  bred  by  Mr.  E.  Jefferson  of  Preston  Hows,  is  certainly 
our  choice,  as  her  rich  roan  does  not  make  her  less  attractive,  and  her 
well  sprung  ribs,  level  back,  and  lengthy  quarters  will  give  her 
favour  when  seen  elsewhere  ;  Marchioness  of  Waterloo  6th — the 
recent  Bingley  Hall  winner — is  very  neat,  but  Mr.  Brierley,  like 
other  good  judges  of  shorthorns,  reserves  a  treat  for  the  close  of  our 
visit  in  Waterloo  Cherry  13th,  bred  by  the  late  Mr.  S.  L.  Horton 
(also  the  breeder  of  Euckley),  she  is  not  large,  but  equally  pro- 
portionate, but  as  much  as  her  owner  has  fallen  in  love  with  her,  we 
have  a  decided  preference  for  the  handsome  Victoria.  Euckley 
50398,  is  too  well  known  as  a  good  bull  to  need  any  description 
from  us,  he  is  still  remarkably  level,  but  as  a  sire  he  has  not  been 


394  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

beneficital  at  Eosedale,  every  calf  born  to  him  reproducing  his  colour, 
which  makes  Mr.  Brierley  use  him  only  with  caution,  as  dark  colours 
a.re  more  saleable  however  true  inform  tho  white  mav  h<\ 


CHAPTER  XVI. 

The    Wales  Herds. — Pool  Park. — P>o<lrliy<Uun. — Xoi/atJil  Wihjm. — 

Manoravon. — Park  lc  7Jm>.s. —  WaunyxcU    ilouw.  —  (rrccn    Farm.— 

Cardiff  Caxtle. — Grenih ill. 

Entering  the  "Principality"  by  way  of  Ruabon,  which  is  in 
near  proximity  to  Wynstay,  the  much  admired  seat  of  Sir  Watkin 
Wynn,  and  proceeding  through  Corwen,  we  duly  arrive  at  Ruthin, 
where  a  view  is  obtained  of  the  Castle,  owned  and  occupied  by  Hie 
Lord  Lieutenant — Col.  Cornwallis  West — but  the  object  of  our 
visit  is  not  especially  to  admire  the  scenery  for  which  North  Wales 
is  so  famous,  but  to  rest  content  with  passing  glances,  in  travelling 
from  herd  to  herd.  Pool  Park — formerly  the  seat  of  Lord  Bagot — 
noted  for  its  magnificent  timber  and  delightful  scenery,  has  been  in 
the  occupation  of  Mr.  R.  Blezard,  for  the  past  twenty  years.  What 
can  give  more  pleasure  to  the  inmates  of  such  a  stately  residence 
than  groups  of  the  "red,  white  and  roan"  grazing  contentedly  in 
the  spacious  Park,  and  especially  if  they  are  as  highly  bred  and  good 
looking  as  the  present  herd.  Mr.  Blezard  began  breeding  shorthorns 
a  dozen  years  ago,  when  several  were  bought  at  Scaleby  Castle,  and 
the  next  season  Sproatley  Rise  supplied  a  Waterloo,  while  the  same 
month,  555gs.  was  paid  for  Lady  Wild  Eyes  7th,  at  Berkeley  Castle. 
Many  other  females  of  excellent  descent,  came  at  different  intervals, 
Blanche  10th,  Lady  Surmise  and  her  daughter,  Lady  Alice  and 
Dentsdale  6th,  hailing  from  Weeting  Hall,  Maplewell,  Sholebroke 
and  Underley,  and  not  only  was  the  first  herd  at  Pool  Park  built  up 
from  these  animals,  but  the  four  last  named  tribes  are  still  represented. 


SnORTIIORN    HERDS    OF    ENGLAND.  395 

Amongst  the  sires  Mr.  Ble/ard  had  in  service,  Duke  of  Siddington  3rd 
38183,  Cherry  Duke  llth  42018,  Duke  of  Barrington  7th  39715 
and  Grand  Duke  of  Barringtonia  7th  46650,  may  be  mentioned, 
names  which  at  once  designate  their  famous  birthplaces.  Lastly,  Lord 
Eoseberry  51644,  a  son  of  Knight  of  Oxford  40082  and  Thorndale 
Eose  13th,  unquestionably  the  handsomest  young  bull  at  the  dis- 
persion of  the  Hindlip  herd,  fell  a  great  bargain  to  Mr.  Blezard's 
bid  of  170gs.,  owing  to  an  accident  to  his  shoulder,  from  which  he 
has  never  since  recovered,  but  he  is  still  the  reigning  "  monarch  "  at 
Pool  Park. 

The  herd  having  outgrown  the  accomodatlon,  sixty-two  head 
were  sold  in  August,  1886,  at  an  average  of  <£37  16s.  4d.,  but  the 
owner  finding  the  loss  of  his  "four  footed  companions,"  went  in 
search  of  others,  and  returned  a  month  later  with  two  choice  heifers 
in  Oxford  Duchess  of  Killhow  9th  and  Winning  Beauty,  from 
Killhow,  while  in  the  past  spring,  a  visit  to  Wicken  Park  to  witness 
the  dispersion  of  the  famous  Penrhyn  Castle  herd,  resulted  in  three 
of  the  Archduchesses  of  Oxford  journeying  into  Wales.  Countess  of 
Barrington  12th  and  Countess  of  Barrington  13th,  mother  and 
daughter,  were  selected  from  one  of  Sir  John  Swinburne's  drafts, 
sent  to  the  northern  depot  for  sale,  the  dam  is  certainly  pretty  but 
small,  but  the  heifer  is  not  only  handsome  but  robust,  her  style,  hair 
and  quality  being  excellent.  Lady  Surmise  6th — the  only  one 
retained  of  the  tribe — is  undoubtedly  the  "  Queen  "  of  the  herd,  her 
missive  frame,  expanded  ribs,  great  depth  of  chest  and  flank,  in 
addition  to  the  lengthy  hind-quarters  entitle  her  to  be  called  a  grand 
cow.  The  next  enquiry  is  for  the  name  of  her  companion,  and  our 
genial  host  replies  "  Dentsdale  6th,"  "  a  good  cow,  but  lacking  the 
grandeur  of  the  Surmise  "  is  our  answer.  A  red  and  a  roan  lingering 
in  the  distance  appear  not  the  worst  in  the  enclosure,  and  on 
approaching  them,  the  former  reminds  us  forcibly  of  the  daughters 
of  Tenth  Grand  Duke,  seen  at  Holker  in  bygone  years  with  their 
round  ribs  and  wide  loins,  and  proving  to  be  Winning  Beauty, 
descended  from  Bright  Eyes  5th.  The  roan,  more  than  half- 
sister  in  blood  to  the  red,  has  Duke  of  Leicester  6th  49461,  for  sire 


396  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

and  traces  to  that  remarkable  daughter  of  Tenth  Grand  Duke,  Grand 
Duchess  of  Oxford  llth,  she  too  is  of  great  merit,  and  their  pair  of 
red  cow  calves  are  not  the  least  valued  of  the  owner's  shorthorn 
possessions.  Archduchess  of  Oxford  2nd,  with  a  pretty  heifer 
running  by  her  side,  has  proved  an  excellent  breeder,  her  daughter, 
Archduchess  of  Oxford  3rd,  being  a  very  fine  cow,  and  the  grand- 
daughter, Archduchess  of  Oxford  6th,  even  handsomer  than  her 
dam,  although  a  red  half-brother  is  somewhat  too  tall  for  his  age. 
Musical  22nd  and  Empress  Sale  5th.  from  Capheaton,  are  a  very 
good  class  of  cattle  to  have  on  any  estate ;  two  Blanche  cows  are 
heavy  milkers,  and  the  same  number  of  Acombs,  with  a  trio  of  Old 
Daisies  bringing  up  the  rear  of  this  fashionably  bred  herd. 

Passing  onwards  to  Major  Conwy's  estate  at  Bodrhyddan, 
situate  four  miles  from  Ehyl,  a  small  seaside  resort  on  the  North 
Coast,  Mr.  Bell  at  once  drives  us  to  view  the  herd,  which  dates  its 
foundation  as  long  ago  as  1853,  when  purchases  were  made  from 
Mr.  Eaton,  of  Kellesbrooke,  and  three  years  later,  four  cows  were 
obtained  from  Mr.  Ellison,  of  Sizergh  Castle,  afterwards  others  were 
selected  from  the  herds  of  the  Hon.  Noel  Hill,  Mr.  Eobert  Bell, 
Lord  Skelmersdale,  and  Lord  Penrhyn.  Springfield,  Townley, 
Penrhyn  and  Holker  supplied  the  earlier  sires,  while  recently  Wild 
Boy  of  the  Valley  42609,  of  Mr.  Eobert  Lodge's  breeding,  has  been 
in  service,  and  at  present,  Master  of  Oxford  50039,  a  grand  squarely 
built  roan,  full  of  hair  and  quality,  bred  at  Great  Eissington,  from 
Maid  of  Oxford  9th,  whose  genealogy  had  the  well  known  Grand 
Duke  of  Clarence,  Third  Duke  of  Claro,  Seventh  Duke  of  York,  and 
Fourth  Duke  of  Oxford,  at  the  head  of  a  pedigree,  with  a  good 
ancient  foundation,  but  not  fashionable.  Major  Conwy  continued 
to  increase  his  herd  either  by  breeding  or  purchase  until  1878,  when 
Mr.  Thornton  dispersed  seventy-five  head  at  £34  each.  The  owner 
being  encouraged  by  so  successful  a  sale  immediately  commenced  to 
purchase  females  with  a  view  of  forming  a  second  herd.  Hortensea, 
a  descendant  of  Mr.  E.  Ceiling's  Moss  Eose,  was  obtained  from 
Mr.  Thomas  Harris ;  Waterloo  Belle  and  Waterloo  Eose,  from  the 
Cumberland  herds  belonging  to  the  Earl  of  Lonsdaleand  Capt.  Gaudy, 


SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND.  397 

while  accompanying  the  latter  were  Czarina  and  Golden  Duchess 
7th;  Princess  Alexandra,  of  the  Place  tribe,  was  purchased  at  one  of 
the  Low  Hill  sales  ;  while  Kirldevington  Duchess,  Kirklevington 
Lady  6th,  Duchess  6th  and  Duchess  llth,  were  bought  at  Knightley 
Hall,  and  from  the  purchases  above  enmimerated  the  majority  of  the 
present  herd  descends.  The  animals  as  a  whole  are  well  grown 
(without  being  pampered)  and  good  dairy  cattle,  partaking  of  the 
Bates  style,  as  well  as  being  excellent  breeders.  Mr.  Bell  has  ever 
been  careful,  not  only  to  select  highly  bred  sires,  but  good  animals, 
the  result  being  that  there  are  as  fine  a  lot  of  young  bulls  at 
Bodrhyddan  as  eye  need  look  upon.  The  several  tribes  graze 
together,  and  of  the  Places,  it  may  be  written  that  they  are  prosperous ; 
Moss  Eoses,  even  ;  Acornbs  and  Kirklevingtons,  thoroughly  adapted 
for  the  dairy;  but  the  Waterloos  are  our  choice,  and  Wild  Eose  the 
best  of  all. 

At  Noyadd  Wilym,  near  to  the  County  town  of  Cardiganshire, 
Mr.  C.  Morgan-Eichardson  is  aiming  at  securing  a  good  herd  of 
dairy  shorthorns  and  any  heifers  failing  to  milk  satisfactory,  will  be 
drafted  without  regard  to  pedigree.  The  earlier  purchases  were 
selected  from  the  best  local  herds,  the  owner  endeavouring  to  breed 
from  animals  suited  by  their  strong  constitution  to  withstand  the 
somewhat  humid  climate  of  South  Wales,  and  of  the  more  recent 
acquisitions,  Content,  of  the  Quickly  tribe,  purchased  at  Mr.  W.  S. 
Gibbs'  sale  in  1884,  has  bred  two  heifers  since  coming  to  Noyadd 
Wilym ;  four  trace  to  Mr.  Cowling's  Cowslip,  who  had  a  double  cross 
of  Mr.  Charge's  Kitt  7127,  upon  a  cow  by  Mr.  Page's  Bull  6269, 
the  same  number  to  Mr.  Stiles  Eich's  Sweetbread,  while  Princess 
Eockvilleand  her  daughter,  Princess  Derwent,  are  of  the  Broadmoor 
Phillis  tribe.  Mr.  W.  Handley  supplied  Sir  Arthur  Derwent  50452, 
the  sire  in  service,  in  addition  to  Virtue,  a  daughter  of  the  prize 
winning  Golden  Treasure  51346,  the  former  having  also  Eoyal 
winners  for  sire  and  grand-sire,  viz  :  Sir  Arthur  Ingram  32490  and 
Master  Harbinger  40324,  while  the  next  generation,  Earl  of  Derwent 
28503,  was  also  a  well  known  show  bull.  Surely  with  so  much 
noted  prize  blood  in  his  veins,  his  produce  should  be  satisfactory, 


398  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

and  in  conclusion  it  may  be  added  that  it  is  Mr.  Morgan-Richardson's 
intention  to  use  only  males  containing  a  large  proportion  of  Booth 
blood  in  their  descent. 

At  Manoravon,  situate  in  the  beautiful  Vale  of  Towy,  Mr.  D. 
Pugh,  M.P.  has  the  only  Booth  herd  in  the  principality  and  right 
well  he  maintains  their  fame,  as  witnessed  by  the  specimens  he 
has  sent  forth  to  champion  the  breed  at  the  English  Royal  meetings, 
worthy  of  especial  mention  are  Czarina  Manoravon,  first  in  her 
class  at  Reading  and  afterwards  champion  at  the  Yorkshire,  in  1882, 
and  Zoe  5th,  winner  at  both  Norwich  and  Newcastle,  in  addition  to 
being  reserve  to  Lady  Pamela  for  championship  at  the  latter.  The 
successful  sale  at  Knowlmere  in  1871.  witnessed  Mr.  Pugh's  in- 
troduction into  shorthorn  breeding,  males  being  bought  in  the 
proportion  of  "two  to  one,"  Sir  Hildebrand  29963  and  Duke  of 
Albemarle  28355,  accompanying  the  three  hundred  guinea  March- 
ioness to  Manoravon,  both  purchases  proved  fortunate,  the  Mistress 
Mary  heifer  being  the  ancestress  of  a  numerous  family,  occupying 
the  fertile  pasture  on  the  banks  of  the  river  Towy,  and  the  two  Bliss 
sires  also  left  their  mark  on  the  after  purchases,  which  during  the 
past  sixteen  years  have  been  made  at  the  sales  held  at  Beestori, 
Hopton  Hall,  Killer  by,  Prinknash  Park,  Singleton  Park  and 
Stonewall  Park,  while  at  Aylesby,  Falmouth  38268,  was  bought  to 
succeed  the  Knowlmere  bulls,  Mr.  Aylmer's  Sir  Charles  44<)20 
being  purchased  in  1879,  to  assist  the  Flower  bull,  and  from  the 
beautiful  animals  exhibited  at  the  shows,  it  is  seen  that  both  crosses 
were  a  success,  the  former  lived  until  past  his  eleventh  year,  and  his 
son,  Bright  Falmouth — half-brother  to  the  prize  winner,  Bright 
Andrew  49196 — from  Bright  Morn,  a  very  mellow  touched  white, 
has  been  sharing  the  honours  of  the  herd  with  Pensioner  54790,  a 
Booth  topped  Sylph,  bred  at  Bally  waiter,  but  the  "coining"  sire  is 
the  roan  Matalini  yearling,  Victor  Andrew  55158,  a  son  of  the  before 
mentioned,  Bright  Andrew  49186  and  Vici:oi  ia  Junia,  he  is  wonder- 
fully level,  and  it  is  difficult  to  find  fault  with  his  compact  shapely 
frame,  which  if  used  extensively  in  the  herd,  should  help  to  maintain 
its  old  traditions  in  the  showyards,  and  anothe.  home-bred  yearling — • 


8HOKTHOUN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND.  300 

Royal  Pluto — from  the  younger  of  the  Killerby  purchases,  shows 
enough  merit  to  warrant  his  being  Victor  Andrew's  future 
"lieutenant." 

Something  like  a  score  of  all  ages  are  observed  in  the  pasture 
leading  to  the  buildings.  Taking  them  in  the  order  they  are 
introduced,  we  have  Charming  Belle,  a  very  nice  Sir  Charles  heifer, 
of  Knightley  extraction,  but  the  tribe  passing  through  Mr.  Meacle- 
"Waldo's  hands  before  coming  into  Wales,  it  is  now  quite  of  the 
Booth  type.  Marchioness  Towyvale  is  a  great  grand-daughter  of 
the  Knowlmere  purchase,  and  certainly  her  sweet  feminine  head, 
neat  shoulders  and  wide  expanding  ribs  make  her  the  most  desirable 
of  the  several  Mistress  Mary  cows  in  this  pasture,  although 
Marchioness  Manoravon  2nd  is  a  good  wealthy  sort,  and  Magdalene, 
a  deep  milker,  with  a  shapely  udder.  Portia  and  Queen  of 
Diamonds — the  Killerby  purchases — are  close  at  hand,  the  younger 
shows  nice  character,  while  the  aged  "  Queen,"  a  short  legged 
massive  red  and  white,  has  added  Queen  of  Hearts  to  the  Manoravon 
herd  since  her  arrival,  but  Victoria  Junia — the  mother  of  the 
excellent  young  bull — declines  to  further  increase  Mr.  Pugh's  list  of 
shorthorns.  The  Czarinas  and  Tulips,  trace  to  the  old  Strickland 
blood  through  the  Ozleworth  herd,  from  whence  they  were  obtained, 
Caroline  3rd,  representing  the  former,  is  a  neat  young  cow,  but  the 
best  are  still  to  be  seen,  and  Tabby  2nd,  is  a  very  pretty  calf,  by  the 
home-bred  Czar  54 1 40,  who  has  also  to  his  credit  another  attractive 
little  lady — Charmer  3rd — from  Charming  Lily,  and  with  the 
exception  of  a  weakness  in  her  loin,  Charming  Bead  3rd,  cannot  but 
be  thought  well  of.  In  another  pasture  near  the  Towy,  are  the 
massive  white  Lady  Elsie,  purchased  at  the  Prinknash  sale,  \\ith  her 
lengthy  capital  coated  daughter,  Lady  Charles  ;  Bright  Lady,  a 
strong  and  promising  heifer,  descended  from  the  greatly  admired 
Bright  Queen ;  and  Arabella,  a  large  framed  heavy  milking  roan  of 
short  descent. 

We  might  almost  fancy  ourselves  at  Warlaby  in  the  dark  days 
which  succeeded  the  several  attacks  of  foot  and  mouth  disease,  when 
on  entering  a  hill  side  pasture  the  dozen  cows  and  heifers  contained 


400  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

therein  may  be  said  to  be  more  or  less  "  doubtful "  as  to  their 
breeding  state,  although  hopes  are  entertained  that  some  two  or 
three  may  prove  in  calf,  as  Bright  Cymro  54039  has  been  running 
with  them  during  the  summer.  They  are  a  grand  heavy  fleshed  lot, 
with  great  ribs  and  wide  loins,  worthy  of  any  herd.  Czarina 
Manoravon  and  Marchioness  Manoravon  4th,  have  been  the  pair 
best  known  to  the  public,  the  former,  as  already  stated,  was  the  York- 
shire champion  female  of  1882,  and  the  latter  reserve  yearling  at 
the  Kilburn  Eoyal.  Charming  Alba  and  Charming  Bead  4th, 
represent  the  Sweethearts,  but  ^he  Czarinas  are  the  most  numerous, 
White  Zoe,  a  nice  ladylike  cow — the  dam  of  Zoe  5th  —is  here  along 
with  two  older  sisters  to  the  Eoyal  winner,  which,  reposing 
comfortably  in  her  box  at  the  Home  Farm,  appears  none  the  worse 
for  her  distant  journeys,  and  maintains  her  remarkably  true  form, 
but  if  exhibited  in  future  years,  the  judges  may  easily  pass  over  her 
undoubted  good  points,  if  she  does  not  mature  into  a  cow  of  greater 
scale  than  we  give  her  credit  for  doing.  Eebecca,  a  Eoyal  Saxon 
cow  was  bought  at  Hopton  Hall,  and  Lady  Geraldine  traces  to  the 
Killerby  herd  through  that  of  Prinknash.  It  is  certainly  unsatis 
factory  to  owner  and  manager  to  have  so  many  fine  animals  idle  on 
the  farm,  but  surely  it  is  not  beyond  the  skill  of  our  learned 
professors  to  discover  some  sure  and  infallible  remedy  for  a  disease — 
abortion — that  causes  such  serious  looses  in  many  hards  in  the 
country. 

The  Bates  portion  of  Sir  H.  H.  Vivian's  herd  is  located  on  his 
estate  at  Park  le  Breos,  eight  miles  from  Swansea,  but  a  dairy  herd 
descended  from  animals  purchased  from  the  Messrs.  Arkell  and 
Stratton  for  their  deep  milking  properties,  is  at  Singleton  Park,  in 
close  proximity  to  the  town.  Some  of  the  best  of  the  lots  at  the 
dispersion  of  the  Alton  Priors  and  Dudgrove  herds  were  secured  by 
Sir  H.  H.  Vivian,  thus  comment  on  their  good  frames  and  shapely 
udders  is  unnecessary  and  our  notes  will  be  confined  to  the 
choice  Bates  herd  now  gathered  together  on  the  Park  le  Breos 
estate.  Both  Duchesses  and  Oxfords  are  lepresented  in  the  male 
and  female  line,  or  to  be  correct  in  writing  ol  the  former  will  ba  as 


SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND.  401 

Grand  Duke  of  Geneva  3rd  49377,  purchased  at  the  Underley  sale, 
has  nofc  arrived,  but  the  female  specimens  are  wonderfully  good, 
especially  the  white  Grand  Duchess  46th,  which  exhibits  all  the 
symmetry  and  character  impressed  by  Duke  of  Connaught  upon  his 
produce.  Her  first  calf  was  unfortunately  lost,  but  the  second — 
Grand  Duchess  61st —  is  a  straight  nice  heifer  and  a  third  is  expected 
shortly.  Baroness  Oxford  5th,  the  highest  priced  of  her  tribe  in 
this  country,  came  into  the  owner's  possession  from  the  Preston  Hall 
sale,  and  a  wealthy  red  and  white  two  year  old  is  the  only  produce  she 
had  at  Park  le  Breos,  while  Duke  of  Oxford  70th  5  L 141,  a  shapely  red 
of  medium  size,  with  good  hair,  has  been  used  the  last  two  seasons. 
The  Wellingtonias,  or  Mariposas  as  they  are  now  named,  were 
obtained  at  Kimbolton  by  the  purchase  of  Sequoiah,  and  of  her  two 
daughters,  Mariposa  and  Mariposa  2nd,  we  prefer  the  latter,  which 
has  bred  a  straight  roan  yearling  in  addition  to  a  newly  dropped  bull 
calf.  The  Wild  Eyes  are  the  most  strongly  represented  tribe,  Lady 
Bright  Eyes  2nd,  Lady  Worcester  24th,  and  Belle  of  Worcester  2r,d, 
being  an  excellent  trio,  while  the  Darlingtons  are  not  far  behind  with 
an  exceptionally  pretty  calf,  and  her  mother,  Deepdale's  Darling, 
Sharon's  Rose  and  Sharon's  Rose  2nd,  bought  at  Elmhurst,  have 
proved  prolific  breeders,  the  former  having  had  five  heifers  since 
coming  into  her  present  owner's  possession,  four  of  which  were  sold 
at  the  Langleybury  sale,  with  the  produce  of  the  younger  cow, 
nothing  daunted,  the  pair  have  each  had  female  produce,  thus  this 
tribe  is  again  the  most  numerous  in  the  herd.  Royal  Gwynne  4th, 
hailing  from  Killhow,  worthily  representing  the  Cumberland 
"Pollies,"  had  six  hundred  and  sixty-one  gallons  placed  to  her  credit 
in  the  season  of  1884,  and  the  Siddington  Gazelles  have  also  a  fine 
specimen  in  the  aged  Gertrude. 

Alighting  at  Bridgend,  midway  betwixt  Swansea  and  Cardiff, 
we  proceed  to  Waunyscil,  a  little  under  a  mile  from  the  station,  to 
see  how  Mr.  W.  R.  Randall  has  fared  with  his  purchases  at  The 
Hendre  sale  of  1884,  where  he  obtained  Red  Rose  of  Maplewell 
{3rd,  a  daughter  of  Duke  of  Glos'ter  5th  36494,  and  the  imported 
Red  Rose  of  Braemar,  as  well  as  Wastwater  2nd,  combining  the 

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402  SHORTHORN  TTRRDS  OF 

Princess  and  Waterloo  strains,  with  a  dash  of  Booth  through  the 
maternal  grand-sire,  Dr.  Mac  Hale  15887.  The  former,  a  nice 
short  legged  deep  bodied  red,  has  bred  the  two  Eed  Eoses  of 
Waunyscil,  the  older  being  by  Blandford  50884,  an  Old  Daisy  calf, 
bought  at  The  Hendre,  while  the  Waterloo,  although  not  in  the  herd', 
has  bred  Wast  water  3rd,  a  remarkably  fine  two  year  old,  which 
when  exhibited  at  the  county  shows  was  awarded  second  honours, 
and  Dainty  Waterloo,  a  nice  yearling,  to  Sir  H.  H.  Vivian's  highly 
bred  Duchess  Nancy  bull,  Oxford  Dandy  48396.  A  third  family  at 
Waunyscil  are  the  Seraphinas,  which  comprise  Celeste  10th,  and 
her  two  daughters — Celestine  and  Celeste  llth — of  the  branch 
formerly  in  the  late  Lord  Sudeley's  possession,  when  they  were  well 
crossed  with  Bates  sires.  Mr.  Randall  has  three  good  old  tribes,  on 
which  to  found  a  herd,  and  with  sufficient  fresh  blood  to  allow  of 
crossing  with  highly  bred  Bates  bulls  without  fear  of  disaster. 

Mr.  J.  Howell  has  laid  the  foundation  of  a  herd  by  purchasing 
a  number  of  good  pedigree  dairy  cows  of  various  strains  of  blood, 
for  the  stocking  of  The  Green  farm  of  four  hundred  and  fifty  acres — 
the  greater  portion  of  which  has  been  purchased  by  him — four  miles 
distant  from  the  most  thriving  city  in  the  Principality,  and  on  which 
he  has  erected  a  most  commodious  set  of  buildings,  capable  of 
holding  one  of  the  finest  herds  of  cattle  in  the  country.  The 
piggeries,  not  yet  complete,  promise  to  be  first  class  in  their  depart- 
ment, the  residence,  erected  by  Mr.  Howell  for  his  own  occupation, 
being  of  the  same  tint  of  lime  stone,  and  the  whole  are  of 
recent  construction  and  pleasing  to  the  eye.  By  breeding  pare  bred 
stock  in  every  department  on  the  farm,  of  the  best  possible 
description,  is  the  only  way  the  enterprising  owner  can  hope  to  be 
repaid  a  fair  percentage  on  his  outlay. 

The  Blanches  are  the  most  numerous  family,  Mr.  Howell  having 
secured  seven  of  the  Roan  Duchess  branch,  so  famous  in  the  palmy 
days  of  Townley,  at  the  disperion  of  the  Ullenwood  herd,  and  Lady 
Wild  Eyes,  a  stylish  young  cow  of  considerable  scale,  one  of  the 
first  animals  shown  us,  lies  contentedly  in  a  loose  box,  the  number 


SHORTHORN    HKRDS    OF    ENGLAND.  403 

of  which  are  a  special  feature  in  the  construction  of  the  buildings. 
Two  roan  calves  which  accompanied  their  darns  from  Ullenwood, 
have  grown  into  a  nicy  pair  of  yearlings,  and  amongst  the  other 
most  prominent  animals  at  the  homestead  are  a  roan  heifer,  out  of 
Merry  May,  and  the  stock  sires,  which  comprise  Heathfi^ld,  a  son 
of  Mr.  Stratton's  Acropolis  47316,  from  M^rry  May,  and  Green- 
field, of  the  same  line  of  blood  but  by  lied  Rover  469&1,  out  of  Cyprus 
Gem,  of  the  Moss  Rose  family,  which  has  produced  so  many  good 
animals  in  the  hands  of  the  Messrs.  Stratton,  but  the  most  important 
of  the  trio  is  Baron  Oxford  3rd  4:2737,  bred  at  Havering  Park  and 
used  by  Mr.  C.  H.  Bassett  in  tho  Pilton  herd,  from  whom  h^  was 
privately  purchased  by  Mr.  Howell.  He  left  a  number  of  fine 
heifers  in  Devonshire,  and  is  a  massive  short  legged  animil  with  a 
fine  masculine  head,  indicative  of  his  aristocratic  lineage,  and  he 
should  mate  well  with  the  Blanches,  which  aie  particularly  free 
from  the  Oxford  blood.  Cleopatra  and  Merry  May,  two  of  the 
handsomest  and  best  cows  at  The  Duffryn  sale,  were  purchased  by 
Mr.  G.  W.  G.  Thomas,  after  whose  death  they  came  into  Mr. 
Howell's  possession  and  they  are  ceitainly  a  pair  of  animals  of  which 
any  owner  may  justly  be  proud  for  their  great  individual  merit- 
combined  with  grand  dairy  qualities.  Cots  wold  Rose  3rd,  having 
Mr.  Oliver's  Grand  Duke  of  Waterloo  2b766  for  sire,  is  a  grand 
old  matron,  and  Red  Rose  of  Hindlip  6th,  of  a  younger  generation, 
is  also  attractive,  she  came  from  the  great  Hindlip  sale  with  Zoe, 
and  her  two  daughters,  of  the  Old  Daisy  tribe,  the  latter  are  seen 
amongst  the  younger  cattle  and  promise  to  make  fine  cows,  but  our 
favourite  or.  the  heifers  is  Sweet-briar  12th,  which  came  with  the, 
Blanches  from  Ullenwood,  as  well  as  a  roan  Darlington.  In 
addition  to  the  Old  Daisies  from  Hindlip,  Lady  Daisy  was  bought 
at  The  Hendre,  and  a  roan  heifer  is  seen  from  her,  by  Prince 
Waterloo  4th  48531.  In  accompanying  the  owner  into  Cardiff,  we 
have  the  pleasure  of  riding  behind  the  fastest  cob  we  have  come 
acioss  in  all  our  wanderings,  and  on  our  next  visit  we  look  forward 
to  finding  an  excellent  herd  of  shorthorns  on  the  Green  Faim. 


404  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

On  the  opposite  side  of  Cardiff,  at  the  Home  Farm  of  the 
Marquis  of  Bute,  whose  name  is  so  well  known  in  connection  with 
the  splendid  docks  adjoining  the  town,  the  herd  numbering  not 
quite  a  "  score "  of  all  ages,  is  under  the  care  of  Mr.  Templeton. 
Patience,  a  roan  heifer  of  considerable  style  and  substance,  has  been 
exhibited,  her  quality  is  not  quite  so  much  to  our  liking  as  that  of 
Quiver,  from  Quicksilver  10th,  a  good  old  cow  of  Mr.  Hobbs'  breeding, 
afterwards  seen  in  the  Park  in  company  with  Premium  6th,  a 
squarely  built  white  of  large  scale.  Cleopatra's  Needle,  bred  at 
Laughton,  and  Julia,  from  Juniper  Berry,  bought  at  the  dispersion 
of  Mr.  W.  Bliss'  herd ;  as  well  as  Harmony,  a  great  milker,  and 
Clarionet,  her  red  attractive  daughter.  Included  in  the  older  heifers 
are  a  roan  Eose  of  Eaby,  by  Duke  of  Cumberland  49439,  from  the 
handsome  Eose  of  Eaby  3rd,  bought  at  the  Hindlip  sale,  and 
Thorndale  Blanche  3rd,  out  of  a  Grand  Duke  of  Geneva  2nd  cow, 
bred  at  Churchill  Heath,  the  remaining  ones  being  out  of  the 
matrons  already  mentioned.  Daisy  King,  a  capital  roan  yearling, 
particularly  good  in  his  front  and  middle,  was  purchased  in  Bingley 
Hall  last  March,  for  service  in  the  herd,  after  being  placed  second 
in  a  class  of  sixty. 

About  two  miles  beyond  the  Cardiff  Castle  Home  Farm,  we 
find  Mr.  H.  J.  E\ans  laid  the  foundation  of  his  Greenhill  herd  by 
selecting  from  Lord  Bute's  shorthorns,  Duchess,  a  cow  of  nice 
quality,  which  has  since  proved  a  particularly  good  breeder  and 
heavy  milker.  The  six  families  now  in  Mr.  Evans'  possession  are 
each  represented  by  three  female  members.  Minstrel  6th,  a  very 
handsome  specimen  of  Mr.  Bowly's  Musical  tribe  was  purchased  at 
the  Berkeley  sale  of  1882,  and  has  five  of  the  best  of  the  Siddington 
sires  at  the  head  of  her  pedigree.  Stoneleigh  Duchess  14th,  another 
very  fine  cow,  was  obtained  at  the  dispersion  of  the  late  Mr.  J.  J. 
Stone's  herd.  Princess  Honey,  of  Kingscote  origin,  bought  two 
years  later,  at  The  Hendre,  and  on  the  succeeding  day,  Merry 
Thought,  from  an  own  sister  to  Mr.  Howell's  grand  cow,  Merry 
May,  fell  to  Mr.  Evans'  bid  at  The  Duffryn.  Lastly,  Music, 
Minstrel,  and  Queen,  tracing  to  Mr.  Mason's  No.  25,  came  from 


SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND.  405 

Llangattock  Park.  Mr.  Homfray's  Eonmon  52892,  and  Mr. 
Stratton's  Prodigal,  were  the  earlier  sires,  Minstrel  Boy,  a  promising 
son  of  the  latter,  and  Minstrel  6th,  being  now  in  service,  wliile  a 
rich  roan  calf  bred  by  Mr.  W.  W.  Slye,  combining  the  Sweetheart 
blood  on  both  sides  of  the  house,  has  been  purchased  to  succeed  him. 


CHAPTER  XVII. 

The  Shropshire  Herds. —  Uffington. — Adcote. — Broom  House. — Plasyn 
Grove. — Hanley  Hall. — Garth  Hall. — Eaton  Constantine. — Sheriff 
Hales  Manor. — Ercall  Park. — Staffordshire  Herds. — Elmhurst  Hall. 
— Ellenhall. — Sugnall  Hall. — Various  Midland  Herds. —  Wroxall. — 
The  Outwoods. — Cheshire  Herds. — Clayley  Hall. — Talley  Grange. — 

Tatton  Park. 

On  reaching  Shrewsbury,  our  first  visit  is  to  Uffington,  three 
miles  distant,  where  the  herd  and  flock  have  a  fame  far  outside  the 
county  in  which  they  are  situate.  The  former  was  founded  nearly 
forty  years  ago  by  the  late  Mr.  John  Evans — father  of  the  present 
owners,  Messrs.  P.  A.  and  G.  Evans — from  cattle  selected  from  the 
herds  of  the  late  Lord  Hill,  and  Mr.  Gardiner,  of  Sandsaw.  Eor 
many  years  great  attention  was  paid  to  the  sires,  and  the  reputation 
of  the  stock  for  being  a  thoroughly  rent  paying  sort,  led  to  an 
extensive  demand  from  the  dairy  herds  in  the  West  Midlands  for 
the  male  produce,  which  still  continues,  and  the  yards  are  noticeably 
wanting  in  young  bulls  fit  for  service.  In  187#,  the  late  Mr.  Evans 
offered  between  fifty  and  sixty  head — with  the  exception  of  one  bull, 
not  a  single  other  animal  had  the  least  pretence  to  fashion  in  their 
breeding — which  brought  an  average  of  over  <£32,  entirely  on  their 
merits  as  good  and  useful  cattle,  and  three  years  later,  the  same 
number  increased  the  average  of  the  previous  sale  by  over  three 
pounds,  although  there  was  no  fashionable  element  prevailing  in  the 
breeding  to  cause  this  increase,  if  it  had  not  been  for  their  intrinsic 


406  SHOUTllORN    HKRDS    OF     KKOLAND. 

merits.  About  tins  period,  Mr.  Evans  began  to  purchase  an 
occasional  highly  bred  female,  and  Wild  Duke  3rd  42(511,  a  son  of 
Duke  of  Connausjht  38(504  and  Lady  Wild  Eyes  9th.  thus  being 
nearly  full  brother  to  Lord  Fitzhardinge's  beautiful  heifer,  Lady 
Wild  Eyes  loth.  Duke  of  Wetherby  5th  81083,  after  being 
used  at  Elmhurst,  Holker,  and  Wetherby,  was  bought  at  Mr.  Greo. 
Fox's  sale,  and  the  few  daughters  seen  at  Uffington,  show  his 
remarkable  impressivensss  as  a  sire.  Mr.  Casswell's  Laughton  Duke 
2nd  45086,  was  purchased  the  following  year,  and  the  succeeding 
one,  Duke  of  Ilindlip  2nd  46246,  hired  for  four  months  at  one 
hundred  and  seventy  guineas  from  Hindlip,  previous  to  going  to 
Audley  End  amongst  the  Thorndale  Roses.  Viscount  Oxford  of 
Elmhurst  48892 — a  grandson  of  Mr.  Lovatt's  1,400  guinea  Eleventh 
Maid  of  Oxford — has  left  a  number  of  grand  wealthy  daughters  in- 
cluding that  beautiful  heifer,  Lady  Oxford  Waterloo  5th,  which 
afterwards  proved  the  winner  at  Newcastle  in  the  youngest  female 
class.  His  successor,  Cambridge  Duke  20th  54068,  a  remarkably 
level  yearling,  with  capital  well  laid  shoulders — although  not  too 
thin — good  ribs,  and  depth  of  body,  was  bred  by  Mr.  C.  R.  Lynn, 
and  is  a  son  of  Knight  of  Oxford  3rd  43441  and  Eed  Rose  llth,  of 
the  English  branch  of  the  Cambridge  Roses. 

The  females  are  reared  without  any  forcing,  and  the  cows  and 
heifers  are  found  in  a  natural  healthy  breeding  state.  The 
Waterloos  are  the  most  prominent  family  in  the  herd,  and  even 
more  so  will  they  be,  since  Lady  Oxford  Waterloo  5th  has  gained  a 
Royal  victory,  certainly  she  is  a  sweet  ladylike  heifer,  and  although 
not  past  her  calfhood  at  the  date  of  our  visit,  she  displays  that 
trueness  of  outline,  which  she  shows  so  well  when  in  her  exhi- 
bition form,  indeed  it  was  the  opinion  of  the  Canadians  at  Newcastle 
that  she  was  the  most  promising  animal  in  any  of  the  heifer  classes 
for  next  season.  As  her  owners  refused  tempting  offers  for  her  to 
cross  the  water,  may  they  enjoy  the  pleasure  of  winning  future 
victories  with  this  the  most  beautiful  heifer  the  well  known  Bates 
tribe  has  produced  for  many  a  year.  Grand  Waterloo  2nd,  the 
grand  dam  of  the  last  mentioned  heifer,  was  the  late  Mr.  Evans' 


SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND.  407 

fortunate  purchase  at  Wallington  when  a  yearling,  and  is  still 
barely  ten  years  of  age,  having  bred  a  calf  regularly  every  year  since 
1880,  and  with  one  exception  they  have  been  heifers,  let  it  not  be 
supposed  that  this  is  a  solitary  instance  of  the  regular  breeding  of 
the  Uffington  cows,  because  owing  to  no  undue  forcing,  and  the 
practice  of  putting  the  heifers  to  the  bull  somewhat  young — when 
arriving  at  the  second  and  third  calf  no  ill  effects  are  observable — 
with  but  an  occasional  exception  they  are  most  regular  breeders. 
Lady  Wetherby  Waterloo,  a  handsome  red  and  white  daughter  of 
Duke  of  Wetherby  5th  31044  and  Grand  Waterloo  2nd,  has  bred  a 
pair  of  excellent  Lady  Oxford  Waterloos  to  Viscount  Oxford  of  Elin- 
hurst,  the  younger  being  the  best  of  the  calves  in  the  yard,  and  Grand 
Duchess  Waterloo,  a  still  older  sister,  has  Duke  of  Hindlip  2nd 
46426  for  sire,  she  is  a  very  taking  heifer,  with  capital  loins  and 
deep  brisket.  Mr.  Bates'  Wild  Eyes  family  are  also  found  in  the 
Uffington  pastures,  although  limited  to  two  half-sisters  from  Wild 
Duchess  3rd,  and  a  heifer  calf  from  the  older,  but  our  favourite  is 
the  deep  bodied  younger  sister,  Wild  Lady  of  Oxford.  Duchess 
Darlington  5th,  a  deep  milking  sort  from  Whittlebury,  has  bred 
a  couple  of  heifers  named  Darlington  Belle  and  Beauty  of  Darlington, 
while  Grand  Duchess  Carolina  3rd,  one  of  the  purest  bred  Craggs 
in  this  country,  is  still  at  Uffington,  having  had  a  bull  this  season, 
her  grand-daughter — Grand  Duchess  Carolina  7th  — having  however 
brought  a  heifer  as  her  first  contribution,  but  what  may  be  known  as 
the  ''Elsies  "  are  slightly  in  the  ascendant  as  to  numbers,  in  addition 
to  comprising  an  especially  fine  cow  in  Elsie  Duchess,  they  are 
descended  from  Elsie  Stuart,  sold  for  250gs.  at  the  Kingscote  sale 
of  1875,  and  have  retained  the  prefix  of  "  Elsie  "  since  coming  to 
their  present  abode.  The  Knightleys  are  of  several  branches,  the 
Charmers  being  represented  by  Lady  Clara  13th,  from  The  Oaklands, 
and  Charming  Sweetheart,  a  deep  red  short  legged  daughter  of  Duke 
of  Wetherby  5th  31044,  while  the  Rosies,  like  the  Craggs,  have  some 
of  the  highest  bred  of  their  tribe  at  Uffington,  Bertha  Fawsley 
having  five  Duchess  and  Oxford  crosses  upon  Sir  Charles  Knightley's 
Coquelicot,  and  some  of  the  heifers  have  still  two  more  Bates  sires, 


408  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

a  roan,  out  of  Baroness  Fawsley  8th,  being  particularly  level.  The 
Messrs.  Evans  have  also  many  fine  dairy  shorthorns  of  the  stamp 
which  the  public  appreciated  in  the  past,  and  on  future  occasions 
\vill  doubtless  do  so  again  when  the  triennial  sales  are  held,  or  rather 
we  believe  the  next  will  be  quadrennial,  as  owing  to  the  extensive  draft 
on  the  last  occasion,  an  extra  year  is  to  be  allowed  for  the  herd  to 
multiply,  ere  the  well  known  head  of  the  Midland  firm  of  shorthorn 
auctioneers  once  more  holds  the  "glass"  at  Uffington,  and  may  the 
bids  pour  in  as  quickly  as  the  grains  of  sand  run  out. 

After  inspecting  the  herd,  we  are  invited  to  see  the  far  famed 
flock  of  "Shiopshires,"  which  certainly  may  be  described  as  the 
finest  in  this  country,  as  at  the  last  annual  sale,  held  shortly  before 
our  visit,  the  honour  of  securing  both  the  highest  individual  pi-ice 
and  the  highest  average  ever  realized  at  public  auction  for  any  breed 
of  sheep  in  the  kingdom,  were  obtained  by  the  Uffington  flock. 
Founded  by  the  late  Mr.  Evans  forty  years  ago,  it  is  a  striking 
instance  of  what  can  be  done  in  breeding  by  judgement,  care  and 
management.  After  a  most  triumphant  show  yard  career,  the 
Uffington  flock  has  now  retired  on  its  well  earned  "  laurels,"  and 
the  great  success  which  attends  the  annual  ram  sales,  proves  the 
reliance  placed  in  it  by  the  leading  breeders  in  this  and  other 
countries.  Like  the  shorthorns,  the  Shropshires  are  kept  in  healthy 
breeding  condition,  and  form  a  picture  not  to  be  forgotten  by  any- 
one who  loves  high  class  stock  in  which  size  without  coarseness, 
beautifully  covered  heads,  and  striking  uniformity  of  character,  are 
at  once  discerned.  True  it  has  taken,  nearly  half  a  century,  to 
pei feet  them,  but  the  high  standard  aimed  at,  has  most  certainly 
been  attained. 

Although  the  postal  town  for  Adcote  is  the  same  as  Uffington, 
it  is  necessary  to  engage  the  services  of  the  "Great  Western"  before 
Baschurch  is  reached,  from  which  Adcote  is  under  three  miles,  here 
Mr.  A.  E.  W.  Darby  began  breeding  Booth  shorthhrns  in  1875, 
with  the  purchase  of  females  of  Mr.  E.  S.  Bruere's  Flower  tribe, 
and  a  Vesper  bull.  At  the  Bowness  sale  two  years  later,  Vernal 
Star,  and  her  daughter,  Vesper  Queen,  were  bought  at  high  prices, 


SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND.  409 

but  excepting  Twinkling  Star,  a  grand-daughter  of  Autumnal  Star, 
calved  in  this  country  before  Vernal  Star's  shipment  to  Canada,  no 
female  produce  are  found  in  the  herd.  Advantage  was  taken  by  Mr. 
Darby  in  1874,  on  the  occasion  of  the  dispersion  of  the  Acton 
Burnett  stock,  to  dispose  of  three  of  his  tribes.  Warlaby  has  supplied 
King  Harold  40053,  King  Hector  49809,  King  Eoderick  44999  and 
Eoyal  Mo\vbray  42330,  on  hire,  and  Czar  49348,  a  short  legged 
massive  bull,  wonderfully  covered  with  grand  hair,  was  purchased  at 
the  dispersion  of  the  Prinknash  herd,  his  breeding  is  equal  to  the 
Warlaby  sires  above  mentioned,  being  by  the  Christon  Lord  Prink- 
nash 2nd  38653,  out  of  Zenaicla,  a  daughter  of  the  beautiful  Zvezda, 
sad  to  say  he  is  the  last  of  this  highly  bred  branch  of  the  Bliss  tribe, 
which  in  Lady  Pigot's  possession  produced  the  successful  By  this 
25700,  as  well  as  Zvezda. 

In  the  Park  we  find  Eose  Eoyal — one  of  the  original  purchases 
of  the  Eose  family — with  a  rare  old  fashioned  udder,  and  alongside 
of  her  is  Eosa  Sabrina,  her  grand-daughter,  by  King  Harold  40053. 
Hill  Dewberry  3rd,  is  a  good  fleshed  young  Cold  Cream  cow,  so 
favourite  a  sort  at  Windsor  and  Sandringham,  but  Clara  Cleina,  the 
highest  priced  (leorgie  at  Knowlrnere  is  the  best  of  the  lot,  with  her 
excellent  ribs  and  well  laid  shoulders.  Her  dam,  Clara  Eegia,  by 
Eoyal  Stuart  40646,  from  Claribel,  bred  at  Killerby,  was  placed 
third  in  the  two  year  old  class  at  Eeading.  Several  fields  distant 
are  four  handsome  red  two  year  old  daughters  of  Eoyal  Mowbray 
42330,  our  favourites  being  Eosa  Susanna  and  Nancy  Mowbray,  the 
latter,  a  very  wealthy  good  heifer,  is  however  hardly  firm  enough  in 
her  loin.  Eosa  Superba,  from  Eose  Eoyal's  sister — Eosemary — and 
Nancy  Booth,  of  a  lighter  hue  in  colour  than  any  of  her  companions, 
is  a  daughter  of  Nancy  Lee,  the  first  heifer  calved  by  Cherry  Eose 
at  Adcote,  after  her  arrival  from  Kingsfort,  where  the  family  had 
been  for  several  generations  crossed  with  Warlaby  bulls,  and  of  the 
sires  which  compose  Nancy  Booth's  pedigree,  seven  were  bred  by 
the  Messrs.  Booth.  Nearer  the  homestead  are  Leodine  4th,  Eosa 
Verbena  *  and  Twinkling  Star,  in  point  of  seniority,  the  white 
Leodine  ranks  first,  being  nine  years  old  in  March,  and  the  matron  of 


410  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

the  successful  family  group  at  the  Shropshire  and  West  Midland 
show.  This  tribe  is  full  of  Messrs.  Colling,  Crofton  and  Jo bl ing's 
blood,  in  the  earlier  generations,  while  naturally  to  be  thought 
worthy  of  a  place  in  the  rising  Adcote  herd,  it.  h  is  been  in  recent 
years  mossed  with  Booth.  Twinkling  Star,  compact  and  level,  with 
grandly  sprung  ribs,  is  of  excellent  quality  and  appears  likely  to 
breed  some  good  bulls,  but  it  is  hoped  so  fine  a  representative  of  the 
ancient  Vesper  tribe  will  leave  female  produce  to  perpetuate  the 
tribal  name.  In  another  pasture,  Lady  G-aiety,  a  giand  heavily 
fleshed  roan  of  the  "Angus"  blood  on  both  sides — being  out  of  the 
Duke  of  Northumberland's  Gaiety  3rd — is  greatly  admired. 
Claribel,  her  companion,  has  been  a  fine  cow  in  her  younger  days,  and 
although  suffering  from  a  dislocated  hip,  is  now  heavy  in  calt  to 
King  Hector  49809.  In  returning  to  Ba^church,  we  are  shown 
two  more  small  groups,  the  first  comp  ising  four  young  heifers  of 
Mr.  Meade-Waldo's  Sir  Watkin's  get,  although  great  substance  is 
possessed  by  Eosa  Morrella,  yet  Princess  Gay — out  of  Lady  Gaiety- 
is  the  most  shapely  of  the  quartette.  In  the  adjoining  pasture, 
Lady  Leodine,  grazes  with  Nancy  L?e  and  her  daughter,  Nancy  Fell, 
very  handsome  cattle  of  the  Warlaby  type.  Mr.  Darby's  pens  of 
Berkshires  and  Cochin  Chinas  are  well  known  by  the  frequency  of 
their  successes  at  the  shows,  and  we  regret  not  having  time  to  visit 
them. 

Passing  northwards  to  Ellesmere,  we  drive  to  see  Mr.  W. 
Sheraton,  at  Broom  House,  who  has  been  interested  in  shorthorns 
for  the  past  thirty-seven  years,  his  first  purchases  being  made  at 
Darlington  Market  in  1850,  from  Mr.  R.  Emmerson  of  Ery holme, 
and  Mr.  Teasdale,  of  Darlington,  while  General  Aylmer,  of 
Wai  worth  Castle,  contributed  the  animal  that  proved  the  ancestress 
of  the  Wai  worth  Ladies.  Cattle  were  also  bought  from  Mr.  Forrest, 
of  Stretton,  in  Cheshire,  and  Major  Poole,  of  Terrick  Hall,  Whitchurch, 
the  Lady  Stowells  being  the  names  of  the  cattle  tracing  to  the  former 
herd,  and  Halstead  Ladies  and  Terrick  Ladies  to  the  latter.  The 
Lady  Harpers,  originally  descended  from  Lord  Hill's  stock,  were  so 
named  on  account  of  being  bought  of  a  Mr.  Harper,  in  1851,  and 


SHORTHORN    HKRDS    OF    KNGLAND.  411 

the  Hawarden  Ladies,  after  the  mansion — Hawarden  Castle — of  Sir 
S.  Glynn.  The  ancestress  of  the  Baroness  Beethams  and  Lady 
Hoppers  also  came  in  1851,  from  the  neighbourhood  of  Yarm,  while 
Actonia  4rh,  was  bought  at  the  Scaleby  Castle  sale  of  1868.  Eiom 
these  purchases  the  herd  is  descended  and  most  of  the  families  are 
of  Mr.  Sheraton's  own  "founding,"  he  began  by  using  Mr.  B. 
Stratton's  Herod  14670,  and  the  sires  that  have  succeeded  him  have 
been  selected,  either  for  personal  merit,  or  owing  to  being  descended 
from  what  in  the  owner's  opinion,  were  capital  milking  families, 
included  in  the  numerous  array  of  sires  which  he  has  bought,  have 
been  Lord  Fitz-Hugh  of  Wen sley dale  26645,  from  the  Earl  of 
Zetland,  of  the  Sonsie  tribe :  May  Duke  26885,  bred  by  Mr.  Tunni- 
cliffe,  out  of  a  May  Duchess,  said  to  be  a  k'  fourteen  to  sixteen  quart 
cow"  at  a  meal  when  on  a  good  pasture  ;  The  Sultan  40811,  bied  at 
Alnwick,  and  Mr.  Edmonds'  Earl  of  Southrop  22nd  51191.  Mr. 
Sheraton  has  continued  during  the  long  period  he  has  been  a  breeder, 
to  keep  the  milking  properties  in  view,  and  we  think  perhaps  to 
some  extent  to  the  extreme  of  overlooking  the  good  qualities  of  the 
animal. 

After  visiting  Broom  House,  we  are  soon  in  company  with 
Mr.  J.  D.  Owen,  who  drives  us  to  his  residence  at  Plasyn  Grove, 
surrounded  by  a  nice  estate  of  three  hundred  acres  of  mixed  soil, 
evidently  it  will  grow  shorthorns  by  the  class  of  cattle  we  find  grazing 
on  it.  Pedigree  cattle  have  only  been  bred  by  Mr.  Owen  for  nine 
years,  when  several  purchases  were  made  at  Major  Conwy's  sale  in 
1878,  and  two  years  later,  Twilight,  Barrington  Belle  2nd  and  Lord 
Muncaster  2nd  43542,  came  fiom  Winterfold,  the  male  was  used 
very  successfully,  as  witness  the  exceedingly  fine  cows  by  him  now 
at  Plasyn  Giove.  A  fuither  addition  of  th*ee  females  was  made  in 
1885,  at  Capt.  Mytton's  sale,  but  previously  Mr.  Sheraton  had 
supplied  him  with  the  same  number,  as  well  as  Duke  of  Hamilton 
3rd  4-3103,  the  first  pedigree  male  used  by  Mr.  Owen.  Oxford 
Bruom  48394  and  several  cows  were  obtained  from  Mr.  Topham, 
and  lastly,  Lord  Waterloo  4th  53228,  came  from  the  Osgodby  .herd, 
he  is  massive  without  coarseness,  his  shoulders  are  well  laid  and  not  too 


412  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OP  ENGLAND. 

thin,  ribs  good,  and  quarters  lengthy  without  losing  weight  in  the 
thigh.  If  we  may  judge  by  the  owner's  last  selection  of  a  sire,  we 
would  say  that  he  has  previously  used  good  animals,  as  the  character 
of  the  male  is  sure  to  show  itself  in  the  progeny.  The  calves,  j  callings 
and  two  year  olds  are  well  grown — although  not  pampered — and 
have  the  appearance  of  good  breeding,  with  strong  constitutions. 
The  forty  cows  in  milk  are  of  a  sufficiently  good  stamp  riot  only  to 
breed  and  rear  the  pedigree  young  bulls,  but  to  allow  a  liberal  supply 
of  milk  to  be  sent  to  Liverpool  each  day. 

Oswestry  is  the  next  halting  place,  after  leaving  Ellesmere  by 
the  Cambrian  line,  but  the  following  morning,  in  order  to  reach 
Hanley  Hall,  we  have  to  take  the  train  to  a  small  roadside  station, 
where  Mr.  J.  Humphreys  awaits  us,  and  driving  from  farm  to  farm, 
we  are  shown  a  number  of  excellent  cattle.  At  the  first  visited  are 
found  five  capital  young  bulls,  including  a  nice  yearling,  purchased 
for  home  use.  Mr.  Humphreys  has  been  enlisted  in  the  shorthorn 
interest  since  1870,  when  he  bought  Woodbine,  Norma  Maid, 
Elegance  and  White  Witch  at  Mr.  Provost's  sale  near  Ellesmere,  and 
six  years  later,  Norinidia,  of  the  old  Strickland  blood,  cost  63gs.  at 
Mr.  O.  Viveash's  sale.  There  are  several  animals  descended  from 
Lord  Hill's  stock  of  a  useful  sort,  but  the  best  family  are  the 
Duchesses,  tracing  to  Circassia  by  Sir  Watkin  2nd  10834,  the 
original  purchase  being  bought  from  Messrs.  Perry,  of  Acton  Pigott. 
Devonshire  Duchess  is  a  rare  sort,  and  Daisy  Duchess  3rd  has  bred 
a  pair  of  pretty  twins.  Numidias  Fifth,  Sixth  and  Seventh,  are  all 
good  representatives  of  their  tribe.  It  is  Mr.  Humphreys'  practice 
to  breed  about  twenty-five  calves  every  year,  and  sell  the  bulls  in 
Oswestry  market,  at  the  annual  sale,  where  the  highest  average  is 
generally  attained  by  the  Hanley  Hall  youngsters,  there  are  eight 
in  course  of  preparation  for  the  next  spring  sale  and  we  have  not 
had  the  pleasure  of  seeing  such  a  grand  well  shaped  coloury  lot  for 
a  long  time,  Sealskin  52122,  their  sire,  a  deep  red  of  great  depth 
and  length  and  very  impressive,  was  bred  by  Mr.  Warriner,  of 
Bloxain  Grove.  All  his  stock  are  either  reds  or  roans,  and  the 
calves,  yearlings  and  two  year  olds  are  of  similar  character  to  him- 
self, being  of  immense  size. 


SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND.  413 

On  arriving  in  due  course  at  Welshpool  and  passing  quickly 
through  the  town,  we  are  soon  in  sight  of  Garth  Hall — the  residence 
of  Capt.  Mytton — surrounded  by  its  well  sheltered  Park  of  sixty 
acres,  admirably  adapted  for  a  herd  of  pedigree  cattle,  especially 
when  seen  in  connexion  with  the  other  grass  and  arable  land,  some 
five  hundred  acres  which  the  owner  has  in  hand.  Captain  Mytton 
has  been  a  breeder  for  the  past  sixteen  years,  his  earliest  female 
purchases  being  made  from  Messrs.  Evans  and  .Nevett,  while  his 
males  have  been  Beacon  36225  and  Constantine  2nd  33404,  bred  in 
the  county  ;  Vespasian  32759,  Admiral  Hornby  42647,  Lord  Acomb 
3rd  41816,  of  Messrs.  Bayes,  Att water,  and  Allen's  breeding.  In 
1881,  Mr.  W.  Arkell's  first  prize  bull— Fitzwilliam  3rd  47887— in 
the  youngest  class  at  Bingley  Hall  was  purchased  for  105gs,  and 
afterwards  Mr.  G.  Hobbs'  highly  commended  Wellesley  23rd  48925, 
was  bought  in  the  Hall.  Somnambulist  52192,  a  neat  deep  red 
descendant  of  Mr.  Stratton's  Moss  Rose,  and  the  lengthy  stylish 
Baron  Bagpath  9th  50788,  from  Kingscote,  are  the  sires  in  service. 
In  consequence  of  the  disposal  of  fifty  shorthorns  in  1885,  the 
present  stock  of  one  hundred  and  fifty  head,  contains  only  about 
thirty  eligible  for  Coates',  but  the  owner  is  carefully  recording  the 
crosses  of  his  dairy  stock,  until  they  will  soon  become  "shorthorns" 
according  to  the  present  standard  of  the  Shorthorn  Society. 

Agnes,  the  matron  of  the  herd,  in  her  fourteenth  year,  is  a  rare 
sort  and  a  capital  breeder,  her  last  born,  Hannibal,  is  a  very  compact 
yearling  and  full  of  quality,  while  his  half-sister,  Imogene,  in 
preparation  for  the  Christmas  Shows,  is  not  behind  in  appearance, 
arid  will  receive  her  share  of  attention  when  she  reaches  Bingley 
Hall ;  Laura,  another  sister,  also  attractive ;  and  Lavinia,  an  older 
one,  is  of  an  excellent  stamp  and  a  good  breeder.  Alice,  Gwendoline 
and  Joyce,  all  useful  animals  belong  to  one  family,  but  are  of  various 
branches.  Lady  Dennison  3rd  and  Florence,  from  Mr.  D.  Arkell's, 
are  not  to  be  despised,  neither  is  Miss  Shrewsbury,  a  Yorton  Villa 
purchase ;  space  will  not  permit  our  naming  all  the  animals,  but 
there  are  descendants  of  Mr.  Robertson's  Verbena ;  Mr.  Burgess' 
Eglantine,  and  Pr.  Rowley's  Old  Strawberry,  the  last  named  a 
winner  at  the  Shrewsbury  Royal  in  1844. 


414  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

Returning  to  Shrewsbury,  we  depart  early  the  next  morning  to 
visit  the  Rev.  IT.  Beck  with,  of  Eaton  Constantine,  who  is  an 
admirer  of  a  well  descended  shorthorn,  with  a  pedigree  containing 
a  dash  of  Booth.  Mr.  Beckwith  has  been  a  breeder  since  isiis, 
when  he  purchased  Bonne  Bouche,  by  Mr.  Richaid  Booth's  Sir 
Roger  !(){)!)!,  a  grand-daughter  of  Mr.  B.  Wilson's  Bra  with  Lass. 
Jn  1871,  Chemois,  representing  Mr.  R.  Ceiling's  Blight  Eves  tribe, 
came  fiom  Mr.  C.  Stubbs'  sale.  Lastly,  Peeress,  of  the  Lavender 
family,  \v,is  bought  from  Mr.  T.  Harris,  of  Stoney  Lane.  The  sires 
used  h.ive  frequently  had  a  preponderance  of  the  blood  of  either 
Warlaby  or  Killerby  in  their  veins,  the  most  recent  having  been 
Prince  Fragrant  43795,  Herod  49718,  and  Hecatomb  4H4S9— own 
brothers— and  Paymaster  53395,  from  Artfeit,  Acton  Burnell,  and 
Mertoun.  The  entire  herd  are  descended  from  the  three  oiiginal 
purchases,  and  number  forty  head,  the,  animals  are  only  of  medium 
size,  owing  to  some  extent  to  the  limited  accommodation  and  the 
number  of  stock  bred  upon  it.  The  eight  young  bulls  in  preparation 
for  Bingley  Hall  are  principally  sons  of  the  neat  and  short 
legged  Paymaster  53295. 

After  returning  from  Mr.  Beckwith's,  we  proceed  to  Newport, 
and  thence  to  Sheriff  Hales  Manor,  the  residence  of  Mr.  G.  T. 
Phillips,  where  we  find  a  compact  little  herd,  all  descended  fiom 
Honeysuckle,  bought  from  Mr.  Bradburn  in  1870,  and  tracing  to 
Mr.  Colling's  Wellington  680  and  Favourite  25'2.  It  has  been  Mr. 
Phillips'  practice  to  send  most  of  his  cows  for  service  to  the  late 
Mr.  S.  L.  Horton's  bulls — the  breeder  of  Ruckley  50398— and 
annually  dispose  of  his  male  produce,  like  most  of  the  Shropshire 
breeders,  at  Birmingham  each  year,  and  the  female  portion  of  the 
herd  is  in  this  manner  also  reduced  from  time  to  time,  and  at  present 
consists  of  about  a  dozen,  but  they  are  cattle  of  large  scale,  and 
a  taking  character,  each  animal  showing  afamily  likeness.  Charming 
Princess — a  daughter  of  Honeysuckle — in  her  sixteenth  year,  would 
make  a  worthy  matron  of  an)  I.ibe,  yet  Snowdrop,  her  niec?,  at 
eleven  years  of  age,  is  quite  on  a  !  equality  with  her  on  every  point, 
she  has  been  the  winner  at  m  ..sy  an  agricultural  .show,  and  her 


SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND.  415 

daughter,  Snowdrop  2nd,  the  handsomest  co\v  in  th-j  herd,  is 
possessed  of  a  charming  head  and  deep  front,  with  good  ribs  and 
wide  loin.  Miss  Idsal  2nd,  also  a  good  sort,  has  a  pretty  calf  by 
her  side,  as  well  as  having  had  the  honour  of  breeding  Lord  Saturn, 
the  sire  in  service,  while  Miss  Butterfly  2nd,  a  thick  short  legged 
roan  yearling,  from  Miss  Butterfly,  is  thought  by  her  owner  to 
be  one  of  his  best  animals. 

At  Ercall  Park,  seven  miles  from  "Wellington,  Mr.  Geo.  Lewis 
breeds  pure  bred  stock  of  every  description,  and  he  has  naturally 
followed  the  example  of  his  brother  agriculturists  in  endeavouring 
to  maintain  the  fame  of  the  native  breed  of  sheep,  while  "Shires" 
and  "Large  Whites"  are  popular  in  their  respective  departments, 
and  the  cattle  consist  of  the  half  dozen  heifers  bought  at  Uflington, 
in  A  pill,  1884,  and  the  "quartette"  obtained  exactly  a  year  later, 
at  the  dispersion  of  the  Kadford  Hall  herd,  together  with  their 
produce.  The  former  comprised  Cherry  Charmer,  Wetherby 
Charmer,  and  Lady  Kirklevington  Sweetheart,  of  Knightley  origin ; 
Waterloo  Duchess,  a  red  daughter  of  Duke  of  Wetherby  5th 
31033  and  Waterloo  Belle,  of  the  fashionable  Waterloo  tribe; 
and  Grand  Duchess  Carolina  5th,  and  Nora  Craggs,  the  latter 
having  had  two  heifers  at  her  new  home.  The  E-adford  contingent 
are  the  same  serviceable  class  of  cattle  bred  for  so  many  years  by 
the  late  Mr.  E.  Lythall.  Cherry  Prince  vth  54091,  a  capital  heavy 
fleshed  son  of  the  Birmingham  champion  Prince  Saturn  46926,  was 
bred  like  the  better  known  Kuckley  50398  by  the  late  Mr.  S.  L. 
Horton,  and  proved  himself  a  serviceable  sire  for  Mr.  Lewis,  as 
well  as  a  prize  winner. 

The  foremost  herd  in  the  county  of  Stafford  is  that  of  Mr. 
Geo .  Fox,  bred  on  his  estate  at  Elmhurst  Hall,  within  three  miles 
from  the  City  of  Lichfield.  Mr.  Fox  originally  began  breeding  at 
Haresfield,  in  Cheshire,  and  the  purchases  made  by  him  at  the  cele- 
brated sales  held  at  Holker,  Dunmore,  Underley,  and  Gaddesby,  with 
the  extensive  importations  from  the  United  States  of  America,  which 
included  that  magnificent  bull,  Duke  of  Ahdiie  24th  36460 — long 


416  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

used  with  success  at  Elmhurst — are  well  known  in  the  annals  of 
shorthorn  history.  Four  public  sales  have  been  held,  and  an  average 
of  .£147  14s.  9d.  was  made  in  1877  for  forty-four  head,  the  later 
selections  were  of  more  fashionable  blood,  and  thus  the  failure  of 
the  more  recent  sales  to  exceed  the  first,  was  no  fault  of  the  owner, 
but  occurred  through  the  prevailing  depression  which  has  caused  so 
serious  a  relapse  in  the  shorthorn  market,  as  also  in  the  commercial 
world,  because  Mr.  Fox  had  as  before  stated  made  purchases  f i  oin 
many  of  the  best  herds  not  only  in  this  country,  but  in  America,  and  the 
sires  used,  had  been  of  the  bluest  blood,  Duke  of  Wetherby  5th 
31033,  being  purchased  from  Holker,  after  a  considerable  period  of 
service  in  that  well  known  herd,  whence  also  came  hi.s  son,  Duke  of 
Oxford  39th  38173,  bought  to  succeed  the  imported  Duke  of 
Airdrie  24th. 

The  Elmhurst  herd   is  now  found  in  the  spacious  buildings 
bordering  on  the  Park,  it  is  not  so  extensive  as  in  the  days  of  old,  but 
of  the  choicest  materials,  all  the  leading  Bates  tribes  excepting  the 
Duchesses  being  represented,  and  with  the  judicious  use  of  sires,  an 
average  greater  than  the  one  of  ten  years  ago,  ought  to  be  realized, 
when  the  overcrowding  of  the  buildings  renders  a  general  invitation 
to  the  public  to  gather  together  once  more  to  partake  of  the  owner's 
hospitality  necessary,  as  for  those  gentlemen  who  breed  not  only 
the  straightest  of  Bates  pedigrees,  but  animals  well  made,  and  of 
good  constitutions,  there  will  be  always  a  market,  and  with  the 
re-opening  of  the  Australian  ports  there  is  a  gleam  of  sunshine 
once  more  for  breeders.       Lord  Birrington   Bates  45063,  in  his 
seventh  year  still  reigns  at  the  head  of  the  herd,  he  was  bred  on 
the  premises,  being  by  Grand  Duke  31st  38374,  from  Lady  Edith 
Bates,  purchased  atUnderley  in  1880  for  300gs.  and  is  a  light  roan 
of  great  length  and  substance,  with  grand  masculine  character,  while 
most  of  his  produce  possess  the  robustness  and  length   of  their 
sire.       Waterloo  de  Breos  2rd  53820,  recently  purchased  from  Sir 
H.  H.  Vivian's  herd,  has  the  credit  of  the  "Waterloos  to  maintain, 
"as   no  females   of   this  tribe  an»  now  at  Elmhurst,  and  we    hear 
that  the  calves  arriving  by  him  a:  '  \*3ry  promising.     Since  our  visit 


SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND.  417 

Oxford  de  Vere  9th  54768,  a  promising  young  bull  of  the  Oxford 
tribe,  has  been  purchased  for  the  heifers.  The  matrons  are  grazing 
contentedly  in  front  of  the  "  Hall,"  and  the  aged  Duchess  of 
Barrington,  a  fine  handsome  cow,  out  of  Sir  W.  H.  Salt's  "  eight 
hundred  guinea  Millbeckstock  heifer  "  is  greatly  admired,  likewise 
is  Elmhurst  Barrington,  an  excellent  type  of  the  popular  Brailes 
branch  of  the  tribe,  and  the  latter's  little  daughter  displays  consid- 
erable style,  like  her  older  sister,  which  having  had  a.  calf  somewhat 
young,  requires  a  couple  more  years  to  develope.  Lady  Elmhurst 
Bates  and  Lady  Barrington  Bates  2nd,  a  pair  of  roan  two  year  olds, 
represent  the  highly  bred  Lady  Bates',  well  known  at  Havering 
Park  and  Beaumont  Grange,  while  Lally  of  Littlehurst — own  sister 
to  Lord  Eitzhardinge's  beautiful  cow — has  bred  three  heifers  since 
her  removal  from  Kimbolton.  Baroness  Oxford  of  Elmhurst,  a 
wealthy  well  grown  heifer,  combines  the  much  prized  Barrington 
and  Oxford  strains,  her  sire  having  been  Lord  Barrington  Bates 
45068,  and  dam,  Baroness  Oxford  4th,  bred  at  Holker.  The  Wild 
Eyes'  have  in  the  deep  bodied  symmetrical  Winsome  Wild  Eyes  5th, 
an  excellent  breeder,  her  five  sons  having  been  sold  for  very 
satisfactory  prices:  Lady  Elmhurst  Wild  Eyes,  is  also  of  the 
Winsome  branch,  being  from  the  handsomest  of  the  Lady  Ashton 
Wild  Eyes',  bought  by  Mr.  Eox,  at  the  dispersion  of  Mrs.  Starkie's 
choice  little  herd  ;  and  Lady  Barrington  Worcester,  is  a  grand- 
daughter of  one  of  the  best  of  the  tribe  sold  at  Winterfold  in  1872. 
Deepdale  4th,  a  very  level  daughter  of  Duke  of  Airdrie  24th  36460 
and  Cherry  Duchess  of  Elmhurst  5th.  have  the  reputation  of  the 
high  priced  Darlingtons  and  Cherry  Duchesses  to  maintain,  but  of 
the  three  Kirklevingtons  in  the  Park,  none  is  better  than  the  grandly 
ribbed  Rowfant  Kirklevington,  who  has  bred  a  capital  daughter, 
Elmhurst  Kirklevington,  excepting  the  hue  of  the  red,  which  is  a 
trifle  too  light  a  shade.  Last,  but  not  the  least,  are  the  Red  Roses, 
the  most  numerous  tribe  at  Elmhurst.  Red  Rose  of  Benledi,  an 
excellent  dairy  like  cow,  bred  at  Dunmore,  has  the  Sixth  Duke  of 
Geneva  30959,  for  sire,  whereas  the  honours  of  the  family — and  it 
may  almost  be  said  of  the  herd — are  carried  by  the  handsome  Red 


418  SHOIITHORN    HRItOS    OF    ENGLAND. 

"Rose  of  Trent  2nd,  from  Mr.  Abe  Renick's  Julia's  2nd  Rose,  of  the 
Poppy  branch,  considered  the  bast  at  Clintonville,  and  the  dam  of 
this  fine  cow  bred  for  Mr.  Fox,  Red  Rose  of  Tees  3rd,  the  thiid  prize 
two  year  old  at  the  Shrewsbury  Royal. 

The  neighbourhood  of  Brockton  is  nof  devoid  of  shorthorns, 
although  it  is  several  years  since  Messrs.  Allen,  B^ll  and  Timnicliffe — 
the  fortunate  owners  of  Eighth  Duke  of  York  28480,  which  from 
costing  five  hundred  as  a  calf  in  1869,  was  two  years  later  the  first 
animal  to  exceed  the  price  of  Comet  155,  sold  more  than  half-a- 
century  previous — ceased  to  breed  Bates  cattle,  yet  Mr.  S.  T. 
Addison,  at  Ellenhall,  has  been  quietly  breeding  pure  bred  stock  for 
the  past  thirteen  years  and  crossing  them  with  Bates  sires,  his  first 
purchase  being  four  females  at  the  dispersion  of  the  late  Mr.  H. 
Killick's  herd,  which  were  entirely  descended  from  a  pair  of:  twin 
heifers — Cherry  and  Cerito — bought  by  that  gentleman  from  Mr. 
Watson,  of  Walkeringham,  in  1845  and  with  a  foundation  of  real 
good  material.  The  five  descendants  of  the  Walton  Hall  purchases 
are  not  considered  equal  to  the  numerous  family — thiiteen  —  which 
trace  to  Mr.  Jonas  Webb's  Celia,  through  Mr.  Tunnicliffe's  Miss 
Emily  6th,  pronounced  one  of  the  finest  animals  at  the  dispersion  of 
his  herd,  and  by  the  before  mentioned  Eighth  Duke  of  York  284SO. 
Miss  Emily  7th,  a  nice  sort  of  a  cow,  is  the  matron,  but  it  is  her 
daughter,  Miss  Emily  9th,  a  grand  red  arid  white,  with  a  capital 
udder  that  is  pronounced  the  best  of  the  tiibe,  she  in  turn  is  the 
mother  of  a  useful  heifer.  Barrington  Duchess  2nd,  however  carries 
off  the  prize  for  beauty  amongst  the  dairy  cows,  as  she  steps  gaily 
over  the  turf  in  quife  a  regal  style,  as  if  conscious  of  the  superiority 
of  her  blood  over  that  of  her  companions,  and  two  daughters  have 
been  bred  by  her  since  leaving  Badminton.  Greorgie  Rosedale 
and  Georgie  Hindlip,  mother  and  daughter,  are  about  as  highly  bred 
specimens  of  Mr.  Bell's  G-eorgianas  as  can  be  found  in  this  country, 
and  it  will  be  difficult  to  find  a  Siddington  Musical  better  topped 
with  Duchess  and  Oxford  blood  than  Music  Mistress,  whose  son  has 
been  used  to  the  heifers,  his  predecessor,  Airdrie  Duke  52391,  a  very 
purely  bred  Craggs,  was  bred  at  Uffington,  and  in  earlier  days,  Mr. 


SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND.  419 

Addison  used  sires  of  the  fashionable  Darlington,  Waterloo  and 
Wild  Eyes  tribes.  The  most  recent  additions  are  Duchess  of  Elford 
2nd — a  Duchess  Nancy — and  Parrot  Grwynne  5th — of  the  "Polly  " 
branch — bought  at  the  dispersion  of  the  late  Col.  Webb's  herd. 

Driving  through  the  quiet  little  market  town  of  Eccleshall,  two 
miles  on  the  further  side  we  reach  Sugnall  Hall,  the  residence  of  Mr. 
W.  Williams,  and  on  proceeding  with  the  owner  to  his  Home  Farm, 
the  by  no  means  inappropriately  named  Model  51759,  a  level  son  of 
Mr.  Lloyd's  Lord  Bletchingley  45065 — who  was  used  by  Mr. 
Williams  before  being  passed  over  to  his  neighbour,  Mr.  Addison — 
and  Specimen  2nd,  bought  of  Mr.  Angerstein,  combining  both  the 
Charmer  and  Sweetheart  blood,  and  whose  descendants  are  now 
with  the  Furbelows,  the  most  numerous  tribes  in  Mr.  Williams' 
possession,  the  latter  tracing  to  the  half-sisters,  Honeydew  2nd  and 
Weston's  Honeydew,  bought  at  the  Elmhurst  sale  of  1877,  the  former 
being  by  Baron  Holker  30459,  a  son  of  Baron  Oxford  4th  25580, 
from  Bland,  of  the  Blanche  tribe,  and  the  latter  by  Grand  Duke 
of  \V  eston  3rd  34079,  who  was  from  that  fine  cow,  Grand  Duchess 
19th.  Previous  to  the  purchase  of  the  Honey  dews,  Mr.  Williams 
had  bought  Dianthus  and  her  bull  calf,  by  Duke  of  Oxford  26th 
23708,  of  the  Dido  family,  from  Mr.  J.  Robinson  at  Berkhampstead, 
the  youngster  was  named  B.iron  Sugnall  4106S,  and  afterwards 
largely  used.  Although  other  purchases  were  made,  yet  the  present 
herd  comprises  only  the  three  tribes  now  named,  but  another  branch 
of  the  Furbelows  was  added  through  Princess  Royal,  with  a  dash  of 
Booth  in  her  pedigree,  bought  at  Pitlochrie.  In  our  inspection  of 
the  females,  we  are  unaccompanied  by  the  herdsman,  and  the  bailiff, 
who  has  been  but  a  few  days  on  the  premises,  is  unable  to  indentify 
the  animals,  thus  we  are  compelled  to  abstain  from  noting  further 
than  that  there  are  several  fine  shorthorn  like  cows,  which  are 
understood  to  be  Furbelows  tracing  to  the  Elmhurst  purchases. 

Two  Midland  herds  have  been  unintentionally  omitted,  thus 
before  proceeding  northwards  we  will  devote  a  portion  of  this 
chapter  to  their  notice.  At  Wroxall,  rot  more  than  six  miles  from 
the  county  town  of  Warwickshire,  a  very  useful  newly  formed  herd 


420  SHORTHORN    HE11DS   OF    ENGLAND. 

is  to  be  seen.  Their  owner,  Mr.  George  Thompson,  began  to  pur- 
chase a  few  good  animals  three  years  ago,  not  caring  further  than 
that  they  were  eligible  and  carried  their  pedigree  both  "  above  and 
below,"  but  whether  caring  or  not,  he  has  secured  both  a  sound  good 
pedigree  and  an  excellent  animal  in  Lady  Emily  5th,  bred  at  Tardley, 
of  the  Walnut  tribe,  and  her  deep  red  son,  by  Mr.  Y.  R.  Graham's 
Craven,  is  a  source  of  great  admiration,  with  his  true  form 
and  rich  colour.  Symbol,  of  the  same  family,  has  immense  substance, 
but  lacks  the  gaiety  of  carriage  of  Lady  Emily  5th,  she  was  bought 
at  the  dispersion  of  The  Wolds  herd,  and  her  heifer  calf,  by  Royal 
Wine  52070,  is  considerably  neater  than  the  mother.  Lydia  and 
Marchioness  of  Lumley  3rd,  also  came  from  Mr.  Garner's  sale  and 
have  pedigrees  full  of  the  noted  blood  of  Messrs.  Maynard  and 
Wetherell  in  earlier  days,  and  latterly  topped  with  Bates.  Mr. 
Thompson  has  been  especially  successful  in  the  dairy  classes  and  a 
grand  old  roan  non-pedigree  cow,  with  Clarissa  and  Octavia,  own 
sisters  in  blood,  bred  by  Mr.  James  Kendall,  make  a  splendid  trio, 
the  former  is  a  magnificent  animal,  while  the  latter,  a  true  made  short- 
horn, is  still  almost  a  model  of  a  dairy  cow,  although  fast  advancing 
in  years.  The  level  Oxfoid  Minstrel  4th,  and  Moorland  Daisy,  a 
fine  old  matron  in  the  thirteenth  year,  of  the  old  established 
Gwynne  and  Old  Daisy  families  are  in  company  with  the  previously 
mentioned  trio,  the  latter  has  already  bred  two  heifers  and  appears 
equal  to  further  increase  the  herd.  Sir  Neville,  a  very  level  lengthy 
son  of  Grand  Ruth  46459  and  Network,  has  been  in  service  since 
his  purchase  at  Bingley  Hall,  where  he  was  highly  commended  in  a 
class  of  one  hundred  and  seventy.  In  entering  a  meadow  in  which 
we  find  half-a  dozen  wealthy  good  coloured  heifers,  a  Kingscote 
Honey  at  once  attracts  attention,  while  The  Queen  is  from  Clarissa, 
but  Wroxall  Beauty  and  her  younger  sister,  Lady  Elizabeth,  from 
Octavia,  are  excellent  of  their  respective  ages,  and  quite  the  choice 
of  the  young  stock.  Mr.  Thompson  believes  not  only  in  having  a 
herd  of  good  cattle,  but  his  Shropshires  descended  from  the  flocks  of 
Lord  Chesham,  Sir  R.  Loder,  Bart.,  Messrs.  G.  Graham  and  Beach,  are 
a  useful  shapely  lot  of  sheep,  while  the  "Large  Whites  "  which  occupy 
the  piggeries,  have  won  many  prizes. 


SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND.  421 

On  the  borders  of  Leicestershire  and  one  mile  from  Hinckley 
station,  there  is  a  "pleasantly  situated  residence,  with  tastefully  laid 
out  grounds  surrounding  it,  known  by  the  name  of  The  Out  woods, 
occupied  by  Mr.  S.  C.  Pilgrim,  who  is  not  only  fond  of  agricultural 
pursuits,  but  takes  great  interest  in  his  live  stock.  The  occupation 
comprises  five  hundred  acres,  but  two  fifths  of  it  is  shortly  to  be 
given  up,  which  naturally  will  demand  a  reduction  in  both  the  herd 
and  flock,  in  the  latter  Mr.  Pilgrim  has  made  his  mark  as  a  Shrop- 
shire ram  breeder  with  his  annual  sales,  and  in  the  former  his  name 
has  long  been  associated  as  a  successful  bull  breeder  in  connection 
with  Bingley  Hall,  where  the  prize  for  the  best  "  five  "  bred  by  one 
exhibitor  has  fallen  to  his  share,  they  were  not  animals  out  of  costly 
purchases,  but  from  dams  of  the  owner's  own  breeding,  as  well  as 
the  preceding  generations,  which  had  been  in  the  possession  of  the 
owner  since  he  selected  twenty-five  dairy  cows  in  1848,  when  taking 
possession  of  The  Burbage  Manor  Farm,  adjoining  The  Out  woods, 
acquired  at  a  later  period.  Pedigree  sires  were  used  and  the  worst 
of  the  offspring  parted  with,  thus  breeding  under  such  conditions, 
naturally  leaves  the  h3rd  free  from  "weeds."  The  first  male  in 
service  was  Mr.  Brooke's  Geddington  8102,  he  was  followed  by  Mr. 
Crossland's  Plato  11907,  afterwards  Mr.  Lythall's  Leamington  22084 
and  Mr.  Ivens'  Marengo  13294,  were  obtained.  Col.  Kingscote 
then  supplied  Knight  of  Wetherby  24283  and  Lord  of  the  Lilacs  5th 
26712.  In  later  days,  Stancliffe  sent  Third  Duke  of  Lorn  30987  ; 
Brailes,  Duke  of  Charmingland  llth  41369  and  Duke  Cherry  Gwynne 
46180  ;  and  Wicken  Park,  John  O'Gaunt  34265,  which  have  all  been 
impressive  sires.  Roan  Carew  54921,  a  son  of  Mr.  Ackers'  Sir  John 
Carew  2nd  47107,  from  a  Grand  Duke  of  Waterloo  cow,  is  the  sire 
of  nine  creditable  young  bulls  of  excellent  colours,  and  reigns  at  the 
head  of  the  herd,  which  usually  comprises  nearly  one  hundred  head, 
about  half  of  which  at  the  present  time  are  large  framed  dairy  cows, 
well  adapted  for  supplying  the  materials  for  the  making  of  cheese, 
which  is  Mr.  Pilgrim's  mode  of  converting  the  dairy  produce  into  a 
marketable  commodity  in  addition  to  the  providing  for  the  heifer 
calves  and  the  half-score  of  bulls  which  are  annually  reared.  It  is 


422  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

remarkable  that  in  so  large  a  herd  there  is  but  one  white,  and  it  may 
be  added  that  the  owner  recently  has  had  a  visitor  who  selected  the 
best  of  the  yearlings  for  exportation,  and  after  the  visit  of  Messrs. 
Lythall,  Mansell  and  Walters,  in  March  next,  the  herd  will  be 
reduced  to  under  fifty  head. 

Cheshire  has  long  been  famous  for  its  dairy  produce  and  the 
fine  herds  of  cattle  which  give  the  milk  from  which  the  celebrated 
cheese  is  made,  and  Mr.  George  Cooke,  of  Clayley  Hall,  whose  farm 
is  within  seven  miles  from  the  city  of  Chester,  but  not  more  than 
half-a-mile  from  Tattenhall  Station,  where  we  alight,  holds  a 
prominent  position,  not  only  as  a  breeder  of  "  Dairy  shorthorns," 
but  as  a  successful  exhibitor,  and  <£  1,000  has  been  won  by  animals 
from  the  Clayley  Hall  herd,  principally  however  in  the  dairy  classes, 
including  honours  at  the  "  Koyal,"  London  Dairy  Show,  and  County 
shows,  as  well  as  the  local  exhibitions.  On  the  day  of  our  visit,  Mr. 
Cooke  had  departed  before  the  arrival  of  our  telegram,  to  read  a 
paper  on  the  "  Cow  and  her  produce,"  before  the  members  of  the 
Wirrall  Farmer's  Club,  which  on  perusing  in  due  course,  we  found  it 
had  been  ably  explained  that  "  Dairy  Shorthorns  "  were  the  most 
profitable  kind  of  stock  to  be  kept  upon  Cheshire  farms.  The  herd 
has  been  bred  at  Clayley  Hall  since  1872,  when  on  succeeding  to 
the  stock  from  his  father — who  had  previously  used  pedigree  bulls 
for  many  years  upon  the  ordinary  cattle  of  the  district — he  found 
2nd  Duke  of  Sutherland  31120,  bred  by  Mr.  Thomas  Bell,  in  service. 
The  majority  of  the  cattle  are  descended  from  animals  selected  by 
the  late  Mr.  Cooke,  and  crossed  with  shorthorn  sires  as  previously 
stated,  and  there  are  few  who  can  exhibit  seventy  such  profitable 
looking  animals  as  Mr.  Cooke,  they  are  not  only  adapted  for 
supplying  Liverpool  with  milk,  but  are  not  behind  as  beef  producers 
when  required  for  that  purpose.  Mary,  the  champion  shorthorn  at 
the  recent  Manchester  show,  is  probably  one  of  the  finest  cows  at 
Clayley  Hall,  where  are  found  representatives  of  Col.  Townley's 
Barmpton  Eoses,  Mr.  B.  Wilson's  Certainties  and  Col.  Cradock's 
Dainties,  with  Confidence  52654 — exhibited  by  Messrs.  Breach  and 
Coupland  during  1886  and  placed  third  at  Norwich — standing  at 


SHORTHOIIX    HERDS    OF    ENGLAND.  423 

the  head  of  the  herd,  his  massive  frame,  well  sprung  ribs  and  broad 
back,  cannot  but  draw  admiration  from  any  admirer  of  a  good 
shorthorn. 

The  late  Mr.  Raymond  S.  Bruere  attached  special  value  to  the 
Vesper  tribe,  and  although  he  has  departed  this  life,  the  favour  with 
which  they  were  regarded  by  their  former  owner,  is  still  extended 
to  them  by  Mr.  Alfred  Ashworth,  whose  trio  of  females  in  the  choice 
bit  of  "turf"  behind  his  pretty  residence,  Tabley  Grange,  are  a 
source  of  much  pleasure  to  their  breeder,  who  it  may  be  added]  was 
an  intimate  friend  of  the  late  Mr.  Bruere,  from  whom  he  obtained 
Serene  Star,  by  Booth's  Royal  Signet  28061,  as  a  calf  in  1874.  Mr. 
Ashworth  has  been  connected  with  -shorthorns  since  1868,  but  foot 
and  mouth,  followed  by  a  long  run  of  male  produce,  has  prevented 
the  herd  from  multiplying,  and  in  addition  to  the  Vesper  trio — 
since  changed  into  a  "  quartette  " — there  are  but  a  couple  of  Georgies 
and  Dandy  Girl,  a  fine  dairy  shorthorn,  owning  Mr.  Aylmer's  Royal 
Victor  35414  for  sire.  The  Georgies  comprise  Veracity,  a  daughter 
of  Baron  Aylesby  39397 — who  was  out  of  Mr.  Torr's  Bright  Lady  — 
and  Verity,  from  Vacillation,  bred  at  Killerby,  in  addition  to  her 
promising  yearling  heifer. 

More  than  usual  interest  attaches  to  a  celebrated  tribe  when  it 
comes  entirely  under  the  control  of  one  individual,  and  especially 
must  this  be  felt  when  with  the  exception  of  Mr.  Darby's  Twinkling 
Star,  the  whole  of  the  females  which  trace  through  Mr  Bruere's 
hands — in  whose  possession  they  were  for  nearly  fifty  years — now 
belong  to  Mr.  Ashworth,  as  no  return  of  the  produce  of  Statira,  and 
Stella,  sold  at  Milbeckstock  on  their  importation  from  Canada,  has 
since  been  made  to  Coates',  it  is  doubtful  if  any  exist.  Mr.  Bruere 
in  his  school  days  used  to  visit  Mr.  Richard  Booth,  at  Studley,  and 
there,  as  mentioned  in  "  Saddle  and  Sirloin,"  his  youthful  heart  was 
stolen  by  the  "buxom  matrons,"  indeed  so  badly  was  he  affected 
that  when  visiting  relations  at  Ripon,  before  joining  his  regiment  in 
India,  for  which  his  outfit  had  been  provided,  he  attended  a  sale  in 
tli  at  neighbourhood  and  purchased  Vesper — then  a  doubtful  breeder — 
for  .£30,  and  afterwards  settled  at  Middleham,  causing  great 


424  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

offence  to  his  family.  Considering  that  Morning  Star  (the  sire  of 
Vesper)  was  Bracelet's  son,  and  Priam  (her  grand-sire  on  the 
maternal  side)  her  sire,  and  the  after  crosses  of  King  Arthur  and 
Prince  George  were  full  of  the  blood  of  Buckingham,  it  will  be 
difficult  to  find  any  one  tribe  more  impregnated  with  this  celebrated 
blood.  Mr.  Bruere  realized  large  prices  for  males  and  females,  Mr. 
Cochrane  buying  Star  Queen  and  Vesper  Star,  at  500gs  each,  the 
latter  on  her  re-importation  exactly  doubling  her  cost  price,  and 
Vernal  Star,  who  had  gone  out  in  the  bloom  of  her  youth  at  400gs, 
returned  in  the  comeliness  of  matronhood  to  increase  it  by  h  sixty," 
and  the  heifer  which  accompanied  her,  brought  TOOgs.  from  Mr.  A. 
E.  W.  Darby.  What  more  can  be  written  to  impress  the  public 
with  the  value  of  the  Vesper  tribe?  In  the  days  of  old,  Mr.  Bruere 
had  a  capital  demand  for  the  males,  at  good  prices,  and  Star  of  the 
Realm,  bred  by  Mr.  Cochrane  from  Star  Queen,  was  one  of  the  most 
noted  Booth  animals  in  America.  Lunar  Star  and  Simeon  Star,  by 
Mr.  J.  B.  Booth's  Moonstone  37107  and  Mr.  Ay  liner's  Sir  Simeon 
42412,  are  half-sisters,  from  Seclusion  Star,  who  had  two  Vesper 
crosses  upon  Mr.  Carr's  Sir  Windsor  Broughton  27507,  the  older  is 
a  light  roan  of  symmetrical  form,  being  especially  well  sprung  in  her 
rib  and  level  in  her  loins,  but  the  younger  was  unfortunately  served 
by  Seclusion  Star's  son,  True  Blue  53767,  when  ten  months  old,  and 
the  produce  Azure  Star,  is  very  promising  under  the  unpropitious 
circumstances  in  which  she  came  into  the  world,  and  the  cow  while 
lacking  in  the  sweet  feminine  head  of  Lunar  Star,  is  preferred  by 
the  owner  for  her  good  looks,  may  the  two  heifers  she  has  bred  in 
succession — one  born  since  our  visit,  by  Czar  49348,  whose  son  from 
the  older  sister  is  a  wonderfully  level  youngster,  with  grand  hair 
and  quality — augur  a  bright  future  for  this  valuable  old  tribe. 

Lord  Egerton's  Home  Farm  on  the  Tatton  Park  estate,  is  within 
driving  distance — five  miles — of  Tabley  Grange,  and  although  the 
noble  owner  is  not  an  extensive  breeder  of  pedigree  cattle,  yet 
included  in  his  grand  lot  of  deep  milking  dairy  cows,  is  as  fine  a 
specimen  of  a  shorthorn  as  need  be  wished  for  when  Lady  Ashton 
G-wynne,  considered  the  best  of  Pilton  cattle  sold  in  May  last — 


SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND.  425 

which  were  an  exceptionally  fine  lot — passes  before  us.  Again, 
Cherry  Duchess,  a  fine  red  Foggathorpe  of  a  large  scale,  purchased 
at  the  Tardley  sale,  stands  out  prominent  in  a  mixture  of  "  dried  " 
in  calf  cows  and  heifers,  both  pedigree  and  non-pedigree.  Charlock 
and  Cherry  Princess,  are  the  daughters  of  Cherry  Duchess,  while 
Lady  Uist  3rd,  also  from  Tardley,  of  the  Knightley  Euby  tribe, 
has  likewise  bred  a  heifer,  but  to  a  different  sire.  The  majority  of 
the  other  registered  stock  descend  from  cows  and  heifers  bought  at 
the  dispersion  of  Mr.  Gr.  Gr.  Blantern's  well  known  dairy  herd.  A 
pair  of  promising  roan  bull  calves  of  the  Old  Daisy  and  Wild  Eyes 
families  were  purchased  at  Mr.  Bassett's  sale,  and  Whitethorn,  a 
level  son  of  King  Stephen  46559  and  Strawberry  Bloom,  of  Angus 
foundation,  came  from  the  dispersion  of  the  Storrs  herd,  where  her 
half-sister,  Grafted  Eose,  from  Seedling  Eose,  a  daughter  of  the 
magnificent  White  Eose,  bred  at  Warlaby,  was  also  obtained. 


426  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 


CHAPTER    XVIII. 

Tlie  Lancashire  Herds. — Lathom  House. — Springwood. — Croxto  n 
Hull. — Lime/ield  House. — Livesey. — Moreton  Hall. — Penwortham 
Priory. — Clifton  Hill. — Scale  Hall.  —  South  Westmoreland  Herds. — 
Arkholme. — W  rayton  Hall. —  Underley  Hall. — Rigmaden  Park.— 
Coat  Green.  —  Thorn  Leiijh. —  GreenJiead. — Deepthwaite  Honw. — 
Hohnscales. — Sedywick. — Water  Crook. — The  Lound. — Lane  Foot. — 
Skehincrnh  Hall. — Cleabarroic. — Lancashire  Herds  (continued).  — 
Colthouse. — Hawkshead  Hall. — Coniston  Bank. — Low  Hall. — 
Grange. — Wharton  Grange. — Holker  Hall. 

Lancashire,  although  largely  covered  with  manufacturing 
towns,  has  many  a  quiet  corner  in  which  shorthorns  are  bred  with 
as  great  zeal  as  in  the  more  favoured  counties,  and  several  oF  the  most 
successful  sales  in  connection  with  the  breed  have  taken  place 
within  its  area.  Crossing  that  important  centre  of  commercial 
life — Liverpool — and  proceeding  to  Ormskirk  by  a  section  of  the 
"Lancashire  and  "Yorkshire,"  we  are  within  three  miles  of  Lathom 
House,  where  resides  the  Right  Hon.  the  Earl  of  Lathom,  the 
possessor  of  one  of  the  purest  Bates  herds  in  the  kingdom.  The 
herd  was  founded  in  1864,  by  purchases  made  at  the  TWnley  sale, 
afterwards  the  leading  sales  of  the  day  supplied  other  animals,  but 
it  was  not  until  1873  that  the  noble  owner — then  known  as  Lord 
Skelmersdale — made  his  famous  purchase — First  Duchess  of 
Oneida— at  New  York  Mills  in  1873,  for  3000  gs.,  and  which  has 
since  proved  the  most  prolific  of  the  tribe  sold  that  day,  and  indeed 
we  may  add  that  there  is  not  a  single  descendant  from  any  of  the 
females  sold  on  that  occasion,  excepting  First  Duchess  of  Oneida, 
from  whom  the  owner  has  sold  three  females,  Duchess  of  Ormskirk, 
reaching  2000gs.,  at  the  sale  of  1879,  when  over  o£300  was  the 
average  of  not  quite  a  score  of  females,  while  two  heifers  were  the 
highest  priced  animals  at  the  latter  sale,  and  in  addition  four  are 
now  at  Lathom,  Duchess  of  Ormskirk  2nd,  a  handsome  red  and 


SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND.  427 

white  daughter  of  Duke  of  Wetherby  5th  31033,  and  th«  "original 
purchase"  has  bred  the  level  red  and  white  Fourth,  who  in  turn 
has  had  the  Ninth,  a  particularly  lengthy  qnaitered  heifer,  like 
the  mother,  but  the  Tenth,  from  the  Third,  lacks  the  flesh  forming 
properties  of  the  other  branch. 

The  Wild  Eyes  have  for  many  years  been  a  strong  family  in 
the  herd,  and  those  readers  who  remember  Bright  Eyes  5th,  Lady 
Wild  Eyes,  Winsome  7th,  Winsome  17th,  and  Wild  Erin,  will 
have  some  idea  of  the  character  of  the  tribe  at  Lathom.  Lady 
Wild  Eyes  6th,  with  her  lengthy  white  calf,  and  a  red  and  white 
Grand  Duke  of  Worcester  2nd  square-framed  cow,  from  the  hand- 
some heifer  that  cost  the  noble  owner  820gs.  at  Conishead  Priory, 
are  what  remain  at  Lathom  of  one  of  the  purest  branches  of  the 
tribe.  Winsome  Beauty  2nd,  a  fine  roan  daughter  of  Baron 
Oxford  4th  25580,  and  Winsome  7th,  possesses  grand  shorthorn 
character,  while  Winsome  Beauty  9th,  the  same  noble  sire's 
progeny,  is  a  beautiful  young  cow  with  extraordinary  fore  quarters ; 
with  the  exception  of  Lady  Wild  Eyes,  and  Wild  Erin,  all  the 
female  produce  of  the  animals  before  alluded  to  are  named 
Winsome  Beauties,  and  especially  good  are  the  Twelfth  and  Six- 
teenth, out  of  the  Second,  the  latter  being  an  extremely  fascinating 
little  lady,  and  of  her  older  sister,  she  may  be  pronounced  one  of 
the  best  in  the  place.  Of  the  half-sisters,  Wild  Empress  2nd  and 
Wild  Empress  4th,  the  younger  is  a  robust,  growing  roan,  of  good 
quality.  The  Waterloos  have  done  well  at  Lathom  in  former  days, 
and  although  sold  out  ten  years  ago,  they  have  been  re-introduced 
by  the  purchase  of  Waterloo  38th,  and  Waterloo  46th  ;  the  latter 
is  a  lengthy  fine  cow  with  an  excellent  loin  and  back,  while  Edith 
Waterloo,  from  Waterloo  38th,  square  and  shapely  like  the  younger 
Penryhn  bred  Waterloo,  has  not  the  same  well  formed  head  and 
horn.  Lally  Barrington  3rd  is  one  of  the  only  two  specimens  of 
the  family  in  this  country  without  the  Malachite  cross,  and  March- 
ioness 13th,  has  recently  bred  after  three  years  idleness.  Another 
fashionable  family  are  limited  to  one  representative,  as  Thorndale  Eose 
26th,  a  deep-bosomed,  light-coloured  roan,  bought  at  Audley  End,  has 


4-28  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

not  yet  made  an  addition  to  the  herd.  The  handsome  Carrie  Craggs, 
bred  at  Whittlebury,  is  the  best  of  the  tribe,  of  which  there  are 
a  couple  more  descended  through  Havering  Park  and  Penrybn 
Castle.  The  best  of  the  Princesses  have  generally  been  inclined  to 
breed  a  greater  proportion  of  the  male  sex  than  the  one  more 
coveted,  hence  their  comparative  scarcity  at  the  present  day,  yet 
Princess  of  Lightburne  2nd,  bought  for  a  high  price  twelve  years 
ago,  has  proved  an  exception,  as  Princess  of  Blythe  Gth,  is  the  most 
recent  addition  to  the  tribal  name  adapted  by  the  noble  owner,  and 
the  magnificent  old  cow  with  her  daughter,  Princess  of  Blythe  2nd, 
are  a  grand  pair,  and  far  advanced  in  calf.  Minstrel  Maid,  a 
compact  substantial  red  and  white,  brought  one  of  the  first  cow 
calves  to  Knight  of  Oxford  8th  48118,  a  robust  massive  son  of 
Grand  Duke  40th  43309,  and  that  handsome  heifer,  Oxford  Mary, 
bought  by  the  late  Lord  Hindlip  for  1110  gs.,  at  the  Kiinbolton 
sale. 

At  Springwood,  situate  in  yet  nearer  proximity  to  the  busy 
town  of  Liverpool  than  Lathom,  we  find  Sir  Thomas  Brocklebank, 
Bart.,  possessed  of  a  number  of  excellent  cows  and  heifers,  and 
May  King  48314,  a  massive  roan  five  year  old  of  immense  scale, 
bred  by  Mr.  Geo.  Ashburner,  is  the  reigning  monarch.  An  Aylesby 
W.,  from  the  Edgehill  sale,  is  one  of  the  handsomest  of  the  matrons, 
and  on  the  same  occasion  the  Flower  tribe  was  obtained,  thus  both 
the  Bates  and  Booth  lines  of  blood  are  represented  in  the  Springwood 
herd,  as  the  red  and  white  Lady  Hilda  17th,  a  robust  good  sort, 
belongs  to  the  Bell  Bates  family  of  Lady  Hudsons,  and  Butterfly 
Princess  29th,  a  very  pretty  white  heifer,  to  the  family  of  that  name 
so  long  associated  with  Scaleby  Castle,  and  highly  topped  with 
Bates  sires  in  addition  to  being  very  finely  bred  in  their  earlier 
days.  The  owner  has  since  increased  his  stock  by  the  purchase  of 
four  of  the  best  of  the  cows — three  J.'s  and  one  Eosy — at  the 
dispersion  of  the  Penrhyn  Castle  herd,  thus  it  is  evident  that  the 
present  excellence  of  the  animals  found  at  Springwood,  will  be 
maintained. 


SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND.  429 

Prom  Springwood  proceeding  northwards,  our  first  halting 
place  is  Croston,  where  within  a  mile  of  the  station  Mr.  Sigismund 
de  Trafford  has  erected  some  very  convenient  boxes — and  still  more 
are  in  contemplation — for  his  shorthorn  cattle,  which  are  as  yet  few 
in  number,  but  it  is  the  intention  to  increase  them  from  time  to 
time.  Prince  Roderick  50258,  a  son  of  Prince  Saladin  40542  and 
Lady  Wellesley  3rd,  occupies  the  excellent  box  recently  erected  for 
the  reigning  "  King,"  he  has  a  level  top,  with  plenty  of  width  of 
loin,  and  carries  himself  with  all  the  graceful  mien  of  a  Bates  sire. 
Eor  a  successor,  Mr.  De  Trafford  has  bought  Earl  of  Beverley  4th 
54236,  a  heavy  fleshed  roan  exhibited  by  Sir  John  Swinburne,  at 
Newcastle,  he  has  excellent  fore  quarters,  but  falls  off  a  little  when 
viewed  from  the  opposite  end.  Certainly  Mr.  De  Trafford's  boxes 
have  a  very  comfortable  appearance,  and  My  Darling,  bred  at 
Brayton,  a  compact  little  cow,  does  not  disgrace  the  first  to  which 
we  are  introduced,  her  daughter — My  Grern — by  Wild  Prince  9th 
44262,  has  more  length  than  the  dam.  Gripsy  Girl,  a  fine  good 
looking  matron  bred  at  that  historical  birthplace  of  shorthorns — 
Townley — has  had  a  couple  of  heifers,  the  older,  Gripsy  Maid,  a 
rare  wealthy  sort,  does  credit  to  Mr.  Sheldon's  Duke  of  Cerisia  6th 
44657,  and  another  very  attractive  heifer  is  Orange  Blossom,  from 
Orange  Bud,  bred  in  the  north  of  the  county,  by  Mr.  W.  Ashburner, 
from  a  local  sort. 

Limefield,  situate  near  the  abode  of  the  famous  Townley  herd, 
has  not  the  most  favourable  atmosphere  for  rearing  highly  bred 
cattle  of  any  kind,  yet  Mr.  Thomas  Horsfall,  who  has  long  had  an 
affection  for  the  leading  Bates  tribes,  has  secured  representatives  of 
most  of  them,  and  if  Oxfords,  Kirklevingtons,  Waterloos,  and 
Wild  Eyes',  can  withstand  the  exposed  situation  on  the  brow  of  the 
hill,  a  continued  rise  for  the  quarter  of  a  mile  after  leaving  Briar- 
field  station,  there  need  be  little  hesitation  in  buyers  patronizing 
the  Limefield  herd,  when  the  accommodation  becomes  insufficient,  and 
a  sale  becomes  a  necessity.  Mr.  Horsfall  has  secured  the  services 
of  Mr.  James  Knowles,  well  known  in  the  palmy  days  of  Wetherby, 
so  with  such  superintendence,  the  cattle,  almost  needless  to  say  are 


430  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

found  in  excellent  order.  Belle  of  Oxford  8th,  bought  at  the 
Wickon  Park  sale  of  1880,  for  340gs.,  was  the  first  important 
purchase,  and  a  fortunate  one  she  has  been  as  regards  heifer  breed- 
ing, within  a  month  of  coming  to  Limefield,  she  bred  Belle  of  Oxford 
11th,  to  Duke  of  Oxford  42nd  39772,  then  she  was  twice  sent  to 
Mr.  Holden's  Oxford  Duke  of  Tregunter  42092,  but  unfortunately 
the  first  of  the  two  cow  calves  she  had  to  him  was  lost.  The  family 
group  are  paraded,  and  of  the  trio  of  cows,  our  preference  rests  on 
the  matron,  a  very  compact  and  well  ribbed  animal,  but  Grand 
Duchess  of  Oxfoid  48th,  a  massive  daughter  of  Duke  of  Glo'ster 
7th  39735,  has  since  been  privately  purchased  from  Mr.  Wraith. 
The  beautiful  fronted  Blanche  Winsome  with  five  of  England's 
noblest  sires  at  the  head  of  her  popular  pedigree,  has  bred  but  a 
couple  of  bulls  as  hitherto,  and  another  grand  lengthy  cow  is 
Empress  of  Yetholme,  the  oldest  of  Duchess  of  Tetholme's  four 
daughters,  which  ran  second  to  the  Sandtingham  Diadem  family. 
Windermere  3rd,  a  thick  fleshy  Waterloo,  has  been  supplemented 
by  the  purchase  of  Waterloo  45th,  of  the  same  branch,  at  the  dis- 
persion of  thefamous  Penrhyn  Castle  herd,  but  it  is  the  Kirklevingtons, 
in  which  Mr.  Horsfall  especially  excels,  old  Siddington  16th,  one  of 
the  famous  >; twins,"  has  bred  Siddington  Grand  Duchess,  to  Grand 
Duke  47th  51354,  while  the  little  red  calf  from  Woodside,  has 
grown  into  a  fairly  good  heifer,  but  Kirklevington  Duchess  28th  a 
level  good  sort,  has  bred  an  exquisitely  pretty  calf,  named  Kirk- 
levington Duchess  29th.  A  thick  sappy  Charmer,  and  a  good 
looking  Polly  Gwynne,  are  the  remainder  of  a  choice  Bates  herd, 
which  with  time  and  good  management  will  be  more  widely  known 
than  at  present.  Grand  Duke  47th  51354,  a  lengthy  white,  the 
sire  in  service,  is  half-brother  to  the  well  known  Grand  Duke  34th 
and  Grand  Duke  37th.  and  the  Killhow  sale  beheld  Mr.  Horsfall  a 
purchaser  of  Duke  of  Ormskirk  5th  52768,  a  son  of  Knight  of 
Oxford  8th  48818  and  Duchess  of  Ormskirk  2nd,  whose  calves,  the 
owner  writes,  "  are  of  an  exceedingly  good  stamp." 

The  neighbourhood  of  Blackburn,  like  most  other  of  the  popular 
Lancashire  manufacturing  towns  is  not  propitious  for  the  breeding 
of  high  class  shorthorns,  yet  the  late  Rev.  Philip  Graham,  well 


SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND.  431 

known  in  the  Bates  "circle,"  bred  some  of  the  purest,  Bates  cattle 
at  Over  Dai-wen  in  a  most  exposed  situation  for  many  years,  and  on 
the  opposite  side  of  the  town,  Mr.  Bobert  Spencer  at  Livesey,  made 
his  sta:  t  in  shorthorn  breeding  by  purchasing  Mary,  and  her  daughter, 
Lady  Mary,  by  Third  Duke  of  Tregunter  31026,  from  the  Turncroft 
herd,  for  a  time  the  cows  were  sent  to  Mr.  Graham's  bulls,  after- 
wards Hillhurst  Charming  Duke  41687,  was  purchased  from  his 
neighbour  Mr.  L.  H.  Wraith,  and  Wild  Prince  25th  47287,  from 
the  Earl  of  Lathom,  but  Oxford  Duke  of  Newfield  2nd  53369,  a  son 
of  Prince  Saladin  40542  and  Grand  Duchess  of  Oxford  48th,  is  now 
the  reigning  monarch,  he  is  a  well  fleshed  red  and  white  of  medium 
size,  and  the  sire  of  the  yearling  heifers,  the  best  being  from  Lady 
Mary  2nd,  a  very  fine  cow,  sired  by  Baron  Turncroft  Oxford  2nd 
33087,  and  from  the  younger  of  the  original  purchases,  the  older  of 
which  it  may  be  mentioned  had  Col.  Gunter's  Duke  of  Clarence 
19611,  for  sire,  thus  the  "Lady  Maries,"  as  the  family  may  be  called, 
most  of  them  being  so  named  with  numerals  attached,  are  now 
becoming  well  topped  with  Bates  blood.  Mr.  Spencer  rears  his 
stock  in  a  natural  healthy  state,  thus  they  are  better  enabled  to  with- 
stand the  wintry  blasts  and  smoke  combined,  of  which  the  Livesey 
cattle  have  considerably  more  than  the  average  of  shorthorn  herds. 
The  only  other  family  are  the  Charmers,  represented  by  Newfield 
Duchess  2nd.  a  very  highly  bred  specimen  of  her  family,  having  Duke 
of  Tregunter  7th,  Baron  Turncroft  Oxford  2nd,  Duke  of  Oxford  17th, 
Grand  Duke  15th,  Knightley  Grand  Duke  and  Duke  of  Thorndale 
4th,  upon  Mr.  Adkins'  Charming. 

Whalley  Abbey  and  the  attractive  neighbourhood  surrounding 
it,  situate  at  only  some  half-do/en  miles  from  the  town,  forms  one 
of  the  most  agreeable  drives  within  convenient  distance,  and  is  thus 
largely  utilized  by  the  inhabitants,  for  the  purposes  of  picnics  and 
other  pleasurable  excursions.  Our  first  introduction  to  the  Valley 
of  the  Bibble,  in  which  the  Abbey  and  village  are  situate,  was  made 
with  the  object  of  visiting  Mr.  H.  W.  Worsley-Taylor's  shorthorns. 
Pedigree  cattle  have  had  a  home  on  the  Moreton  Hall  estate  for  the 
last  two  or  three  generations  of  the  owners,  yet  none  have  been 


432  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

inclined  to  turn  their  attention  towards  such  highly  bred  females  as 
Mr.  Airey  has  been  purchasing  for  Mr.  Worsley -Taylor,  during  the 
past  three  years,  but  considering  that  a  brother  of  Mr.  James 
Knowles  of  Limefield,  has  for  many  years  had  charge  of  the 
Home  Farm,  it  is  not  to  be  wondered  that  a  "  bit  of  Bates  "  should 
at  last  find  its  way  into  the  pastures  bordering  on  the  river  Calder. 
Of  the  three  families  which  may  be  described  as  the  "remnant"  of 
the  herd  owned  by  Miss  Filling-Taylor,  the  one  tracing  through  the 
Beaumont  Grange  herd,  to  a  good  ancient  foundation,  comprising 
the  cross  of  Blyth  Comet  85,  who  had  the  illustrious  "  Comet "  for 
both  sire  and  grand-sire  may  be  pronounced  to  contain  the  choicest 
blood,  and  certainly  when  the  massive  red  and  white  Harriet  is 
viewed,  it  may  be  also  said  to  own  one  of  the  best  animals,  but 
Lady  Lucy,  descended  from  Clove,  by  Tom  of  Lincoln  8714, 
purchased  at  Broughton  Hall,  in  1842,  when  the  foundation  of  the 
Moreton  Hall  herd  was  laid,  may  be  said  to  surpass  Harriet  with 
her  massive  beauty,  she  has  for  fifth  sire,  Orion  18487,  bred  on  the 
estate,  and  winner  at  the  Leeds  Royal  in  1861,  as  a  yearling.  Rose 
of  Waterloo  2nd  and  Cambridge  Fantail  2nd,  a  pair  of  fashionably 
bred  young  cows,  have  recently  produced  female  produce  to  Lord 
Oswald  53195,  a  dark  roan  massive  bull  purchased  privately  from 
"Wetherby,  for  service  in  the  herd,  he  is  a  son  of  Duke  of  Tregunter 
9th  46272  and  Ondine,  what  few  calves  have  been  dropped  appear 
very  promising.  The  Old  Daisies  have  been  acquired  on  no  less 
than  four  different  occasions,  Daisy,  coming  from  Bingley  Hall, 
bred  Moreton  Daisy  2nd,  while  the  first  had  been  calved  by  Rosalie 
Daisy,  bought  with  Mignon  2nd,  an  exceedingly  handsome  cow  at 
Mr.  W.  S.  Cragg's  last  sale — whence  also  came  Sweetheart  and 
Gazelle  heifers — while  Siddington  Blush  2nd  was  fancied  by  Mr. 
Airey,  when  Sir  H.  H.  Vivian  sent  his  contingent  to  be  sold  at 
Langleybury,  it  is  thus  evident  that  the  tribe  is  to  be  one  of  the 
strongest  at  Moreton  Hall.  A  Waterloo  was  secured  at  Pool  Park 
and  a  Lady  Worcester  at  Dringhouses,  while  a  couple  of  heifers 
from  the  dispersion  of  the  Upholland  herd,  form  the  conclusion  of 
the  recent  additions. 


SHORTHORN  HERDS  OP  ENGLAND.  433 

Reaching  Preston  one.?  more,  and  visiting  Penwortham  Priory, 
we  spend  a  couple  of  hours  very  pleasantly  with  the  owner,  Mr.  L. 
R\ wsthorne,  in  driving  round  the  farms  in  hand,  where  everything 
appears  very  orderly  and  carried  out  in  an  efficient  manner.  Milk 
production  forms  the  chief  item  in  the  farming  operations  and  this 
is  despatched  to  Southport  twice  every  day.  Mr.  Ravvsthorne  had 
an  extraordinary  fine  family  of  G  Wynnes,  which  when  dispersed  at 
the  Ashton  Hall  sale,  attracted  great  attention,  but  the  direct 
Princess  line,  represented  by  two  own  sisters,  was  retained,  together 
with  Prince  Saladin  40542,  as  the  nucleus  of  a  future  herd, 
Lady  Wellesley  2nd,  failed  to  leave  any  female  produce,  and  Lady 
Wellesley  3rd,  a  very  handsome  cow,  was  privately  sold  to  Mr.  F. 
Sartoris,  after  leaving  Princess  of  Penwortham,  now  g,  own  into  a 
beautiful  symmetrical  cow,  to  mourn  her  loss,  which  has  had 
Princess  of  Hutton  to  Grand  Duke  33rd  39946,  and  P.incess  of 
Howick  to  Grand  Duke  31st,  38374.  The  herd  is  still  limited 
to  this  favourite  old  line  of  blood,  which  is  greatly  valued  by  Mr. 
Rawsthorne  on  account  of  their  great  milking  qualities,  but  addit- 
ional females  are  contemplated  being  added  to  it. 

Betwixt  the  important  towns  of  Lancaster  and  Preston,  Mrs. 
Brockholes  has  a  small  herd  of  Bates  blood  at  Clifton  Hill,  which 
are  principally  descended  from  Yorke's  Fairie,  a  daughter  of  Eighth 
Duke  of  York  28480  and  Lady  Chance  9th,  one  of  the  old  Scaleby 
Castle  families ;  Duchess  2nd,  of  the  Annette  branch  of  the 
Acombs,  bred  at  Knightley  Hall;  and  Red  Cherry,  tracing  to  Col. 
Ciadock's  Old  Cherry.  The  two  former  are  still  at  Clifton  Hill, 
Duchess  2nd,  being  a  fine  type  of  a  shorthorn,  and  possessed  of  good 
daiiy  qualities,  while  York's  Fairie  is  also  a  good  cow.  Duchess 
Acomb,  Lady  Acomb,and  Princess  Acomb  are  three  capital  daughters 
of  Duchess  2nd,  by  Mr.  Brogden's  Piince  Glo'ster  42182.  Gipsy,  a 
gay  looking  grand-daughter  of  York's  Fail  ie,  has  Peggy,  a  very 
useful  heifer  as  companion,  which  stands  in  the  same  relationship 
to  the  Scaleby  purchase,  and  a  daughter  from  the  former  is  very 
attractive.  Of  the  own  sisters,  White  Hart  and  White  Cherry,  the 
latter  is  our  choice,  and  appears  well  adapter!  for  dairy  purposes; 


434  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

indeed  Mrs.  Broekholes  considers  that  a  cow  should  give  milk,  and 
has  made  it  a  rule  never  to  buy  a  male,  without  he  was  from  a 
heavy  milker,  while  the  young  stock  are  reared  in  a  natural  manner, 
as  it  tends  to  encoutage  their  milking  properties,  instead  of  more 
or  less  destroying  them  as  is  the  case  when  highly  fed.  Sir  Olive 
Barrington  7th  487-35,  a  masculine  looking  animal,  well  covered  on 
his  crops,  and  with  excellent  loin,  although  slightly  drooping 
behind,  is  in  service. 

Scale  Hall,  \\ith  the  land  belonging  to  it,  situate  on  the 
outskirts  of  Lancaster,  has  been  in  the  occupation  of  Mr.  John 
Woodhouse  for  thirty  years,  who  brought  with  him,  Dragon 
14412,  a  pure  Bates  bull  he  had  purchased  the  year  previous  from 
Mr.  S.  E.  Bolden.  The  late  Mr.  Whalley  was  a  contributor 
to  the  Hay  Carr  sale  of  1861,  and  there,  Mr.  Wocdhouse  bought  in 
addition  to  White  Hamlet  15508  (afterwards  exhibited  by  him  at 
the  Preston  Guild  Show),  an  aged  cow  named  Lady  Flora,  whose 
breeding  is  more  particularly  noticed  in  the  notes  in  Mr.  Cragg's 
herd,  as  that  gentleman  purchased  her  daughter,  Lucretia,  at  the 
same  time ;  she  continued  breeding  up  to  eighteen  years  of  age, 
and  her  youngest  heifer— -Flora's  Last — bred  Lady  Flora,  a  very  fine 
cow,  which  has  won  in  dairy  classes  on  various  occasions,  and  whose 
two  daughters,  Flora's  Eose  and  Flora's  Blossom,  are  an  excellent 
class  of  cattle  to  have  on  any  farm,  indeed  Mr.  Woodhouse's  cows 
are  not  wanting  in  useful  qualities,  as  they  have  to  assist  in 
supplying  Lancaster  with  milk.  The  Pinks,  the  other  principal 
family  at  Scale  Hall,  have  produced  some  very  useful  animals, 
amongst  which  may  be  mentioned  Pink's  Rose,  a  large,  square- 
framed  cow,  one  of  the  best  in  the  herd.  The  more  recent  additions 
have  comprised  Butterfly  Duchess  3rd,  bred  at  Eowfant,  of  the 
Townley  Madaline  family,  and  Bolina  3rd,  from  Mr.  Bromley,  of 
Forton ;  the  former  after  breeding  a  heifer,  had  Lord  Butterfly 
53134,  the  present  sire,  to  Duke  of  Waterloo  46276,  a  Blanche  of 
Mrs.  Bubb's  breeding,  who  had  previously  been  used,  having 
succeeded  the  Earl  of  Bective's  Turcoman  3rd  42526,  (a  son  of 
Duke  of  Underlay  33745  and  Uuderley  Darling),  and  Mr.  E. 
Musgrove's  Fennel  Duke  26639. 


SHORTHORN  HKHDS  OF  ENGLAND.  4.">."> 

Westtnoteland  is  once  more  entered  from  the  important  junction 
at  Carnforth,  and  although  Arkholme,  is  the  Midland  station  for 
Underlay,  we  have  yet  tvvo  "calls"  to  make,  before  proceeding 
thither.  AVithin  ten  minutes  walk  from  the  station,  Mr.  W.  S. 
Ciagg,  for  nearly  thirty  years,  has  bred  from  the  best  stocks  in  the 
district  and  in  the  autumn  of  1875,  the  thirty-eight  head,  brought 
under  Mr.  Thornton's  glass,  averaged  over  ,£45,  an  excellent  result, 
as  beyond  the  purchase  of  shorthorn  bulls  and  Lucretia  at  the  Hay 
Carr  sale  of  1861,  all  the  animals  had  pedigrees  founded  by  Mr. 
Crsgg  thiough  using  good  males  on  the  dairy  cattle  of  the  district. 
More  especially  must  be  mentioned  the  ancestress  of  the  Lady 
Ca woods,  who  was  supposed  to  have  been  bred  by  the  Bishop  of 
Carlisle,  she  came  in  calf  to  a  bull  of  Sir  Charles  Tempest's — pedigree 
unknown  — which  in  due  time  was  sent  to  Horton  Bay  V/050,  and 
the  produce  is  the  first  registered  cross  in  the  Lady  Ca  wood's 
pedigree.  Pievious  to  the  sale  twelve  years  ago,  Mr.  Bowly's 
Captain  Tregunter  28136  had  been  used,  and  males  of  Bates  blood 
have  succeeded  him.  The  three  Lady  Cawoods  now  in  Mr.  Cragg's 
possession  include  Lady  Cawood  16th,  by  the  Duchess  bull,  Duke  of 
Leicester  43112.  The  Lucretias  of  the  old  Maynard  blood,  are 
descended  fiom  Lucretia,  purchased  at  the  Hay  Carr  sale  of  1861, 
whose  ancestress,  Flora,  was  brought  into  the  district  in  1839,  from 
Mr.  John  Ceilings'  sale,  held  at  Whitehouse,  near  Greta  Bridge, 
having  cost  31gs.  at  the  sale,  together  with  £3  12s.  additional  for 
expenses  before  reaching  her  destination.  There  are  still  five 
females  in  the  heid  comprising  Lucretia  6th,  a  good  square  fiam/d 
co\v,  by  Capfc.  Tregunter  28136,  and  her  four. daughters — excepting 
the  youngest,  a  pretty  roan — are  by  Earl  Ashton  39808,  a  remarkably 
fine  Winsome  bull,  used  by  Mr.  Cragg,  and  afterwards  sold  to  Mr. 
Drewry  for  service  in  the  Holker  herd. 

Ciossing  the  Eiver  Lune,  Mr.  llobeit  Burrow  is  found  at 
home,  but  the  owner's  name  is  much  better  known  in  the  district 
for  the  success  of  his  horses  than  by  the  doings  of  the  herd  which 
he  quietly  breeds  at  Wrayton  Hall.  The  Medora  cow,  Lady  Bright 
Eyes,  was  the  fiist  purchase,  and  The  Belle  and  Sultana,  followed 


436  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

closely  after  from  Mi.  T.  Strickland's.  Circe's  Queen,  full  of  the 
famous  Telemichus  blood,  has  been  probably  the  most  successful 
purchase,  having  had  five  calves,  May  Queen,  the  oldest,  being  the 
prettiest  co\v  in  the  herd,  while  the  mother  is  a  useful  heavy  fleshed 
sort.  Lord  Derwent  46442,  a  son  of  Grand  Duke  31st  38374  and 
Darlington  26th,  is  a  massive  white,  to  whom  Circe's  Queen  and 
two  of  her  daughters  had  cow  calves  last  season,  v  hile  Georgiana 
Derwent,  has  a  Bell  Bates  pedigree  tracing  to  Mr.  Thos.  Bell's 
Georgiana  5th.  Mr.  Burrow  also  breeds  some  very  good  Wensleydale 
long-woolled  sheep,  and  has  an  excellent  market  for  the  rams  for 
crossing  purposes. 

Underley  has  been  the  home  of  Shorthorns  for  almost  a  "score" 
of  years,  and  no  breeder,  we  venture  to  state,  is  better  known  and 
more  widely  esteemed  than  the  noble  owner,  the  Right  Hon.  Earl 
of  Bective,  M.P.,  in  support  of  this  assertion,  the  Underley  sales 
have  always  compared  most  favourably  with  the  others  of  their 
respective  seasons,  and  the  most  recent,  only  held  a  month  before 
our  visit,  has  quite  placed  in  the  shade  the  remainder  of  the  Bates 
auctions  of  the  year.  The  Killhow  sale  in  1868,  witnessed  the 
beginning  of  the  herd,  whose  name  was  to  become  known  all  over 
the  civilized  world  and  the  Underley  Darlings — descended  from 
Turk's  Darling — form  one  of  the  most  prominent  and  favourite 
families  in  the  herd,  where  they  have  been  retained  on  account  of 
their  great  milking  properties.  The  Park,  through  which  winds  the 
River  Lune,  is  an  excellent  grazing  ground  for  shorthorns,  while 
artificial  food  has  not  been  used  to  such  an  extent  as  to  impair  the 
breeding  and  dairy  properties  of  the  cattle,  thus  they  are  found 
very  healthy,  and  well  coated  with  hair.  The  Duchesses  are  the  most 
prominent  of  the  dozen  families  (counting  the  recent  purchases  at 
Storrs)  and  the  Grand  Duchess  tribal  name  having  been  preserved, 
it  appeared  a  veritable  Springfield,  with  "  Frank  "  in  attendance,  but 
he  has  now  retired.  It  was  from  the  States  that  the  tribe  were  first 
brought  to  Underley,  and  the  6,000gs.  paid  for  Tenth  Duchess  of 
Geneva  will  remain  a  prominent  "laud  mark"  in  the  history  of  the 
breed,  while  when  the  pair  of  Duchess  of  Hillhurst  heifers,  sent  over 


SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND.  437 

by  Mr.  Cochrane,  were  offered  on  the  heights  above  Lake  Winder- 
mere,  who  present  will  forget  the  cheers  that  arose  when  the  highest 
priced  female  ever  sold  on  British  soil  was  announced  as  having 
become  the  property  of  the  owner  of  the  Underley  herd.     Excepting 
Duchess  126th,  the  roan  calf  bought  at  Hindlip,  evidently  as  a  sort 
of  memento  of  the  departure  of  the  larger  portion  of  the  family  once 
more  to  the  American  continent,  the  remainder  of  the  tribe  are  of 
the  Grand  Duchess  branch.       When  the  late  Mr.  Oliver  first  gave 
the  public  the  opportunity  of  competing  for  specimens  of  the  Grand 
Duchesses,  no  one  was  more  ready  to  take  advantage  of  it  than  Lord 
Bective,  who  paid  2,750gs.  for  the  Twenty-third,  she  proved  an 
excellent  bull  breeder,  and  the  only  heifer  born  at  Underley — Grand 
Duchess  45th — is  visiting  Ninth  Duke  of  York  51159,  at  Duncombe 
Park  in  company  with  her  daughter,  Grand  Duchess  58th,  the  result 
of  mating  her  with  Mr.  Aylmer's  Baronet  4729(5,  and  one  of  the 
Storrs  heifers.       Grand  Duchess  56th  is  away  at  Ruddington  Hall, 
to  try  the  introduction  of  the  Waterloo  blood,  so  successful  when 
experimented    on    at    Sholebioke,  and    it  might  be  added  also  at 
Underley,  as  Grand  Duke  31st  38374,  the  son  of  Grand  Duke  of 
Waterloo  34577  and  Grand  Duchess  17th,  has  proved  a  valuable 
sire  for  the  ten  years  he  has  been  in  service,  and  now  when  only  a 
month  from  completing  his  eleventh  year,  he  is  as  active  and  vigorous 
as  ever,  and  may  be  described  as  a  bull  of  large  scale  with  a  noble 
front  worthy  of  the  ancient  line  he  repiesents.       At  the  dispersion 
of  the  Sholebroke  cattle,  four  of  the  fifteen  Grand  Duchesses  were 
secured  for  Underley.       Grand  Duchess  42nd,  the  matron  of  the 
tribe,  may  well  be  described  as  a  "  Duchess  all  over,"  when  her  grace- 
ful compact  form  and  exquisitely  moulded  front  passes  before  us. 
Grand  Duchess  53rd,  accompanied  her  dam — Grand  Duchess  42nd — 
from  Sholebroke,  and  excepting  a  slight  failing  in  the  quarters,  will 
develope  into  a  useful  matron,  her  first  calf,  Grand  Duchess  60th, 
having  already  realized  more  than  the  cost  price  of  the  mother,  but 
the  gem  of  the  sale  was  Grand  Duchess  59th,  from  the  beautiful 
Grand  Duchess  42nd,  while  an  older  sister,  Grand  D'ichess  57th, 
was  retained,  and  with  such  a  dam,  and  Grand  Duke  3 1st  for  sire, 


4)8  SHORTHORN    HERDS    OF     KNUL.VND. 

she  will  doubtless  do  credit  to  her  illustrious  patents.  Grand 
Duchess  54th,  has  quite  the  Bates  style  and  has  much  improved 
since  seen  at  Duncombe  Park.  T\vo  young  Grand  Dukes  appear 
oblivious  of  their  greatness,  for  being  from  Grand  Duchess  45th, 
and  her  older  daughter,  they  will  bo  raised  to  reign  over  two  of 
England's  leading  herds,  before  another  year  passes  over  their  heads. 
Rowfant  Duke  of  Leicester  5201:3,  considerably  improved  since  we 
saw  him  over  a  year  ago,  is  now  the  principal  sire,  since  the 
Wateringbury  bull's  departure. 

The  Oxfords  are  limited  to  the  level  Lady  Oxford  1  2th  and  the 
Wild  Kyes  to  Winsome  29th —a  daughter  of  the  beautiful  March- 
ioness of  Worcester — bought  as  a  calf  at  Holker,  but  the  ancient 
Princess  and  Red  Rose  tribes  have  long  held  prominent  positions, 
indeed  it  was  the  noble  owners  of  Dunmore  and  Underlev  who 
introduced  the  latter  into  this  country,  and  visitois  will  long 
remember  Ninth  Duke  of  Thorndale's  beautiful  daughter,  Lady  Sale 
of  Putney,  whose  grand  daughter,  Princess  Sale  3id,  now  occupies 
the  adjoining  box  to  Princess  Saladin  3rd,  a  deep  chested  young  cow 
in  which  is  united  the  English  and  American  bianches,  through  her 
grand-sire,  Prince  Saladin  40542  (a  son  of  Lady  Sale  of  Putney,  and 
the  much  admired  Grand  Princess  of  Lightburne  3rd)  whose  union 
produced  Princess  Saladin, the  mother  of  Princess  Saladin  3i  d,as  well 
as  Princess  Saladin  4th,  a  lengthy  well  formed  young  cow,  with 
grandly  sprung  libs.  The  Red  Ro:;es  are  one  of  the  most  numerous 
tribes,  Red  Rose  of  Nithsdale,  bred  in  Kentucky,  making  an  excellent 
matron,  and  Red  Rose  of  Dove  5th,  has  been  a  capital  bieeder,  the 
heifer  retained  being  particularly  straight,  and  the  one  sold,  topped 
the  other  members  of  the  family  in  the  pi-ice  list.  There  has  always 
been  a  Gwynne  included  in  the  LTnderley  herd  of  shorthorns,  and  in 
Duchess  Gwynne  8th,  we  behold  the  name  revived  of  a  bianch,  which 
when  sold  in  1873,  made  extraordinary  prices,  the  average  of  the 
tiibe  being  within  a  few  shillings  of  £350.  Gwynneth,  excepting 
being  somewhat  heavily  cushioned,  retains  the  grandeur  so  well 
displayed  by  the  family  group  when  brought  before  the  public  at 
Ashton  Hall.  The  Marchionesses  have  long  been  known  in  the 


SHORTHORN  HERDS  OE  ENGLAND.  439 

Dunmore  and  Underley  herds  as  the  female  produce  of  the  Sidding- 
tons,  continued  sales  have  however  reduced  the  tribe  to  Marchioness 
14th,  a  capital  roan  heifer,  sired  by  Mr.  Briggs'  Duke  of  Leicester 
431 1 2.  Nancy  Orniskirk,  a  useful  dairy  cow,  traces  to  Kirklevington's 
half-sister,  Nettle.  The  Darlingtons  have  been  held  in  greater  esteem 
than  either  of  the  Bell  Bates  tribes,  and  Dentdsale  7th,  a  remarkably 
handsome  daughter  of  Mr.  Mills'  Dowager  3rd,  has  bred  an  exceed- 
ingly pretty  calf  to  Grand  Duke  of  Geneva  3rd  49677.  White 
Darlington  2nd,  hails  from  Snitterfield,  and  several  are  descended 
from  Prioress,  a  fine  cow  tred  at  Lillingstone  Dayrell,  and  now 
past  her  seventeenth  year,  which  accompanied  Darlington  Duchess 
5th  and  Darlington  Duchess  9th,  from  Stoneleigh  Park,  and  Deep- 
dale,  has  become  the  family  name  for  the  female  produce.  Underley 
Darling,  as  before  stated,  was  an  extraordinary  fine  dairy  cow,  and 
also  proved  an  excellent  breeder.  Mr.  Foster  had  bought  Turk's 
Darling  at  the  dispersion  of  the  Sarsden  Lodge  herd,  and  when  sold 
at  Killhow,  she  was  in  calf  to  Royal  Cambridge  25009,  her  first 
born  at  Underley  being  named  Underley  Darling,  and  her  daughters 
by  Duchess  sires  are  some  of  the  best  cows  in  the  herd,  being  of 
large  scale  with  good  loins  and  strong  constitutions,  and  the  younger 
generation  are  exceedingly  attractive,  probably  the  most  noteworthy 
being  Underley  Darling  14th  ar.d  Underley  Darling  15th.  Daylight, 
of  the  Old  Daisy  tribe,  one  of  the  heaviest  milkers  in  the  herd,  has 
a  nice  roan  yearling  daughter  by  Grand  Duke  3 1st  38374,  and 
Lilyclale,  like  her  dam,  Laura,  bought  at  The  Broadway  sale,  has 
the  same  peculiar  shade  of  red  which  led  to  the  original  purchase 
being  commonly  known  as  the  "  dun"  cow. 

Rigmaden  Park,  Mr.  C.  W.  Wilson's  seat,  lies  three  miles 
further  northward  in  the  \alley  of  the  Lime,  and  the  rival  "house" 
are  found  to  be  in  the  enjoyment  of  the  owner's  favour.  Mr. 
Wilson  has  in  hand  900  acres  around  the  mansion,  and  another 
farm  on  the  road  to  Underley  has  also  been  recently  taken  in  hand, 
where  we  are  shown  a  new  "  shippon"  capable  of  holding  44  head, 
with  water  running  in  front,  as  Mr.  Wilson  rightly  believes  that 
the  drinking  of  water  in  cold  weather  without  the  chill  being  taken  off, 


440  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

is  not  profitab!e  to  winter  dairying,  and  the  erection  of  this  excellent 
accomodation  for  the  animals  is  to  supply  milk  for  the  petit  dairy 
factory  erected  in  a  portion  of  the  farm  buildings,  and  to  be  worked 
by  water  power.  No  waste  of  capital  has  been  here  sunk  in 
buildings  , while  the  management  will  be  of  the  simplest  description, 
Mr.  Wilson  being  his  own  agent.  Ensilage  forms  a  considerable 
portion  of  the  winter  keep  of  the  cattle,  chiefly  however  built 
in  stack  form  and  compressed  by  means  of  the  Wilson  Furcated 
Hydraulic  Jacks,  an  invention  of  the  owner,  who  is  credited 
with  the  "liigmaden"  churns,  one  of  which  is  in  use  in  the 
dairy,  but  p.obably  more  valuable  to  the  agriculturist  than  either 
is  the  "  Stercoline,"  of  which  Mr.  Wilson  has  acquiied  the  sole 
patent  right;  it  is  a  chemical  compound  and  absorbant  for  taking 
up  and  fixing  the  ammonia  in  liquid  manure,  and  forming  a  very 
powerful  artificial  dressing.  A  crop  of  turnips  has  been  grown 
with  it  alone  this  year  estimated  at  fifty  tons  per  acre,  and  it  enables 
eight  acres  of  land  to  be  covered  with  one  ton  of  liquid  instead 
of  a  quarter  of  an  acre  with  a  tank  cart. 

Turning  our  attention  more  paiticularly  to  the  cattle,  although 
but  a  small  portion  of  the  animals  at  Rigmaden  are  "  eligible,"  yet 
pedigree  bulls  have  long  been  used  on  the  estate,  and  the  general 
appearances  of  the  numerous  and  handsome  lot  of  daiiy  cows 
indicate  that  the  sires  must  have  been  animals  of  individual  merit, 
whatever  their  pedigree  qualifications  may  have  been.  In  the  fiist 
pasture,  Maijoiie,  a  dark  red  Mistress  Mary,  fiom  Knowlmere,  has 
a  neat  feminine  appearance  with  quite  the  Booth  ribs,  and  Pearl 
7th,  ;her  companion,  is  a  thick  wealthy  heifer.  Advancing  into 
the  adjoining  field,  Peony  Flower  3rd,  and  her  daughter,  came  from 
Edenhall  a  "  twelvemonth  "  ago,  with  Eosanna,  a  good-looking 
daughter  of  Baron  Oxford  6th  33075,  but  to  Phillipa,  of  the  famous 
Hecuba  tribe,  a  wonderfully  straight  nice  heifer,  our  attention  is 
naturally  most  attracted,  and  so  thought  the  audience  at  Killerby, 
when  they  compelled  Mr.  Wilson  to  pay  the  highest  price,  excepting 
Mr.  Hutchinson's  Princess  Battenberg — which  brought  exactly  the 
same  figure,  130gs. — of  the  L8S5  heifers.  Pearl  Powder  does  credit 


SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND.  441 

to  Beau  Benedict  42769,  while  "Weal  Bud  7th,  as  an  Aylesby  W, 
is  of  no  despicable  sort,  and  a  red  and  white  of  the  same  family 
seen  in  the  buildings  is  probably  a  degree  more  shapely.  The 
dairy  cows  are  however  the  chief  sight  at  Rigmaden,  and  included 
in  their  number  are  IAVO  highly  bred  Georgies  and  Mistress  Maries 
from  Knowlmere.  Mr.  Wilson  secured  what  was  then  considered 
the  best  of  the  young  bulls  at  the  Killerby  sale,  when  the  glass  ran 
out,  and  Killing  Power  became  his  property  ;  he  has  retained  many 
of  his  good  points,  but  is  hardly  thick  enough  through  the  heart, 
yet,  being  a  big  growing  jearling,  he  m.iy  improve  with  age. 
Pendragon  2nd,  Lord  Bective's  experimental  cross  of  one  of  the 
American  Red  Roses  and  Mr.  Aylmer's  Baronet  47496,  xvas  pur- 
chased at  the  recent  Underley  sale  ;  doubtless  his  colour  detracted 
fiom  his  price,  as  he  is  lengthy  and  useful,  and  a  greater  success 
than  many  of  those  direct  crosses  have  proved.  Mr.  Wilson  has 
long  been  a  successful  exhibitor  of  horses,  and  the  famous  pony 
stallion,  Sir  George  778,  winner  at  eight  "Royals"  in  succession, 
grazes  in  company  with  a  capital  roan  shorthorn  heifer  bred  by  Mr. 
John  Strong,  of  Culgaith,  while  over  the  fence  an  experiment  of 
crossing  the  English  red  deer  with  t'ie  Wapitti,  the  largest  species 
found  in  America,  is  being  tried. 

Passing  over  the  hills  separating  Lunesdale  from  the  valley 
containing  the  old  coaching  towns  of  Burton,  Milnthorpe  and 
Kendal,  we  find  Mr.  Henry  Cock,  of  Coat  Green,  to  be  the  first 
breeder  whom  we  have  to  visit.  The  earliest  male  used  on  the  farm 
(which  has  been  in  the  occupation  of  Mr.  Cock  and  his  father  for 
forty-five  years)  rf  which  any  record  is  found  was  Mr.  James 
Eawcett's  Malcolm  14888,  calved  in  1856.  Although  Malcolm  was 
a  son  of  Mr.  Bates'  Disraeli  10125,  a  decided  leaning  towards  the 
Booth  blood  was  perceptible  in  the  breeding  of  the  sires  which 
succeeded  him  as  the  names  of  their  breeders,  the  Rev.  R.  F. 
Ilou-sman,  Rev.  T.  Staniforth,  Messrs.  Bowman,  Caddy  and  Jefferson, 
are  well  known  as  having  been  connected  with  some  of  the  best 
Booth  tiibas.  Mountain  Head  50081,  the  successor  of  Wagner 
48898,  bred  by  Mr.  James  Bruce,  is  likewise  of  Aylesby 


442  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

origin,  and  has  Lord  Protector  for  sire,  with  an  array  of  well  known 
names  beyond.  He  has  a  good  head  and  chest,  with  horns  perhaps  too 
highly  set,  well  sprung  ribs,  wide  loin,  and  excellent  thighs.  One  of 
the  oldest  families  are  the  Elizas,  obtained  by  purchasing  a  cow  of 
that  name  from  Mr.  Muckalt,  who  had  bought  her  from  Mr.  Toxvn.son, 
of  Hyuing,  a  tenant  of  Mr.  Bolden's.  In  number  the  Elizas  are 
fast  approaching  a  "  score,"  but  none  are  better  than  the  twins — 
Eliza  llth  and  Eliza  12th — the  former  is  our  favourite,  with  her 
great  ribs  and  beautiful  shoulders.  The  Medoras  have  also  had  a 
home  for  a  considerable  period  at  Coat  Green  and  slightly  exceed 
the  Elizas  in  number,  here  again  two  of  the  older  cows — Isabella 
5th  and  Isabella  6th — are  especially  prominent,  six  heifer  calves 
have  been  bred  by  Isabella  5th,  but  it  is  the  younger  of  the  pair 
with  her  well  formed  bosom,  and  level  lines  that  attracts  special 
attention.  Snow  Flower,  from  St.  Bees  Abbey,  has  had  the 
white  Snowstorm,  almost  as  lev<4  as  herself,  while  Princess 
Maud,  also  bred  by  the  late  Mr.  W.  Fox,  is  found  included 
in  the  yearlings.  Welcome  Stranger,  a  handsome  white  with 
a  taking  head  and  horn,  cime  with  Wagner  from  the  Barmoor 
sale,  and  to  that  sire  produced  Welcome  Wayfarer  ;  both  mother 
and  daughter  have  contributed  heifer  calves  to  Mountain  Head 
50031,  the  one  from  the  latter  being  a  "beauty,"  and  of  the  other 
little  maidens,  mention  must  be  made  of  a  red  and  white  from 
Eliza  llth. 

Bordering  on  the  ancient  market  town  of  Burton,  Mr.  H. 
B.  Boardman  has  begun  to  breed  the  fashionable  race  of  cattle,  and 
his  latest  venture  has  been  Mr.  J.  Thompson's  first  prize  calf  at  the 
last  Yorkshire  Meeting.  British  Warrior,  was  certainly  a  long  way 
in  advance  of  his  companions  at  York,  and  if  he  can  be  brought  out 
in  as  good  form  another  season,  he  should  prove  a  dangerous 
competitor.  A  red  and  white  Eliza  from  Coat  Green,  has  a  capital 
milk  vessel,  while  Lady  Cecilia,  Strawberry  Girl  and  Butterfly's 
Surprise,  bought  from  Mr.  Geo.  J.  Bell,  will  not  fail  to  do  justice 
to  The  Nook  herd.  White  Darlington,  a  neat  well  formed  young 
cow,  was  bought  at  the  recent  Underley  sale,  in  company  with  her 


SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND.  443 

roan  heifer  calf  by  Rowfant  Duke  of  Leicester  5*201'*,  while  Augusta 
7th,  and  Garnett  31st,  were  secured  out  of  Mr.  Wakefield's  dozen 
lots  offered  to  the  public  on  the  same  occasion. 

Proceeding  six  miles  northwards  from  Bui-ton,  and  the  Royal 
prize  farm  ot  Greenhead  is  duly  reached.  The  tenant,  Mr.  William 
Handley,  first  took  possession  of  the  farm  in  1867.  when  he  purchased 
a  number  of  good  dairy  cows  by  Mr.  Ellison's  Tenant  Farmer 
13828,  who  had  been  used  by  his  predecessor,  Mr.  Scott,  and  two 
years  later,  Sir  AY  alter  Trevelyan  25170,  a  very  fine  white  bull,  was 
bought  from  the  late  Mr.  R.  W.  Ashburner,  of  Low  Hall,  and 
followed  by  Mr.  Cattley's  Prince  Arthur  20597 — who  won  many 
prizes  and  proved  himself  a  capital  stock  getter — but  it  was  the 
introduction  of  the  Sheriff  Hut  ton  blood  that  proved  so  successful 
at  Greenhead,  after  using  Sir  Arthur  Windsor  35541,  the  famous 
old  Sir  Arthur  Ingram  32490,  was  bought  at  the  dispersion  of  Mr. 
Linton's  herd,  and  the  breeding  of  the  thrice  Royal  winner,  Royal 
Ingrain  50374,  shows  most  of  these  sires  in  his  pedigree,  he  having 
been  descended  like  the  large  majority  of  Mr.  Handley  Js  stock,  from 
the  cows  purchased  in  1807.  The  success  of  the  herd  in  the  show- 
yards  has  plaited  it  of  late  years  very  prominently  before  the  public 
and  every  praise  is  due  to  Mr.  Handley  and  his  son — into  whose 
hands  the  heid  will  pass  at  the  close  of  1887  —for  the  manner  in 
which  they  have  sent  their  animals  into  the  ring.  Alfred  the  Great 
36121,  from  that  fine  cow,  Edith  9th,  after  being  exhibited  on  ten 
occasions  as  a  yearling,  when  he  was  always  awarded  premier  honours 
in  his  class,  succeeded  his  sire — Sir  Arthur  Windsor — in  the  herd, 
and  his  son.  Master  Harbinger  40324,  was  the  first  Royal  winner 
bred  at  Gteenhead. 

At  the  date  of  our  visit,  Royal  Ingram  50374,  with  his  mag- 
nificent back  and  loin ;  Hiawatha  48127,  a  massive  heavy  fleshed 
Scotch  b.ed  bull,  not  so  firm  in  his  loin  as  desirable;  and  Golden 
Tieasuie  51346,  a  paiticulaily  possessing  young  bull  of  excellent 
quality  and  full  of  hair,  are  of  the  principal  stud  sires,  with  Royal 
Hovingham,  Ingrain's  Glory  and  Ingram's  Fame  coming  on  for 
future  use  as  well  as  to  aid  in  winning  further  honours  for  the  herd. 


444  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OP  ENGLAND. 

The  South  Americans  have  carried  away  Golden  Treasure,  Royal 
Hovingham  and  Ingram's  Fame,  while  Royal  Ingrain  and  Hiawatha 
have  departed  into  Northumberland,  and  Reformer  538^1,  similarly 
marked  in  colour  to  Royal  Ingram,  although  possessed  of  much 
more  masculine  character,  in  which  we  considered  this  otherwise 
evenly  made  bull  somewhat  deficient;  Macbeth  54670,  also  a  Scotch 
bred  bull ;  and  Chief  Justice  44098,  a  son  of  Ingram's  Chief  5 1423  and 
Purity,  one  of  the  finest  cows  at  Catchburn  ;  the  two  latter  are 
exceedingly  promising  and  will  be  heard  of  again  during  the  coming 
season.  Harmony — the  mother  of  Royal  Ingram — carries  her  nine 
years  remarkably  well,  and  is  one  of  the  most  shapely  well  built 
cows  at  Greenhead.  Her  companion,  Princess  Flora,  also  very 
shorthorn  like  and  the  possessor  of  a.  capital  frame,  has  bied 
Goldfmder,  Gold  Digger  and  Golden  Treasure,  the  two  former  well 
known  in  Scotch  showyards,  and  Goldh'nder,  to  the  best  of  our 
information,  has  an  unbeaten  record  since  being  exported  by  Mr. 
J.  J.  Hill  into  Minnesota.  This  cow,  in  addition  to  having  proved 
such  an  excellent  breeder,  is  also  a  splendid  dairy  animal.  Indeed 
Mr.  Handley's  cows  are  not  deficient  in  this  respect,  and  especially 
fine  udders  are  found  amongst  them.  They  are  all  regularly  milked 
and  the  calves  reared  with  the  pail,  thus  it  is  evidently  not  impossible 
to  bring  out  young  bulls  in  show  condition  when  under  good 
management,  yet  there  are  many  who  would  have  us  believe  other- 
wise, and  if  all  shorthorn  cows  were  as  regularly  milked  as  Mr. 
Handley's  and  other  northern  herds — whether  pedigree  or  not — we 
should  hear  less  of  the  non-milking  tendencies  of  the  pure  bred 
shorthorn.  In  addition  to  the  ill  effects  of  using  males  out  of  unprofit- 
able cows,  and  high  feeding,  there  is  always  the  danger  of  not 
developing  the  milk  glands  thoroughly  by  every  means  in  the  owner's 
power,  and  what  more  prejudicial  to  them  than  allowing  heifers  to 
suckle  their  calves,  and  thus  in  addition  to  not  fully  developing  the 
milk  glands,  the  cow  is  very  difficult  to  milk,  after  the  succeeding  calf, 
and  unless  tjreat  patience  is  exercised  by  th?  milker,  she  is  soon 
spoiled,  it  being  invariably  difficult  to  obtain  the  full  yield  of  milk  after 
the  previous  calf  has  been  suckling.  With  the  startling  successes 


SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND.  4-45 

obtained  by  Mr.  Handley,  it  should  not  be  difficult  for  breeders  to 
insist  on  their  herdsman  milking  every  cow  and  heifer.  Most 
prominent  amongst  the  matrons  are  Hawthorn  Blossom,  a  fine 
handsome  cow  ;  Dei-went  Queen  2nd,  a  useful  breeding  sort,  is  the 
dam  of  Mr.  Metcalfe  Gibson's  Boyal  Arthur  53570;  Flower  Girl 
and  her  capital  ribbed  daughter,  Flower  Girl  2nd  ;  Elixir,  from 
Holmescales  ;  and  Red  Cherry,  by  Alfred  the  Great  36121,  from 
Cherry  Bloom, bred  at  Broomley,  the  latter  being  a  great  improvement 
on  her  half-sister,  by  Blair  Athole  37866.  The  heifers  include 
several  very  level  daughters  of  Royal  Ingram  50374,  and  are  found 
in.  useful  breeding  order. 

Mr.  James  Mashiter  who  occupies  the  adjoining  farm  of  Deep- 
thwaite,  having  been  kindly  permitted  by  Mr.  Handley  to  have  the  use 
of  his  sires,  his  pedigrees  are  of  precisely  the  same  blood  as  the 
majority  of  the  Greenhead  cattle,  no  pedigree  females  having  been 
bought  by  Mr.  Mashirer,  but  merely  a  careful  record  having  been 
kept  of  the  males  used  upon  the  dairy  cattle,  and  cows  having  been 
sent  to  Tenant  Farmer  13828,  when  in  service  at  Greenhead  before 
Mr.  Handley 's  arrival  in  1867,  many  of  the  animals  have  that' 
eire  as  the  termination  of  their  pedigree.  Deepthwaite  not  being 
nearly  so  extensive  a  holding  as  Greenhead,  the  breeding  stock  are 
ftom  twenty  to  thirty,  and  their  general  character  are  a  credit  to 
the  tenant,  and  a  successful  example  of  the  continued  use  of  pedigree 
sires  upon  dairy  cows,  combined  with  sound  judgement  in  breeding 
from  only  the  best  of  the  females.  Graceful — a  daughter  of 
Master  Harbinger  40324 — a  handsome  squarely  built  red  and  white, 
has  the  light  roan  Louisa  standing  by  her  side — considered  by  Mr. 
Mashiter  to  be  his  best  cow — and  the  latter's  half-sister,  Victoria  2nd, 
with  excellent  dairy  qualities,  has  a  sweet  feminine  head  and  horns. 
Two  half-sisters — Princess  Alice  and  Adelaide — occupying  the 
adjoining  stall,  have  each  capital  roan  calves.  Victoria,  a  very  deep 
fronted  roan,  has  her  level  yearling  by  her  side,  while  Laura,  and 
Lavinia,  from  Louisa,  are  an  excellent  pair,  if  anything  we  incline 
to  Royal  Ingram's  daughter — Lavinia— rather  than  the  aged  "  Sir 
Arthur's,"  and  a  son  of  Royal  Ingram's,  from  Carry  2nd,  is  greatly 
admired  for  his  even  lines. 


440  SHORTHORN  HERDS  oF  ENGLAND. 

On  the  right  of  the  "  London  and  North  Western  "  main  line 
connecting  Scotland  with  the  metropolis,  we  have  still  another  Ivu-d 
to  visit,  and  on  leaving  the  station  at  Oxenholme  and  proceeding 
steadily  "upwards"  for  a  couple  of  miles  we  are  as  it  were  on  a 
tableland,  and  at  the  termination  of  a  third  mile  we  reach  Holme- 
scales,  where  Mr.  James  Close  has  a  choicely  bred  herd  of  Booth 
cattle.  Founded  in  1867  at  Smardale  Hall  near  Penrith,  the  herd 
is  again  to  be  removed  northwards,  and  Wensleydale  is  the  next 
destination,  a  large  farm  having  b:vn  taken  by  -Mr.  Close  in  the 
neighboiuhood  of  Carperby.  Since  the  sale  three  years  ago,  no 
female  purchases  have  been  ma.de  excepting  at  the  Musgntve  Hull 
sale,  where  Lady  Pauline  and  Gay  Lass  we,e  obtained  in  addition 
to  Prairie  Flower,  a  daughter  of  Baron  Aylesby  39^07  and  Flo\ver 
of  the  Schelt,  who  had  been  purchased  by  Mr.  Toppiu  the  year 
previous  at  Holmescales.  After  the  Aylesby  Flowers,  the  Kilierby 
Georgies  are  the  most  important  family,  as  well  as  the  most 
numerous,  an  especially  handsome  cow  being  Vestal,  a  daughter  of 
Mr.  Aylmer's  Royal  Victor  35414 — extensively  used  by  Mr.  Close — 
and  Verity,  from  Mr.  J.  B.  Booth's  Vacillation.  The  Familiars 
obtained  from  the  late  Mr.  Unthank  have  still  a  creditable  female 
descendant  in  the  herd.  Lord  of  Waterside  49957,  a  white  of 
excellent  quality  is  now  in  service,  he  was  bred  at  Storrs,  having 
that  beautiful  cow,  Rose  of  Warlaby — the  highest  priced  female  at 
the  Beeston  sale  in  1871 — for  grand-dam,  while  his  half-sister,  Rose 
of  Wasdale,  sold  for  365gs.  at  the  rec3nt  Storrs  sale. 

Returning  to  Oxenholme  Jurction — where  the  branch  line  to 
Ivendal  and  Winder  mere  diverges  westward— Sedgwick  House  is 
found  snugly  situate  in  the  Valley  of  the  Kent.  Mr.  W.  IT.  Wake- 
iield's  system  of  breeding  may  be  said  to  have  differed  only  fiom 
Mr.  Handler's  in  that  the  sire  used  has  been  of  Bites  blood,  as  the 
entire  herd,  excepting  Walnut  (5th,  are  descended  from  dairy  cattle, 
he  having  pm chased  several  animals  with  from  one  to  three 
registered  ciosses,  and  the  production  of  such  a  beautiful  heifer  as 
Gusta  4th,  the  Champion  female  at  the  Edinburgh  Centenary 
Meeting  of  1  *S4,  must  have  amply  compensated  the  owner  for  his 


S1IOHT1TORN    IIEftDS    OF    ENGLAND.  447 

trouble.  Alas !  the  Canadians,  with  a  very  tempting  offer,  succeeded 
in  earning  off  this  much  coveted  heifer.  In  addition  to  the  hand- 
some home  bred  Baron  Sedgwick  44373,  woude.  fully  deep  in  his 
thighs  and  flank,  and  second  at  the  Reading  and  York  Rovals,  Mr. 
Wakefield  is  using  Dentsman  51071,  bred  at  Underley  and  of  the 
fashionable  Darlington  triba,  but  r.ot  so  good  looking  as  Baron 
Sedgwick.  Previous  to  Dentsman's  purchase,  Duke  of  Holker 
38183,  Baron  Barrington  4th  33000,  and  Dumobin  28486,  had  been 
bought  fiom  Holker.  The  "  Baion  "  and  three  of  his  get  obtained 
the  third  piize  at  the  Shrewsbury  Royal  in  1884,  preceded 
by  Beau  Benedict  42769  and  Royal  Gloucester  45525,  with  their 
produce.  The  names  of  the  principal  families  founded  by  Mr. 
Wakefield,  are  the  Augustas,  Barnes',  Garnetts,  Wellhead's  Roses 
and  Welcomes,  of  which  the  last  mentioned  are  the  best,  Welcome 
3rd — one  of  the  Shrewsbury  group — being  a  particular  fine  cow  and 
G-arnett  14th,  very  pretty.  Wellhead's  Rose  2nd,  a  heavy  fleshed 
sort,  has  bred  Baron  Sedgwick.  Two  of  the  most  promising  heifers 
are  Welcome  9th  and  Welcome  10th,  the  older  being  wonderfully 
deep  in  front,  and  the  younger,  an  excellent  calf,  does  credit  to 
Dentsman  51071,  and  if  her  half-sisters  are  born  with  as  shapely 
forms,  Mr.  Wakefield  will  have  no  cause  to  regret  changing  from 
Holker  to  Underley  for  his  sire. 

Betwixt  Sedgwick  and  Kendal,  formerly  Kirkby  Kendal,  at 
Water  Crook,  Mr.  Edward  Mason  has  established  a  herd  of  dairy 
shorthorns,  not  that  the  whole  thirty  cows  in  milk  are  eligible  for 
Coates',  as  Mr.  Mason,  who  has  to  maintain  a  regular  supply  of 
milk  to  provide  for  the  wants  of  his  customers  in  the  neighbouring 
town,  where  it  is  retailed  every  day,  finds  it  more  profitable  to 
change  his  animals  according  to  circumstances,  and  has  no  difficulty 
in  disposing  of  his  cows  at  very  satisfactory  prices.  Unfortunately 
the  enterprising  tenant  of  Water  Crook  is  absent  from  home,  and 
we  are  unable  to  acquire  that  positive  information  we  should  have 
liked  as  to  the  names  of  the  pedigree  animals,  but  with  the  herd  in 
its  entirety  we  are  greatly  pleased,  their  large,  square  frames  and 
shapely  udders  being  a  credit  to  any  breeder,  much  more  so  to  one 


448  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

who  lias  risen  solely  by  his  own  endeavours,  as  beginning  farming 
with  on 3  cow  purchased  out  of  his  year's  wag^s  as  an  agricultural 
f«ii  in  servant,  he  is  now  the  owner  of  one  of  the  finest  herds  of 
daiiy  cattle  in  this  country,  and  his  stock  sire,  Sir  Arthur  Irwin 
44016,  a  massive,  heavy  fleshed  son  of  Sir  Arthur  Ingram  32 1!;0, 
has  since  been  transferred  to  the  celebrated  Mertoun  herd,  as  one  of 
the  stud  bulls. 

The  late  Mr.  Marcellus  Thompson  exhibited  sonv.s  ve.iy  fine 
cattle  in  the  local  showyards,  and  the  farm  carried  on  by  the 
Executors  at  The  Lound — on  the  outskirts  of  Kenclal — has  since 
continued  to  send  forth  some  very  creditable  animils.  White  Rose, 
a  beautiful  white  cow,  has  won  nearly  a  score  of  honours,  and  is  an 
excellent  daughter  of  Baron  Barrington  4th  33006,  indeed  Mr. 
Wakefield  had  the  honour  of  being  her  breeder,  and  Red  Rose,  one 
of  Duke  of  Holker's  daughters,  like  White  Rose,  possesses  the  true 
Bates  character,  but  is  not  equal  to  her  showyard  companion — Red 
Rose — for  exhibition  purposes.  Another  capital  Baron  Barring- 
ton  4th  cow,  has  bred  a  level  roan  heifer,  to  the  Rev.  T.  Staniforth's 
Lactometer  48126,  used  in  the  herd,  who  is  also  the  sire  of  the 
younger  of  two  Cressidas  heifers,  out  of  Cousin  Cressida,  purchased 
from  Mr.  Thompson,  of  Moresdale  Hall,  and  Creampot,  half-sister 
to  Cousin  Cressida,  has  bred  a  beautiful  heifer,  Creampot  2nd,  to 
Aristocrat  50767,  a  level  son  of  Lord  Protector  435 '55  and  Baron's 
Pride,  now  in  service  with  the  herd. 

At  Lane  Foot,  situate  about  a  mile  to  the  north  of  Kendal,  Mr.  J. 
J.  Banks  has  bred  shoithorns  for  a  number  of  years.  Until  his 
purchases  at  the  Underley  sale,  Mr.  Banks  never  purchased  what 
may  be  termed  fashionable  bred  shoithorns,  but  good  useful  cattle, 
and  his  sires  have  been  of  the  same  class,  Emperor  of  Kirklevington 
47838,  now  in  service,  having  been  bred  at  Calthwaite  Hall,  from 
Empress  6th,  which  had  two  highly  bred  Bates  crosses  upon  Mr. 
Maynard's  Empress.  The  own  sisters,  Sprightly  2nd  and  Sprightly 
3rd,  are  the  b^st  of  the  cows  of  his  own  breeding,  the  older  being 
especially  good.  Barmpton  Blush,  which  cost  the  Earl  of  Bective 
L'o.Vs.  at  the  lYncraig  sale,  has  bred  Mr.  Banks  a  fine  roan  heifer— 


SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND.  449 

Duchess  Blush — by  Grand  Duke  81st  38374,  since  her  arrival  from 
Underlay  in  company  with  the  neat  Lilydale,  and  the  massive  Red 
Rose  of  Coniston,  whose  grand-dam,  Red  Rose  of  the  Isles,  reached 
l,950gs,  at  the  Dunmore  auction  of  1875,  she  also  has  bred  a  heifer 
by  one  of  the  Underley  Duchess  males.  The  handsome  dark  roan, 
Colleen  Celia  3rd,  bought  at  Rowfant,  is  considered  the  handsomest 
cow  at  Lane  Foot.  Princess  Janette  5th  and  two  well  bred  Duchess 
Nancies — Duchess  Nancy  3rd  and  Dowager  Duchess  19th — have 
since  our  visit  been  purchased  at  the  dispersion  of  the  Penrhyn 
Castle  herd. 

Crossing  to  the  opposite  side  of  the  Valley,  we  find  Skelsmergh 
Hall  has  been  in  the  occupation  of  the  Morton  family  since  May 
12th,  1811.  The  farm  is  now  in  the  occupation  of  Mr.  John 
Morton,  a  nephew  of  the  Messrs.  Morton,  whose  herd  realized  such 
high  prices  in  Australia,  before  being  transferred  to  Messrs. 
Robeitson.  Chance  7890,  calved  in  1826,  of  the  Rev.  J.  Watson's 
breeding,  was  the  first  pedigree  bull  used  at  Skelsmergh  Hall,  and 
only  twelve  years  later,  the  then  owner  carried  off  the  first  of  a 
numerous  array  of  silver  cups  in  the  present  Mr.  Morton's 
possession,  and  especially  worthy  of  record  is  the  fact  that  seven 
of  them  have  been  won  for  the  best  general  stock  in  the  district, 
and  in  addition,  money  prizes  have  also  been  gained  in  this  class. 
The  exhibition  of  females  has  been  discontinued  for  the  past  ten 
years,  but  previously  the  herd  was  well  known  for  its  success  in 
the  local  showyards.  Col.  Townley's  Freeman  17804 — a  son  of 
Frederick  11489  and  Alice  Butterfly — succeeded  Mr.  R.  W. 
Saunders'  Sovereign  15324,  and  his  daughters,  Freedom's  Faith 
and  Freedom's  Farewell,  won  a  number  of  prizes.  Sires  of  Bates 
blood  have  been  in  service  for  the  past  twenty  years,  beginning 
with  Atherton's  Oxford  21195,  a  pure  Acomb  bull,  and  Barrington, 
Place,  and  Wild  Eyes  males  succeeded  him,  so  the  character  of 
the  herd  has  become  eventually  "  Bates,"  although  the  first 
purchases  and  earlier  sires  possessed  little  of  that  blood.  In  the 
dairy  cows,  a  capital  uddered  lot,  the  daughters  of  Duke  of 
Barrington  2nd,  36463,  are  well  to  the  front,  the  own  sisters, 

EE 


450  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

Claribel  and  Lady  Clara,  are  especially  good ;  Bo  Peep,  has  bred 
Royal  Gwynne,  who  has  turned  out  a  winner  in  Mr.  BUmdell's 
ownership  ;  Ringlet  7th,  is  a  nice  old  sort ;  Petunia,  a  grand  deep 
£rani3d  red  and  white,  is  one  of  the  best  in  the  herd  ;  and  Lady 
Victoria,  although  very  smart  has  not  the  substance  of  this  bull's 
get.  Mr.  Starkie's  Baron  Ashton  45888,  has  also  a  number  of 
capital  heifers  to  his  credit,  Fanny  Fern,  traces  to  Sir  Charles 
Knightley's  Walnut,  through  Fair  Fanny,  bought  at  Nunwick, 
Heartsease,  Rosewood  and  Sweetbriar  are  the  only  three  others  in 
milk,  the  latter  being  the  best  shaped.  Patty,  amongst  the  heifers 
is  very  blooming,  as  the  owner  after  having  contemplated  selling 
her  for  beef,  considers  he  could  not  afford  to  lose  so  fine  a  young 
cow.  The  calves  are  the  produce  of  Fred  Gwynne  52902,  a  good 
framed  animal,  with  capital  loin  and  thighs,  bred  at  East  Donyland. 

On  arriving  at  the  terminus  of  the  Kendal  and  Windemere 
line,  we  are  within  sight  of  the  Lake,  whose  graceful  beauty  enthralls 
visitors  of  all  nationalities,  as  well  as  the  comforts — in  a  lesser 
degree — of  the  Royal  and  Old  England  hostelries,  over  which  Mrs. 
Scott  presides,  and  the  farm  of  Cleabarrow,  situate  as  it  were  over- 
hanging Bowness,  which  is  placed  on  the  edge  of  a  large  bay  of  the 
Lake,  has  not  only  supplied  the  hotels  with  farm  produce,  but  sent 
forth  some  excellent  cattle  to  do  battle  in  the  local  showyards. 
Rosie  Tufton,  a  very  wealthy  heifer,  exhibited  last  season,  is  not  so 
much  to  our  taste  as  the  pretty  and  level  Valegia  Bland,  bought  at 
the  sale  held  by  Mr.  Thorn  on  his  removal  from  Kirkbythore,  where 
Rose  of  Oxford  4th,  a  handsome  cow  of  Mr.  Ben  AVilson's  Certainty 
tribe  was  also  obtained,  while  Millionaire  53318  has  been  purchased 
from  the  well  known  Inglewood  herd,  he  is  a  good-looking  young 
bull,  and  being  by  the  renowned  Beau  Benedict  42769  should  leave 
some  good  stock  at  Cleabarrow. 

Crossing  the  Lake,  and  disembarking  at  the  Ferry  Hotel,  we 
proceed  by  way  of  Sawrey,  into  the  Yale  of  Esthwaite — the  Lake 
being  the  scene  of  Wordsworth's  fine  skating  description — and  at 
Colthouse,  at  the  foot  of  the  hill,  Mr.  W.  Satterthwaite  breeds  a 
small  herd  of  Bates  cattle  of  the  most  fashionable  strains  of  blood. 


SHORTHOKN    HKKDS    OF    ENGLAND.  451 

Pie  began  by  purchasing  a  couple  of  heifers  at  the  Conishead  Grange 
sale  of  1S7£,  and  when  Mr.  W.  Ashburner  sold  the  larger  portion  of 
his  herd  two  years  later,  Lady  Clato  Bates,  Barrington  Lally  4th, 
and  Conishead  Wild  Eyes  3rd,  came  into  the  Esthwaite  Vale. 
A  useful  roan  two  year  old,  by  Mr.  Martin's  Earl  of  Kirklevington 
43168,  from  Lady  Claio  Bates,  has  the  honour  of  the  Lily  Bells  to 
maintain ;  Barrington  Lally  4th,  has  proved  a  first  rate  dairy 
animal,  and  her  daughter,  Claife  Lally,  promises  to  grow  into  a  nice 
cow;  and  Conishead  Wild  Eyes  3rd,  before  being  sold  to  Mr. 
Burnley,  left  a  couple  of  heifers  at  Colthouse,  named  Esthwaite 
Wild  Eyes  and  Esthwaite  Wild  Eyes  2nd,  the  former,  a  neat  level 
roan,  has  bred  a  capital  cow  calf  to  Baron  Newfield  Winsome  47425, 
a  highly  bred  Winsome  bull,  purchased  by  Mr.  Satterthwaite,  from 
Mr.  L.  H.  Wraith,  and  a  white — Esthwaite  Wild  Eyes  5th — from 
the  younger  sister,  also  does  credit  to  him  as  a  sire,  and  its  dam,  a 
robust  massive  young  matron,  is  of  the  right  class  to  withstand  the 
vigours  of  the  climate,  indeed  there  is  considerable  credit  due  to  Mr. 
Satferthwaite  for  his  courage  in  selecting  such  highly  bred  females 
to  occupy  his  pastures,  and  not  content  with  his  previous  purchases 
he  has  bought  Duchess  of  Warcop,  of  the  fashionable  Waterloo  tribe, 
and  Lady  Wild  Eyes  10th,  one  of  the  purest  of  the  many  branches  of 
the  family. 

Passing  through  the  ancient  market  town  of  Hawkeshead — 
which  like  many  another  once  important  country  town  has  suffered 
from  the  absence  of  the  "Iron  Horse" — the  end  of  the  first  mile 
brings  us  to  a  brook,  near  which  at  the  angle  where  the  Ambleside 
and  Coniston  roads  divide,  a  mullioned  window  in  a  portion  of  the 
farm  buildings,  indicates  that  we  are  close  to  the  site  of  the  Hall, 
but  the  present  residence  is  quite  of  modern  date.  Mr.  Martin, 
the  present  occupier  of  the  Hall,  and  the  extensive  holding  belonging 
to  it,  began  breeding  shorthorns  in  1864,  when  on  March  28th  he 
bought  Jessy  31st,  at  the  Stang  Ends  sale,  she  proved  an  excellent 
breeder :  and  Gazelle  3rd,  obtained  at  Siddington  in  1872,  was  also 
a  fortunate  purchase  ;  while  additions  were  afterwards  made  of  some 
of  the  leading  tribes.  Before  Mr.  Martin's  lemoval  from  Bardsea — 


4-f>2  SHORTHORN    HERDS    OE    ENGLAND. 

where  the  herd  was  previously  located — a  joint  sale  was  held  with 
the  late  Mr.  Kennedy  at  Stone  Cross,  when  an  average  of  £57  7s. 
2d  was  secured  for  the  twenty-six  animals.  S'ince  that  date  no 
female  purchases  have  been  made  by  Mr.  Martin,  the  three  tribes — 
as  the  Gwynnes  and  Minstrels  may  be  included  as  one — have  been 
bred  as  the  ordinary  stock  of  an  exposed  high  lying  farm  in  the 
Lake  District,  Earl  of  Kirklevington  413168,  a  robust  serviceable  bull, 
having  succeeded  Duke  of  Oxford  34th  36529,  whose  predecessor, 
Duke  of  Kirklevington  6th  30982,  had  been  sold  after  several  years  use 
at  his  cost  price,  to  go  into  Kentucky.  The  popular  Gwynne  family 
consists  of  Flossy  Gwynne  3rd,  and  her  thirteen  descendants,  the 
old  lady,  looking  very  robust  in  her  eleventh  year,  carries  abundance 
of  hair  and  flest  to  withstand  the  cold,  indeed  the  family  have 
shown  themselves  particularly  hardy  and  regular  breeders  since  their 
removal  into  a  more  northerly  clime.  Florence  Gwynne  and  Folia 
Gwynne,  are  the  choicest  of  Flossy  Gwynne  3rd's  four  daughters, 
her  first-born — Flora  Gwynne — when  sold  at  Stone  Cross  as  a  calf 
realized  275gs,  being  more  than  the  cost  price  of  her  mother  two  years 
previous.  Minstrel  Princess  2nd,  a  neat  quartered  red,  from  Minstrel 
6th,  bought  at  the  Conishead  Priory  sale  of  1875,  has  bred  a  nice  heifer 
calf.  The  Waterloos  consist  of  Lady  Waterloo  29th,  a  stylish  roan 
grand-daughter  of  Lady  Waterloo  26th,  bred  at  Gaddesby,  and  her  two 
heifers,  while  Wild  Eyes  Belle  2nd  and  Wild  Eyes  Belle  4th,  are  two  of 
the  nearest  in  proximity  to  a  cow  bred  by  the  late  Mr.  Bates  at 
Kirklevington,  the  great  grand-dam — Wild  Eyes  26th — of  the  former 
having  been  born  in  that  illustrious  breeder's  possession. 

On  returning  into  the  Coniston  road,  after  passing  a  prettily 
situated  house  on  the  left,  we  have  a  capital  mountain  view,  ere 
descending  into  the  adjoining  valley,  where  lies  Coniston  Lake, 
with  the  "Old  Man"  calmly  contemplating  it,  and  on  its  left  side, 
Mr.  G.  W.  Goodison,  has  a  few  pedigree  shorthorns  to  minister  to 
his  pleasures  at  Coniston  Bank,  charmingly  situate  on  the  borders 
of  the  lake.  The  owner's  handsomest  animal  is  Countess  Ingram, 
hailing  from  Mr.  Handley's  prize  winning  herd,  while  Belle  Vue, 
also  from  the  neighbourhood  of  Milnthorpe,  is  very  attractive. 


SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND.  453 

Lady  Christie,  with  her  grand  udder,  is  a  fine  type  of  a  dairy  cow, 
having  yielded  under  test  between  seventeen  and  eighteen  pounds  of 
butter  per  week,  unfortunately  she  lacks  the  herd  book  requirements, 
but  having  been  bred  at  Rigmaden  Park,  there  can  be  little  doubt  of 
her  having  considerable  shorthorn  blood  in  her  veins.  Mr.  Goodison 
takes  considerable  interest  in  agriculture  and  on  his  small  pleasure 
farm,  several  experiments  are  being  tried,  of  which  another  day  we 
shall  have  pleasure  in  hearing  the  result. 

Passing  to  the  South  of  the  Lake  and  thence  over  Kirkby  Moor, 
we  come  to  Low  Hall,  placed  well  in  the  centre  of  the  land  which 
extends  from  within  a  quarter  of  a  mile  of  Kirkby  Station — situate 
on  the  estuary  of  the  River  Duddon — to  the  open  common,  and 
many  of  the  shorthorns  when  in  their  heiferhood,  and  not  in  profit, 
are  accustomed  to  graze  on  the  verge  of  the  heather.  To  the  tenant — 
Mr.  Geo.  Ashburner — the  first  prize  was  awarded  by  the  Royal 
Agricultural  Societv  when  it  held  its  meeting  at  Preston,  "  for  the 
best  stock  rearing  farm,  where  the  management  was  principally  and 
most  successfully  directed  to  the  breeding  and  rearing  of  Live  Stock." 
The  herd  came  into  the  present  owner's  possession  after  the  death 
of  his  father,  the  late  Mr.  R.  W.  Ashburner,  in  1869,  who  had 
founded  it  by  the  purchase  of  Lady  in  1832,  from  Mr.  William 
Hodgkin,  of  Drigg,  who  was  a  near  neighbour  of  Mr.  Burrow,  of 
Carlton  Hall,  one  of  the  earliest  breeders  on  the  West  Coast.  The 
painting  of  her  son,  Favourite  3772,  adorns  the  entrance  hall  at 
Low  Hall,  and  Duchess  of  Kirkby,  the  winner  of  upwards  of  one 
hundred  cups  and  prizes,  traces  to  one  of  her  daughters,  while  her 
descendants  in  1840,  laid  the  foundation  of  the  Hall  Santon  herd, 
and  some  of  their  best  stock  traced  to  the  Low  Hall  purchase.  The 
herd,  when  passing  into  the  present  owner's  possession,  was  largely 
composed  of  the  Ruby  and  Gilliver  families,  and  had  been  consider- 
ably in-bred  by  the  late  Mr.  Ashburner,  thus  the  introduction  of 
fresh  blood,  as  in  the  union  of  Tenth  Grand  Duke  with  the  Ruby 
cow,  Nightingale  Oxford,  doubtless  tended  to  produce  the  beautiful 
Duchess  of  Kirkby,  and  one  of  the  Gillivers  also  when  bred 
to  Sockburn  Lad  30024— the  first  sire  bought  by  the  promt 


454  8UO11THOUN    HERDS    OF 

owner — bred  the  very  successful  prize  bull  Pure  Gold  32236.  After 
Lord  Penrhyn  supplied  Duke  of  Oxford  31004,  and  Mr.  Brogden  a 
Cambridge  Rose  and  Cherry  D'^ke,  Holker  was  once  more  resorted 
to  and  Duke  of  Oxford  41st  38174,  enjoyed  a  lengthy  period  of 
service,  as  well  as  his  successor,  Baron  Oxford  10th  42739,  who  has 
left  a  number  of  nice  heifers.  Earl  Surmise  2nd  51196,  the 
principal  of  the  three  present  sires,  is  a  level  topped  bull  of  nice 
quality,  with  well  packed  shoulders,  good  ribs  and  lengthy  quarters. 
Of  his  two  assistants,  Lord  Waterloo  5th  and  Wild  Duke  of  Geneva 
36th,  we  are  inclined  in  favour  of  the  latter,  a  deep  red  sappy 
youngster,  exceedingly  mellow  in  his  touch. 

The  total  strength  of  the  herd  is  generally  about  seventy  of  all 
ages,  which,  with  the  exception  of  a  few  heifers  bought  in  to  graze, 
are  composed  of  pedigree  shorthorns.  A  number  of  young  bulls  are 
annually  reared  with  a  portion  of  the  milk  from  the  dairy  of  about  a 
score  of  cows,  the  rest  being  made  into  butter.  Exhibiting  is  not 
carried  on  extensively,  but  a  few  animals  are  generally  brought  out 
at  the  local  and  Eoyai  North  Lancashire  shows,  in  oider  that  the 
herd  may  stand  well  in  the  estimation  of  the  public,  and  thereby 
create  a  demind  for  the  surplus  femiles  and  young  bulls  without 
having  a  public  sale,  not  one  has  been  held  at  Low  Hall  by  the 
present  owner,  although  contributions  on  a  small  scale  have  been 
made  to  those  of  other  breeders.  The  foundation  tribes  are  worthy 
of  first  notice,  as  not  only  have  they  produced  the  most  successful 
show,  but  at  present  contain  the  best  individual  animals.  The 
Duchess  of  Kirkby  branch  are  three  in  number,  the  Fifth,  a  neat 
level  topped  grand-daughter  of  the  famous  "  Duchess  "  has  bred  the 
Ninth,  a  pretty  attractive  maiden,  whom  the  judges  awarded  a  second 
prize  at  Manchester,  while  her  half-sister,  the  Seventh,  is  a  beautiful 
fronted  young  cow  of  nice  quality.  The  Eubies  proper,  have  in  the 
Sixteenth  and  Seventeenth,  two  excellent  dairy  animals,  the  former 
has  proved  the  better  breeder,  as  witness  the  successful  Nineteenth, 
and  two  younger  ones,  all  being  by  Baron  Oxford  10th  42729,  the 
oldest  has  bred  a  grand  level  calf  to  Lord  Bates  51545,  which  is 
considered  quite  the  most  piomising  animal  in  the  herd  for  carrying 


SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND.  455 

off  future  honours,  to  add  to  the  numerous  display  already  on  the 
sideboard  in  the  dining  room.  The  Gillivers  include  the,  Lorns, 
which  obtained  the  family  prize  at  the  Shrewsbury  Eoyal,  Lady 
Lorn,  and  Countess  of  Lorn,  although  wealthy  good  cattle,  have  not 
the  graceful  beauty  of  Winsome  Gem,  she  has  the  true  character  of 
a  shorthorn,  yet  cannot  compete  with  her  often-times  showyard 
companion,  Ruby  19th,  in  the  evenness  of  her  lines.  As  regards  the 
Bates  tribes,  the  Kirklevingtons  may  be  deemed  to  have  front  rank, 
and  Kirklevington  29th — the  mother  of  a  nice  young  heifer — 
promises  to  develope  into  a  useful  matron.  The  Duchess  Nancies, 
Fantails,  Lady  Bells  and  Places,  also  of  Bell  Bates  origin,  appear  to 
specially  excel  in  their  milking  properties.  The  Wild  Eyes'  have 
two  branches,  Lady  Winsome  4th  and  Lady  Winsome  5th — the  latter 
a  very  taking  heifer — are  from  Wayward  Eyes,  bought  at  TJnderley 
in  1879,  while  Wild  Eyes  SS'-h,  in  her  tenth  year,  appears  very 
blooming  and  has  a  growing  two  year  old  daughter — Baroness  Wild 
Eyes  2nd — grazing  on  the  hill-side.  Worcester  Daisy,  from  Cawood's 
Mignon,  bought  at  Mr.  Oaggs'  sale,  is  one  of  the  most  fancied  of 
the  younger  stock,  included  in  which  is  a  substantial  Knightley 
Walnut,  as  well  as  an  Ursula  of  Didrnarton  fame,  whose  dam — 
Duchess  Ursula  4th — is  one  of  the  best  of  the  matrons.  Princess' 
descendants  of  the  Elvira,  Minstrel,  Biddenham  and  Rougholm 
branches  of  the  Gwynnes,  number  into  the  "teens,"  none  is  more 
massive  than  the  aged  Oxford  Gwynne,  and  the  only  female  Elvira, 
Princess  of  Kiikby  2nd,  once  more  it  must  be  added  that  the  tribe 
are  popular  in  the  herd  for  their  milking  qualities,  and  Florence 
Gwynne  a  beautiful  type  of  a  "  dairy  shorthorn,"  has  not  long  been 
sold  to  go  into  Cheshire. 

Passing  over  the  heights  of  Kirkby  Moor  to  Ulverston,  and 
proceeding  by  rail  from  that  place  to  Carnforth,  we  call  at  the 
fashionable  watering  place  of  Grange,  to  see  Mr.  T.  Westwood's 
family  of  Buttercups,  or  now  better  known  as  the  Duchesses  of 
Grange,  with  which  he  has  carried  off  many  honours  at  the  district 
shows.  They  are  found  a  sy  in  metrical  lot  of  cattle,  and  worthy  of 
the  descent  from  the  old  established  Rougholm  stock,  the  late  Mr. 


456  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

John  Caddy  having  pin  chased  the  original  cow  from  Mr.  Singleton, 
of  Ravenglass,  in  1829,  she  was  sent  to  Mr.  Curwetvs  Coroner  3497, 
and  produced  Dairy  Maid,  the  mother  of  the  first  Buttercup,  whose 
grand- daughter,  Buttercup  3rd,  was  sold  to  Mr.  W.  Ashburner,  in 
whose  hands  the  family  was  bred  for  three  generations  before  passing 
into  Mr.  Westwood's,  who  has  followed  his  predecessor's  example 
by  mating  them  with  males  containing  Bates  blood  in  their  pedigree. 
Georgiana  of  York  4th,  a  deep  milking  Bell  Bates,  has  bred  three 
heifers,  but  the  family  have  not  the  good  looks  of  the  Buttercups  or 
Duchesses  of  Grange. 

With  Mr.  E.  Barton,  of  Wharton  Grange,  near  the  busy 
Junction  of  Carnforth,  his  horses  are  "first  favourites"  and  naturally 
the  cattle  are  not  found  quite  so  aristocratic  in  their  breeding  as  they 
would  have  otherwise  been.  From  one  of  Mr.  R.  Botterill's  Waulby 
sales  came  a  Lady  Fortunate,  of  sound  descent,  and  Cherry  Oxtord 
4th,  tracing  to  Col.  Cradock's  Old  Cherry.  Peeress  15th,  bought  at 
the  dispersion  of  the  Earl  of  Tankerville's  herd,  has  the  Aylesby 
Fitz- Roland  33036  for  sire,  and  since  coming  to  Wharton  Grange 
has  bred  Mr.  Barton  two  heifers,  the  older  by  Mr.  Bruere's  Vice 
Eegal  Booth  39258,  and  the  other,  a  showy  roan,  by  Wagner  48898. 
Amongst  the  cows  in  profit,  a  good  roan,  from  Col.  Graham's 
attracts  our  attention,  and  in  the  calf  house,  a  promising  youngster, 
has  Royal  Ingram  50374  for  sire. 

The  delightful  situation  of  Holker  Hall,  on  the  shores  of 
Morecambe  Bay,  is  well  known  to  the  countless  tens — nay  even 
hundreds — of  those  interested  in  good  cattle,  who  have  passed  from 
the  comparatively  unimportant  station  of  Carke  to  the  little  village 
of  Holker,  at  the  commencement  of  which  are  found  a  substantial 
set  of  farm  buildings,  in  close  proximity  to  Mr.  Drewry's  residence, 
so  that  the  most  valuable  portions  of  the  herd  can  be  under  his 
constant  supervision,  but  with  such  a  trusty  lieutenant  as  "  George 
Moore  "  in  charge — whose  connexion  with  the  herd  has  lasted  for 
twenty-eight  years — the  latter  can  scarcely  be  deemed  a  duty  but  a 
pleasure.  The  noble  owner- -then  known  as  the  Earl  of  Burling- 
ton— was  a  purchaser  at  the  Kirklevington  sale  of  1850,  but  the 


SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND.  457 

following  year,  calling  in  the  aid  of  Mr.  Strafford,  the  entire  herd 
was  dispersed,  the  highest  price  being  80  gs.,  paid  for  Goodness,  to 
go  to  America,  whose  descendants,  as  "  Duchesses  of  Goodness," 
acquired  Considerable  fame  in  that  country.  Two  years  later,  Mr. 
Dre\vry — whose  name  has  been  honourably  connected  with  the 
management  of  the  herd  for  over  40  years — purchased  Nonsuch 
and  Oxford  15th  at  the  Toitwoith  sale,  and  it  may  be  safely  pre- 
dicted that  never  has  one  owner  Fold  so  many  thousands  of  pounds 
worth  of  stock  descended  from  one  cow  and  bred  by  himself  as 
Mr.  Drewry  has  on  behalf  of  His  Grace  the  Duke  of  Devonshire, 
which  have  traced  to  Oxford  15th.  The  rise  of  the  Holker  herd, 
during  the  half  century  it  has  been  in  existence,  may  be  said  to 
illustrate  most  forcibly  the  rise  and  decline  in  fashionably  bred 
shorthorns.  At  the  1864  sale,  the  thirty  head  averaged  =£66  3s. ; 
in  1871,  forty-three  head,  .£240  13s.  lOd. ;  in  1874,  the  exactly 
same  number,  .£383  13s.  3d.  ;  in  1878,  thirty  head,  .£664  Is.  Od. ; 
and  lastly  in  1883,  when  forty-four  animals  brought  only 
=£162  Is.  2d.  each,  and  nine  more  Oxford  females  were  included  than 
on  any  previous  occasion. 

The  Oxfords  are  both  meritorious  and  numerous,  but  the 
"pride  of  place"  must  be  given  to  the  half  dozen  Duchesses — the 
sixth  arriving  betwixt  the  taking  and  re-writing  of  these  notes — 
as  Grand  Duke  of  Holker  52963,  the  stylish  roan  son  of  the  two 
Sholebroke  purchases — Grand  Duke  46th  49671  and  Grand  Duchess 
41st — occupies  the  bull  house  which  his  illustrious  predecessors, 
Baron  Oxford  8th  41057,  Baron  Oxford  4th  25580,  Duke  of 
Glo'ster  7th  39735,  Duke  of  Wetherby  5th  31033,  Grand  Duke 
10th  21848  and  Lord  Oxford  20214,  have  had  as  their  home;  thus 
to  gain  the  prestige  of  these  well  known  names  he  will  have  to 
prove  one  of  the  best  stock  getters  in  this  country.  His  sire  was 
considered  the  best  young  bull  at  the  Sholebroke  sale,  and  Grand 
Duchess  41st,  a  beautiful  fronted  roan  with  excellent  sprung  ribs, 
has  proved  herself  a  capital  breeder ;  her  twin  heifers,  Grand 
Duchess  of  Holker  and  Grand  Duchess  of  Holker  2nd,  own  sisters 
to  the  Grand  Duke  of  Holker,  are  a  splendid  pair  of  yearlings 


458  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

although  different  in  colour,  the  first  born  baing  a   red  and  the 
second    a   roan.        The    compact   and    level    Duchess    of    Holker, 
belonging  to  the  Duchess  of  Airdrie  branch,  has  a  useful  red  and 
white   son  by  Duke  of  York  9th,  51159,  and  Duchess  of  Killhow 
has  grown  into  a  very  pretty  heifer  although  hardly  on  sufficient 
scale.      The  Oxfords,  numbering  forty-eight  females,  are  of    two 
branches,    and    with    the  exception   of    thirteen,  all   trace  to  the 
Tortvvorth   purchase,   again   they   may   be  divided   into  three  sub- 
branches,  one  of  which  may  be  called  "pure,"  in  the  sense  in  which 
the  term  is  now  used,  no  sires  excepting  of  tribes  in   Mr.  Bates' 
possession   at  his   death   having  been  allowed  to    mate    with    the 
descendants  of  Oxford  loth's  daughter,  Grand  Duchess  of  Oxford 
4th,    while  her    other  daughter,  Countess  of  Oxford,  was  by  the 
Princess  bull,  Earl  of  Warwick   11412.  and  a  further  innovation 
was  introduced,  when  she  bred  a  heifer  to  Dr.  Dickinson's  Priam 
18567,  having  previously  had  the  first  of  the  Grand  Duchesses  of 
Oxford  to  Mr.  Bolden's  Grand  Duke  3rd  16182.     Although  Earl  of 
Warwick  and  Priam  introduced  a  variety  of  fresh  blood,  yet  the 
grand  array  of  first  class  Bates  sires  used  during  the  past  quarter 
of  a  cantury  have  made  the  tribe  all  of  one  uniform  type,  more 
especially  the  Tort  worth  branch,  as  it  has  been  customary  to  send 
Lady  Oxford  5th  and  her  descendants  to  the  first  Duke  sires  in  the 
kingdom.       Grand   Duchess   of    Oxford   32nd,   the  matron  of  the 
family,   is   in  the  calving  box,  and  the  Thirty-fifth— the  two  last 
daughters   of    Duke  of  Wetherby  5th  31033 — are  fine  handsome 
red  cows  of  large  scale  and  robust  constitutions.      The  Forty-sixth 
and  Fifty-third  are  an  especially  grand  pair,  and  two  of  the  best  in 
the  herd,  the  younger  being  wonderfully  good  in  her  brisket,  and 
the  older  of  extraordinary  size  and  robustness.     The  Twenty-second 
has  quite  the  Bates  gaiety  of  carriage,  but  passing  into  the  Park, 
it  is  the  beautiful  lot  of  heifers  by  Grand  Duke  40th  41)371,  that 
are  the  most  admired  ;  they  are  wonderfully  alike  with  their  lengthy 
level  frames  and  grand  colours — almost  all  b^ing  rich  roans — which 
tends  to  enhance  their  many  other  charms.     To  particularize  would 
be  tedious,  so  we  must  be  content  with  naming  a  few  of  the  best :  — 


SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND.  459 

the  Eighty-first,  a  very  straight  topped  roan,  out  of  our  favourite 
the  Fifty-third;  the  Eightieth,  out  of  the  Fifty-seventh;  the 
Eighty-second  is  a  heavy-fleshed  sort,  and  the  Eighty-sixth,  a 
capital  fronted  heifer,  are  daughter  and  grand-daughter  of  the 
Thirty-second.  A  younger  set  are  under  cover  in  company  with 
the  young  Grand  Duchesses,  and  the  Ninetieth,  a  short-legged  roan 
is  "  first  favourite." 

Lady  Oxford  5th,  after  winning  in  the  calf  class  at  the 
Worcester  Royal  of  1863,  was  bought  by  Mr.  Drewry  at  the 
Havering  Park  sale  of  1867  for  600  gs.,  and  bred  the  first  seven 
Baron  Oxfords,  while  her  daughter  Baroness  Oxford,  proved  just  as 
much  a  heifer  breeder;  her  daughter  Baroness  Oxford  llth,  by 
Duke  of  Connaught  33604,  has  bred  the  noble  sires  at  the  head  of 
the  Babingley  and  Tortworth  herds,  while  another  daughter,  the 
Thirteenth,  is  a  white  of  nice  character  and  quality ;  the 
Fourteenth  and  Fifteenth  are  both  grand-daughters  by  Duke  of 
Glo'ster  7th  39735  ;  the  former  has  had  two  heifers — the  Twenty- 
first,  with  her  grand  substance  and  grand  hair,  being  probably  the 
best — and  the  younger  is  a  compact  nice  cow,  also  the  dam  of 
two  good  heifers  by  Grand  Duke  46th  49671.  Several  other  well 
known  families  have  had  a  home  at  Holker,  but  the  Wild  Eyes  and 
Lally  tribes  are  the  only  two  which  are  honoured  by  being  at  present- 
given  a  "habitation."  The  Winsomes  first  came  into  promin- 
ence at  Holker,  and  aUho"gh  the  name  is  continued  for  the 
female  produce,  it  is  to  some  extent  misleading,  as  Winsome  27th, 
a  very  handsome  cow,  is  out  of  Marchioness  of  Worcester,  bought 
at  the  dispersion  of  the  Ashdoun  House  herd,  for  850  gs,,  and  her 
produce  are  grer tly  admired,  especially  her  sappy  red  son  by  Duke 
of  York  9th  51 159  ;  and  the  Thirtieth,  her  oldest  daughter,  has  had  a 
charming  roan  heifer.  Wild  Winsome  9th  and  Winsome  26th, 
tracing  b.ick  in  a  direct  line  to  Winsome,  bought  by  Mr.  Drewry  at 
the  Maiton-le-Moor  sale  of  1863,  have  also  each  a  daughter  in  the 
heid.  Holker  Lally,  a  beautiful  roan  daughter  of  Grand  Duke 
46th  49671,  and  Lally  15th,  the  "five  hundred  guinea"  calf  from 
Winterfold,  is  a  direct  contradiction  of  the  fact  asserted  by  some 


460  SHORTHORN  HERDS  OF  ENGLAND. 

writers  that  "  purer  the  blood,  the  worse  the  animal,"  as  she  is  one 
of  the  purest  Bates  shorthorns  in  the  world.  Although  the 
Barringtons  are  limited  to  a  single  representative  in  the  female 
line,  they  have  Duke  of  Barrington  13th,  a  lengthy  deep  red,  of 
fine  commanding  appearance,  bred  by  Mr.  H.  J.  Sheldon,  of  Brailes; 
he  was  Champion  of  the  Birmingham  Show,  in  1883,  and  descends 
from  Lally's  daughter,  Laurel,  purchased  by  Mr.  Drewry  at  Mr. 
Ambler's  sale  in  1857,  whose  grand-daughter,  Countess  of  Barrington 
2nd  went  to  Brailes  from  the  Holker  sale  in  1864.  With  the  visit 
to  Holker,  our  pleasant  tour  of  over  two  years  duration,  amongst 
the  herds  in  this  country  comes  to  a  close,  and  in  conclusion,  ue 
tender  our  hearty  thanks  to  breedeis  and  their  agents  for  the  true 
British  hospitality  and  genial  welcome  which  greeted  us  wher'er  we 
wandered,  as  well  as  for  the  information  respecting  their  cattle, 
which  was  so  invariably  given  with  the  greatest  of  pleasure,  or  else 
it  wrould  have  been  almost  impossible  for  this  work  to  have  been 
added  to  the  literature  on  the  most  distinguished  breed  of  cattle 
that  the  world  has  ever  known. 


THE  END. 


BREEDERS'    DIRECTORY. 


THE    WINDSOR    HERDS 

BELONGING    TO 


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CONSIST    OF 

SHORTHORN    CATTLE 

Of  BOOTH  blood.  Bulls  have  been  hired  from  Warlaby  for 
many  years.  FIELD-MARSHALL  47870,  bred  at  Sittyton, 
Aberdeenshire,  is  now  in  service. 

HEREFORD    CATTLE 

Descended  from  HORACE  3877,  and  LORD  WILTON  4740. 
Stud  Bull,  CONSTANTINE  9750  (by  GROVE  SRD  5051),  bred  by 
Mr.  Arthur  Turner,  The  Leen,  Penbridge. 

DEVON    CATTLE 

Of  the  most  fashionable  strains.  The  Young  Stock  are  prin- 
cipally Sired  by  BARON  GOLSONCOTT  1681. 

JERSEY    CATTLE 

Descended  from  imported  animals. 


PIGS 


Prince  Albert's  WINDSOR  breed  and  the  BERKSHIRE  breed. 
The  latter  descended  from  the  Stock  of  Mr.  J.  P.  King,  and 
Mr.  Joseph  Smith. 


Cattle    and     Pigs    of    the    above    breeds    are    usually    on  sale, 
suitable  either  for  home  breeders  or  export  purposes. 

For  Prices,  Sc.,  apply  to 

MR.    W.    TAIT, 

THE  PRINCE   CONSORT'S  SHAW  FARM, 

WINDSOR. 


BREEDERS'  DIRECTORY. 
HIS      ROYAL      HIGHNESS 

rince  of  i^afc^, 

SANDRINGHAM,    NORFOLK 


BREEDER     OF 

SHORTHORN    CATTLE 

Two  distinct  Herds.  The  one  at  Wolferton,  adjoining  the 
Station  on  the  Great  Eastern  Railway,  goes  back  to  Booth 
origin.  The  principal  Families  are  the  COLD  CREAMS, 
(from  which  spring  the  DIADEMS,  winners  of  First  Prize  for 
Family  Group  at  the  Royal  Show  held  at  York,  1883)  ;  the 
SEEDLINGS,  a  very  hardy  cattle;  the  ZEALS  from  Lord 
Spencer;  and  PRIMULAS  from  Mr.  Wood. 

The  SIRES  used  have  been  from  Warlaby  and  West  Dereham, 
also  BARON  WOLFERTON  44387,  a  son  of  DUKE  OF  AOSTA 
28356,  and  bred  at  Wolferton. 

The  Babingley  Herd,  two  miles  from  Wolferton,  includes  repre- 
sentatives of  most  of  the  Bates  and  Knightley  families.  Here 
are  the  KIRKLEVINGTONS,  BARRINGTONS,  BLANCHES, 
WILD  EYES,  HONEYS,  SWEETHEARTS,  and  several 
branches  of  the  Knightley  families.  The  SIRE  now  at  the 
head  of  the  Herd  is  BARON  OXFORD  18th  50830,  third  prize 
winner  at  the  Royal  Show  at  Preston,  1885.  He  was  bred  at 
Holker,  and  is  of  the  purest  Oxford  blood,  with  a  cross  of  the 
Duke  of  Connaught,  and  is  leaving  very  fine  calves. 

SOUTHDOWN    SHEEP 

This  Flock  has  now  been  established  over  20  years,  and  has  won 
numerous  honours  at  the  Royal  and  all  the  leading  Shows, 
including  Champion  Prize  for  the  best  pen  of  Sheep  at  the 
Smithfield  Show,  in  1885. 

Sheep  purchased  from  here  by  Mr.  Leslie  Coombs,  secured  the  leading 
prizes  in  America  a  few  >je>trz  ago. 

Apply  for  further  particulars—  EDMUND  BECK,  SANDRINGIIAM. 


BREEDERS     DIRECTOKY. 

Mr.  DANIEL 

BUTLER'S  COURT,  LECHLADE,  GLOUCESTERSHIRE, 

BREEDER    OF 

PURE    SHORTHORNS, 

Of  the  late  Mr.  WILLIAM  ARKELL'S  favourite  milking  strains. 


YOUNG     BULLS     SOLD     ANNUALLY     AT     BINGLEY     HALL. 

Butler's  Court  is  one  mile  from  Lechlade  Station,  (Oxford  and  Witney 
Brunch  of  the  G.W.R.) 

MR.  WILLIAM  ARKELL, 

HATHEROP.  FAIBFORD,  GLOUCESTERSHIRE, 

Breeder  of  Shorthorn  Cattle  &  Oxfordshire  Down  Sheep, 

Prince  Frogmore's  Seal  484.88,  (sire  of  Petted  Pansy  and  various  other 
prize  winners),  hats  been  in  service  five  years.  Five  First  and  One  Second 
Prizes  were  won  at  Bingley  Hall,  in  six  years.  350  Oxfordshire  Down 
Ewes  are  kept.  Various  Prizes  have  been  won  at  the  Royal,  Oxfordshire, 
Royal  Counties  and  Gloucestershire  Shows.  The  Flock  has  also  been  success- 
ful in  Canada 

Hatherop  is  Three  Miles  from  Fairford,  (E.'G.R.) 

Mr.  GEORGE  ASHBURNER. 

Low    Hall,    Rirlcby-in-Furness,    Lancashire. 

PURE-BRED  SHORTHORN  CATTLE 

Of  several  good  tribes. 

Lord  Waterloo  5th  54661,  and  Duke  of  Chatsworth  54197,  are 
the  Sires  at  present  in  service. 

COWS,     HEIFERS     AND     BULLS     ON     SALE.          CATALOGUES  ON  APPLICAT.ON. 


Low  Hall  is  less  than  one  mile  from  KirJcby  Station,  on  the  Furness 
Railway,  which  joins  the  L.  &  N.  W-R.  at  Carnforth,  and  five  miles  from 
Ulverstone  and  Dalton. 

Mr,   Robert  William  Ashburner, 

Moreton  Hous3,  Wellesbourne,  Warwick, 

BREEDER    OF 

BATES    DAIRY    SHORTHORNS. 

BARRINGTON,  FIDGET,  GWYNNE,  WILD  EYES  AND  OTHER  LEADING  TBIBES, 


3VTILIC        IR, IE  COIR, IDS 


Also  BERKSHIRES,  LARGE  WHITES,  &  TAMWORTHS,  from  the  best  strains. 

Shorthorns  and  Pigs  on  sale,  suitable  for  either  home  breeders  or  export 
purposes.        Prices,  &o.,  on  application  to  the  Owner. 


J'F 


ri.  BREEDERS1    DLKJXTORY. 

Mr,    Hugh    Aylmer, 

WEST     DEREHAM      ABBEY,     STOKE     FERRY,     NORFOLK. 
Breeder    of    BOOTH    SHORTHORNS, 

OF    THE 

BLISS,        FAME,         FLOWER,         ANNA,         CALOMEL    AND      G  TRIBES. 


LONG   WOOLLED    SHEEP    OF    THE    IMPROVED    COTSWOLD    BREED. 

UPWARDS    OF    409   RAMS    SOLD    ANNUALLY.     . 

ALSO   BERKSHIRE    PIGS  OF  THE  BEST  STRAINS,  &c. 


The  Herd  and  Flock  can  be  seen  at  any  time  by  appointment. 

Mr.    C.    H.    BASSETT, 

PILTON  HOUSE,  BARNSTAPLE,  DEVONSHIRE, 


BREEDER    OF 


BATES      CATTLE   °f  in<'  L<l(hl  I*"*™  l>r«nch"of  the  liarriniiton*. 

OLD     DAISIES,     AND     GWYNNE     TJIIBES. 
Lord  Wildeyes  7th  53222,  at  the  head  of  the  Herd. 

-5TOTJ3STG-       IB  TJ  X,  L  S       O  3ST       S  -A.  X,  E  . 


ALSO  BREEDER  OF  SHROPSHIRE  SHEEP. 

For  particulars  apply  to  the  owner.  Pilton  House  is  one  mile  from  Barnstaplc  Station. 

Rt,  Hon,  EARL  OF  BECTIVE,  M,P,, 

Underley  Hall,  Kirldjy   Lonsdctle, 

BREEDER  OF  BATES  CATTLE, 

OF    THE 

Grand  Duchess,  Oxford,  Princess, 

Kirklevington,  Darlington,          Red  Rose, 

Gwynne,  Old  Daisy, 

and  Underley  Darling  Tribes. 

GEAND  DUKE  31st  38374,  and  the   Duke   Bull,  ROWFANT  DUKE 
OF  LEICESTER  52013,  at  the  head  of  the  Herd. 

Underley  is  three  miles  from  Kirkby  Lonsdale  Station,  L.  &  N.W.K., 
(where  'bus  from  the  town  meets  all  trains),  and  jive  from  Arkholme,  M.E. 


The  Herd  can  be  seen  on  application  to 

MR.  ROBERT  ORMISTON,  THE  BAILIFF. 


HIIKKDEHS'    DIRECTORY. 

MR.      R.       BLE 

POOL    PARK,    RUTHIN, 
BREEDER     OF     BATES     CATTLE, 

OF    THE 

OXFORD,        BARRINGTON,         WILD  EYES 
BLANCHE,      SURMISE,  DARLINGTON 

AND  ACOMB  TRIBES. 


Lord    Eosebery    51644    at    the    head    of    the    Herd. 


YOUNG  BULLS  ALWAYS  ON  SALE.  PRICES  ON  APPLICATION  TO  MR.  BLEZARD. 

Pool  Park  is  three  miles  from  Ricthin  Station  on  the  L.  <£  N.  W.  E. 

ME.  E.   BOTTEBILL, 

j,      LOUTH 


BRKEDER    OF 

OXFORDS,  CAMBRIDGE  ROSES,        WATERLOGS, 

WILD  EYES,  OXFORD  ROSES,  BKVERLEY  DUCHESSES, 

ACOMBS,  LADY  HILDAS,  PKACH  BLOSSOMS, 

OLD  CHERRIES,       GWYNNE  PRINCESSES,  WALNUTS, 
LADY  FORTUNATE  S. 

BEAU  of  OXFORD  50865  and  EARL  of  SIDDINGTON  6th  51189  at  the  head  of  the  Herd. 
ALSO    BREEDER    OF 

LINCOLN    LONG    WOOLLED    SHEEP, 


A  Flock  of  500  Kwea,  and  Annual  Ram  Sales  held. 


ALSO    BREEDER    OF 


THOROUGH-BRKD     HORSES. 

The  Breeding  Stud  consists  of  about  30  Mares,  with  QUICKLIME  in  Service. 


Pure  Bred  Stock  of  all  description  on  sale  suitable  for  export  or  home  purposes. 

Prices,  &*c.,  on  application  to  Mr.  Botterill.  TatJiwell  Hall  is  Four  miles  from  Louth. 

MR.   C.   W.    BRIERLEY, 

ROsEDALE,    TENBURY,    WORCESTERSHIRE 


BREEDER    OF 


PRIZK    SHORTHORNS, 

Including  several  descended  from  the  Royal    Winner,   SNOWFLA ICE. 

THE    CELEBRATED    RUCKLEY    50398    AT    THE    HEAD    OF    THE    HERD. 


A  FEW  PRIZE  AND  OTHER  ANIMALS  ALWAYS  ON  SALE 


Prices,  £c.,  and  to  view  the    Herd,  apply  to  the 


RnsedaJe  is  Srvni  miles  from    Tcnbittv  Station. 


n'ii.  BREEDERS'  DIRECTORY. 


T.   W.    CADMAN, 

IB  .A.  :LJ  HL  T  IF  i  IE  ID  HD  n  _A_  m,  nit  ,  s  n  IE  IF1  IF  i  IE  m  ID 


BREEDER    OF 


D  A.IRY    SHORTHORNS. 

Sires  purchased  with  the  special  object  of  keeping  in  liew  the  Milking  Qualities. 
YOUNG  BULLS  AND  FEMALES  OF  ALL  AGES  ON  SALE. 


Prices,  &c.,  and  to  view  the  Herd,  apply  to  the  Owner.      Ballifield  Hall  is  five  miles  from  Sheffield 

MR.   JOHN    HENRY   CASSWELL, 

LAUGTON,    FOLKINGHAM,    LINCOLNSHIRE, 

BREEDER  OF  BATES  CATTLE 

Of  the 

WATERLOO,  KIRKLEV1NGTON,  GWYNNE 

CHARMER,  Mr.  MAYNARD'S  ROSAMOND,  MASON  No.  25 

And  Sir  Charles  KNIGHTLEY'S  WALNUT  TRIBES. 
HEYDON  DUKE  i7th  53002  at  the  head  of  Herd.  Also  breeder  of 

LIZCsTOOXjILsr     HLOHSTG-     "WOOXjIjIEID 


SHORTHORNS  AND  SHEEP,  SUITABLE  FOR  EXPORTATION  ALWAYS  ON  SALE. 
For  particular  s  apply  to  the  Owner. 

Laugton  is  Four  miles  from  Billingborough  Station  on  the  Great  Northern  Railway. 

MR,  W.  T,  CHAMBERIaAYNE, 

Stoney    Thorpe,    Soutliam,    Warwickshire, 

BREEDER    OF 

CHERRY  DUCHESS,  CHARMER,  CRAGGS,  FIDGET,  WILD  EYES  (LADY 
WORCESTER),  OLD  CHERRY,  GWYNNE,  RUBY,  SERAPHINA,  and  other 
families  ;  and  some  very  good  Milking  Cows  from  an  old  Pedigree  Stock  purchased  from 
Mr.  Ward,  of  Oxhill. 

CAMBRIDGE  DUKE  i8th  (Herd  book,  vol.  31,  page  513)  at  the  head  of  the  Herd. 

Also  of 


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From  the  flocks  of  Mr.    Sheldon,   Mr.    Graham,   Captain  Townsend,  Mr,  Pulley,  and  Lord 
Willoughby  de  Broke. 

Stoney  Thorpe  is  situated  Two-miles-and-a-half  from  Southam  Road  Station  (G.  IV.  R  .), 
and  Four  tniles  from  Marion  (N.W.R.),  -where  the  herd  and  flock  may  be  seen,  and  prices 
obtained  on  application  to  Mr.  Sharp,  at  the  Home  Farm. 

Mr.  J.  P.  CROSS, 

CATTHORPE    TOWERS,    near    RUGBY, 

BHEEDER    OF 

BATES    SHORTHORNS 

Of  the  GWYNNE,  CELIA,  J.,  and  other  deep  milking  tribes.    Also 


Of  the  most  Fashionable  Blood,  either  by  or  descended  from  such  Sires  as  HONEST  TOM 
(1105),    LINCOLN  (1350),  CANUTE    (2736),  CASTERN    (4304),  ROYAL   ALBERT  (1885), 
GREAT  BRITAIN  (977),  BLACK  LEGS  (1461,  and  CANDIDATE  (2405),  &c.,  &c. 
Apply,   F.  Campbell,   Home  Farm,  Catthorpe,  Rugby. 


Catthorpe  Towers  is  Four  Miles  from  Rugby,  and  Lilbourne  Station  {L.N^W,  Railway) 

is  on  the  Farm, 


BREEDERS'  DIRECTORY.  ?>. 

Mr.    W,    D,    CRUDDAS, 

WYDON    BURN,    HKXHAM, 

BKEEDER    OF     SHORTHORNS, 

OF   THE 

Wild  Eyes,  Waterloo,  Lady  Bird,  &  Gwynne  Tribes. 


BTJX-.LS     OIDsJ 
The  Herd  is  kept  at  Causeway  Hill,  about  One  Mile  from  Hexliam  Station. 

Mr,  Alfred  E,  W,  Darby, 

ADCOTE,    LITTLE    NESS,    SHREWSBURY, 

BREEDER    OF    BOOTH    CATTLE, 

OF   THE 

VESPER,  LEOPOLDINE, 

©EORGIE,  ANGUS    GAIETY, 

KINGSFORT    NANCY,  GOLD    6REAM, 

AND    BRAITHWAITE  ROSE    TRIBES. 


STUD    BULL:-CZAR    49348, 

Of  the  Bliss  or  Broughton  tribe. 

Breeder    also    of    PEDIGREE     BERKSHIRE     PIGS, 


WINNERS     AT    ALL    LEADING    SHOWS. 


Adcote  is   Tivo-and-three-quarter   Miles   from    Baschurch,    (.r.W.R., 
and  Seven-and-a-half  from  Shrewsbury.     Telegraph  Office — Nesscliff. 


THE     HEED     CAN     BE     VIEWED     BY    APPOINTMENT. 

Mr.    H.    DENNIS    DE    VITRE, 

X.TOZsT     IHIOTJSIE,     W  -A.  IsT  1:  A.  Gh  E  . 

BREEDElt   OF 

PURE    BRED     SHORTHORNS, 

Of  the  following  tribes:  — 

SIDDINGTONS.  WILD  EYES,  BLANCHES,        OLD  DAISIES, 

BARMPTON  ROSES,       MADALINES,  and  CHAFFS. 

GERALD  3rd  46419,  brei  by  Mr.  J.  H.  Casswell,  of  Laughton,  and  DUKE  of  DARLINGTON 
nth  52756  (a  grandson  of  the  4500  guinea  Duke  of  Connaught  33604)  are  the  Sires  in  the  Herd, 

Ckarltou  House  is  Two-and-a-half  miles  distant  from  Wantage  Road  on  the  G.  IV.  Railway. 


BREEDERS    DIRECTORY. 


His  Grace  the  DUKE  of  DEVONSHIRE,  K.B. 


HLA-XjILi, 

BREEDER    OF 


BATES  CATTLE 

OF    THE 

Duchess,  Grand  Duchess,  Oxford,  Winsome  &  Lally  Tribes. 

DUKR  OF  BARRLXG-TON  13th  (40191),  GRAND  DUKE  OF 

HOLKEli  (529153),  and  BARON  OXFORD  2Cth  (5390(5) 

are  at  the  head  of  the  Heid. 


Holker    is    Half-a-mile   from    Cark    Station    on    the    Furness    Railway. 


The  Herd  cau  be  seen  on  application  to  Mr.   DREWUY. 

MR.   E.   ECHO  YD, 

LOW    HOUSE,    AKM  ATHW  A  TTE,    CUMBERLAND, 

BREEDKK    OF 

B  A.  T  E  S     CAT  T  L  B  , 

Of  the   BARRINGTON    (Ladv   Bates  and    Lady    Harrington    loth    Branches).    WATERLOO 

POLLY  GWYNNE,  and  BARMPTON  ROSE  tribes. 

DUKE   of  OXFORD    72nd  51143.    bred   at    Holker,    and    THORNDALE'S    WATERLOO 
DUKE  at  the  head  of  the  Herd. 

Low   House  is    Two  miles  from   A-rmat/nuaite  Station   (M.R.),    and  Nine  from    Carlisle 
(L.  &•  N.    IV.  R.,  and  N.  B.   R  ) 

The    Herd    can   be   seen    on    application    to    Mr.    J.    Johnston,    at    Low    House    Farm. 

Young  Bulls  and  a  few  Heifers  generally  on  Sale  suitable  for  exportation. 


Mr.    ISAAC    N.   EDWARDS, 

SO?.       J±  Xj  B  J±  IfcT  S  ,       HIEIR/TS. 

BREEDER    OF 

PURE  BRED  SHORTHORNS 


YOU2STG- 


Daily  Milk  Register  kept.     Prices.  &c.,  on  application  to  the  Owner. 
The  l'*arm  is  ivitliiit  a  mile  of  tlic  London,  and  North   IVcston  Station  at  St.  All'aiis. 


BREEDERS     DIRECTORY. 


The  Lord  Egerton  of  Tatton, 


IP_A.:R,:K:,  -CUE 

BREEDER    OF 

D  AIRY     GAT 

Of  both  Pure  and  many  Cross  Breeds. 

Young  Heifers  and  Bulls,  both  pure  and  cross  bred  from  good  Dairy  Cows,  always  in  stock  for  sale. 
Tatton  Park  is  Twelve  miles  from  Manchester.     Particulars  from  John  T.  Smith,  Land  Agent. 

Mr.  «J.   S.  EGGI1MTO1M. 

The  Elms,  Kirk  Ella,  Hull, 

BREEDER  of  PURE-BRED  SHORTHORNS 

Of  Bates  and  Booth  blood. 
LORD  OF  HOUGOMONT  and  49950,  a  highly-bred  Waterloo  Bull,  at  the  head  of  the  Bates  herd 

Young  Bulls,  and  Cows,  and  Heifers  always  on  sale,  suitable  for  home  purposes 
or  exportation.     For  Prices,  &c.,  and  to  view  the  Herd,  apply  to  the  Owner. 


The  Elms  is  within  a  mile  of   Willerby  and  Kirk  Ella,  on  tlie  Hull,   Batnsley  and  West 
Riding  Junction  Railway. 

MB.    EDWIN    ELLIS, 

Summersbury  Hall,  Shalford,  Guildford, 

SOUTHDOWN     SHEEP 

Of  the  purest  blood.       Full  Pedigrees  kept.     First  Prizes  at  all  leading  Shows  in  1887.     And 
.£350  taken  in  Prizes  during  past  twelve  months.       Great  size  combined  with  quality. 


Summersbury  is  within  Ten  minutes'  walk  of  Shalford,  and  Two  miles  from   Guildford 
on  the  South  Eastern  Railway. 

MR,   H,  J.  EVANS, 

GREENHILL,    WHITCHURCH,    CARDIFF, 

BREEDER   OF   DESCENDANTS    OF 

Mr.'  Bowly's  MUSICALS,  Col  Kingscote's  HONEYS,  Mr.  R. 
Stratton's  MERRY  MAY,  Mr.  Mason's  No.  25,  Mr.  Stone's 
STONELEIGH  DUCHESS  and  Marquis  of  Bute's  DUCHESS. 

Young  Bulls  and  a  few  Heifers  usually  on  Sale,  suitable  for  exportation  or  home  purposes. 

Greenliill   is    Two   miles    distant   from  Llandaff   (Taff    Vale    Railway J    and 

Llanishen  (Rhymney  Railway /  and  Four  miles  from  Cardiff, 

where  alt  Trains  Stop. 


xii.  BREEDERS'  DIRECTORY. 

MESSRS.    EVANS, 

UFFINGTON.     SHREWSBURY, 
Breeders    of   Bates    Cattle, 

OF    THE 

WATERLOO  (which  produced  Lady  Oxford  Waterloo  5th,  the  Royal  winner  at 
Newcastle,  in  1887), 

WILD  EYES,  DARLINGTON,  CRAGGS,  BLANCHE,  CHARMER, 
SWEETHEART,  ROSY,  &  OLD  DAISY  TUIBES. 


CAMBRIDGE    DUKE    2Oth    54O03,     IN    SERVICE. 


Also    BREEDER     OF     SHROPSHIRE    SHEEP, 

Of  the  most  fashionable  blood.  Annual  Ram  sales  held  July  25th,  by 
Messrs.  Lythall,  Mansell  and  Walters,  at  which  Rams  have  realized  200  and  170 
gs.  each,  and  Bristol  Duke  283  was  let  in  1881  and  1882  for  185  gs.  to  Mr.  John 
Darling.  During  the  time  the  Flock  appeared  in  the  show  yard,  numerous 
prizes  were  won  at  the  Royal  Shows. 


Shorthorns   and   Sheep   of    all   ages,   suitable  for  export  purposes. 

To  view  the  Herd  and  Flock,  and  for  prices  apply  to  the  owners. 
Uffington,  is  three  miles  from  Shrewsbury. 

MR,    HENKY    FAWCETT, 

Old   Bramhope,    Leeds. 
PURE    BRED    SHORTHORN     CATTLE, 

DESCENDED    FHO1I 

Mr.  Booth's    ANNA,    FAREWELL,    and    OWN    SISTER    TO    ISABELLA ; 

Lady    Pigot's   MILDRED  ;     Mr.  Crofton's    LEOPOLDINE  ;    Mr.  B.  Wilson's 

KHIRKEB ;  Mr.  Jonas  Webb's  CELIA,  and  Mr.  Langston's  DAISY  tribes. 


Old- Bramhope  is  one-and-a-quarter  miles  from  Pool,  and  two  miles  from, 
Arthington  Stations,  N.E.B. 

Mr. I\     JL     &     FQLJAMBE, 


OSBERTON  HALL,  WORKSGP, 

BREEDER    OP 


BOOTS  CATTLE, 

OF   THE 

BRIGHT,    FAREWELL,    GEORGIE,     MISTRESS    MARY,     PAULINE, 
aad  W.  Tribes,  in  addition  to  descendants  of  Nos.  27 13  and  54  Chilton  Sale. 

BONNIE  STUART  52532,  bred   at  Killerby,  and  C.ESAR  AUGUSTUS  50941,  bred  afc 
Ballywater,  at  the  head  of  the  Herd. 

TO  VIEW  THE   HERD  AND   FOR   PRICES   APPLY  TO   MR.   BLAIR. 
Osberton  is  three  miles  from  Worksop  and  four  miles  from  Retford  Station^  on  the  Great 
Northern  &>  Manchester,  Sheffield  &°  Lincolnshire  Railway. 


BREEDERS7    DIRECTORY.  .lilt. 


MR,  S,  P,  FOSTER, 

Killhovv,  Mealsgate,  Carlisle, 

BREEDER  OF  BATES  CATTLE, 

OF    THE 

Duchess,  Wild  Eyes  (pure),  Waterloo,  Ghvynne  and  Charmer  tribes. 


Bulls  in  Service,  Duke  of  Leicester  6th  49461,  and  Thorndale  Duke  4th  55133. 

Killhow  is  2  miles  from  Mealsgate  on  M.  and  C.  Railway  and  17  from  Carlisle. 

YOUNG  BULLS  AND  A  FEW  HEIFERS  G-F.NEKALLY  ON  SALE. 

MR.  GEORGE  FOX, 

IE  T_,  ;MI  IH:  TJ  IR,  s  T  IET  ^  IL  T_J  ,  IE,  i  c  :HE  IF"  i  IE  JL  ID  , 

BREEDEK    OF 


OF    THE 

BARRINGTON,  IURKLEV1NGTON,          BED  ROSE, 

CHERRY  DUCHESS,  WILD  EYES  DARLINGTON, 

and  G WYNNE  Tribes. 


BULLS  IN  SERVICE— LORD  BARRINGTON,  BATES.  45063,  WATERLOO  DE 
BREOS  2nd  53820,  and  OXFORD  DE  VERE  9th  54768. 


Elmlnirst  is  Three  miles  from  the  Trent  Valley,  and  Two  from  the  City 
Stations,  Lichfield,  and  is  on  the  Main  L.  &  N.  W.  Line  from  London  to  the 
North,  and  between  Birmingham  and  Derby. 


The  Herd  can  be  seen  any  time  on  application  to  Mr.  A.  F.  Fox,  Elmhurst  Hall. 

SHROPSHIRE    SHEEP 


OF    THE    FINEST    BLOOD. 


Sires  used  from  the  noted  flocks  of  Messrs.  J.  Beach,  T.  J.  Mansell,  Sir  It.  Lodcr 

and  J.  Darling. 


IirsTSIFIECTIOiT    OF    THE    FLOCTC    IS    IZCsTVITIEID. 

MR,   A,  S,  GIBSON, 

Spring-hill,  Bulwell,  Notts, 

BKEEDEB,  OF  BATES  CATTLE 

OF    THE 

CAMBRIDGE  ROSE  (Thorndale  and  Heydon  branches)  WATERLOO, 
QUEE1N,  CHARMER,  GWYNNE  Tribes,  &c. 

WATERLOO    COUNT    4th    53813    at    the    head    of    the    Herd. 


Also  of  Pedigree  Shropshire  Sheep  and  Berkshire  Pigs, 

To  which  numerous  Prizes  have  been  awarded. 


XIV.  BREEDEES'    DIRECTORY. 

Mr.    Geo.    Graham, 


BREKDKR    OF 

PUEE  BRED  SHORT-HORN  CATTLE, 

OF    THE 

WILD  EYES,        FOGGATHORPE,         POLLY  GWYNNE. 
CHARMER,  WALNUT         and         CLEOPATRA  Tribes. 

TORPEDO  52248,  of  Mr  Bates'  Wild  Eyes  tribe,  at  the  head  of  the  herd. 


Also    BREEDER   OF    SHROPSHIRE    SHEEP, 

From  the  best  flocks.      Many  prizes  won  at  the  Royal  and  Smithfield.      Shorthorns  and  Sheep  of 
all  ages  on  sale.     Prices  &c.  on  application  to  the  owner. 


The  Oakland*  is  \yz  miles  from  Acocks  Green  Station  (G.W.R.)  and  between  3  and  4  from 

Birm  high  a>n. 

MR.   WILLIAM    GRAHAM, 

Eden    Grove,    Ki.rkbyth.ore,    near    Penritli, 

BREEDER    OF 

BOOTH       CATTLE. 


The  herd  can  be  seen  on  application  to  the  owner,  and  for  pedigrees  of  females, 

see  the  annual  edition  of  the  Herd  Book.      The  milking  properties  of  the  cows 

are  particularly  attended  to,  and  a  register  of  daily  yield  kept. 


Eden  Grave  is  within  a  short  walk  of  Kirkbythore  Station,  on  the  Eden  Valley 

Railway. 

Mir.  IT.  R.  GRAHAIYI, 

YARDLEY  STUD  FARM,  near  BIRMINGHAM. 

BREEDER   OF 

FOGGATHORPES,        J.'s        AND        KNIGHTLBTS 

Selected  for  their  great  milking  properties   and   sound   constitutions. 


LAUGHTON  DUKE  7th  51513,  in  service. 

Also  BREEDER  OF  THOROUGHBRED  HORSES. 

STEELING  stands  at  the  Stud. 

Shropshire  Sheep  of  the  best  strains  of  blood. 

STOCK,  SUITABLE  FOR  EXPORTATION,  ALWAYS  ON  SALE. 


The  above  may  be  viewed,  and  prices  obtained,  on  application  to  the  Owner. 


The   Yardley  Stud  Farm  is  only  half-a-mile  from  Stechford,   L.    &  |N.  W.  R., 
where  most  of  the  Express  Trains  stop,   and  four  from  Birmingham. 


BREEDERS'  DIRECTORY.  xv. 

Mr.   T.   IX  GRISSELL, 

NORBURY    PARK,    DOKTttNG, 

BUEKDEH    OF 

PURE  BRED  SHORTHORN  DAIRY  CATTLE 

OV    THE 

DARLINGTON,     KIRKLEVINGTON,     GWYNNE    and    other   tribes. 


Leatherhead,  forty   minutes  by  rail  from  London,  is  the  nearest  station, 
the  Home  Farm  being  but  a  mile  distant. 

COLONEL  GUNTER,  MR, 

Wetherby  Grange,  Wetherby,  Yorkshire, 


BREEDER    OF 


BATES  SHORTHORNS, 

OF    THE 

DUCHESS,  WILDEYES,  WATERLOO, 

BLANCHE,  FOGGATHORPE,          DARLINGTON, 

ACOMB,  MISS  BKVERLEY,  AND  OTHER  TKIBES. 


Young  Bulls,  Cows  and  Heifers  always  on  Sale. 


Duke  of  Tregunter  10th,  and  Duke  Waterloo  52798  now  in  use. 


Wetherby  Grange  Farm  is  a  quarter-of-a-raile  from  Wetherby  Station, 
North  Eastern  Railway.  The  Herd  can  always  be  seen,  and  prices  ascertained, 
on  application  to  Mr.  H.  Taylor. 

MR.    THOMAS    HANDS, 

Breeder  of  Shorthorns, 

Kept  in  natural  condition  and  solely  for  Dairy  purposes,  including  following  Tribes — 

OXFORD,  KIRKLEVINGTON,  CHERRY  DUCHESS,  DARLINGTON, 
WILD  EYES,  CRAGGS,  GWYNNE.  DUCHESS  NANCY,  STATIRA, 
FUSCHIA,  MISS  PEARL  AND  LAVENDER  FAMILIES. 


CAMBRIDGE   DUKE  22nd  54064  at  the  head  of  the  Herd. 


Young  Bulls  and  a  few  Females  usually  on  Sale.     Prices  on  application  to  the  Owner. 


Canleij  is  Ttvo  wiles  from  Coventry  (L.  &  N.  W.  Railway.} 


awl.  BREEDERS'  DIRECTORY. 

MR.    J.    HARRIS, 

Calthwaite  Hall,  Carlisle, 

Breeder  of  Bates  Cattle 

OF    Till? 

OXFORD,  SURMISE,  G  WYNNE,  OLD  DAISY,  SONSIE,  BENSON, 
and  other  Families. 


DUKE  of  HOLKBR  7th  49456,  a  son  of  Baron  Oxford  7th  and  Lally  15th,  at  head  of  herd. 
Calthwaite  Hall  is  Half-a-mile  from  Calthwaite  Station  fL.  &  N.  W.  Railway.} 

MR.    CHARLES    HOB  BS, 

Maisey  Hampton,  Fairford,  Gloucestershire, 

Breeder  of  Shorthorns  and  Oxfordshire  Down  Sheep. 

The  Herd  contists  ofioo  /teat/,  one-third  belonging  to  the  late  Mr.  Bowly's  favourite  Musical  tribe. 

Bulls  in  Service —Devonshire  47686,  Duke  of  Brunswick  51 109,  bred  by  the  late  Lord  Hindlip,  and 
Thorndale  Duke  3rd  53754,  bred  by  Mr.  A.  H.  Lloyd.     Bulls  and  fteifers  always  on  Sale. 

The  Flock  comprises  300  Oxfordshire  Down  Ewes.     Annual  Sale  of  Rams,  First  Tuesday  in 
A  ugust,  at  Cirencester.     Inspection  Invited.     Sheep  always  on  Sale. 

Maisey  Hampton,  Three-and-a  half  miles  from  Fairford,  East  Gloucestershire  Railway. 

Messrs.  WILLIAM   HOSKEN  and  SON, 

LOG-GANS    MILL,    HAYLE,    CORNWALL, 

BREEDERS  of  PURE-BRED  SHORTHORN  CATTLE, 

GRAND  DUKE  34th  41642,  bred  hy  Earl  Bective,  Underley  Hall,  and 
GRAND  DUKE  OF  OXFORD  5th  43318,  bred  by  Lord  Penrhyn,  Penrhyn 
Castle,  are  now  used  in  the  Herd.  Numerous  Prizes  have  been  taken  at  the 
Royal,  Bath  and  West  of  England  and  other  County  Shows. 

Also  Breeders  of  Pure-Bred  Leicester  and  Oxford  Down  Sheep,  and  Berkshire  Pigs. 
For  particulars  apply  to  Mr.  S.  Hosken. 

~~ ~      MR.   J.    HOWELL, 

C3-R/BB1T    IF  .A.  :R/ JVE,    O -A.  IR,  ID  I  IF  IF, 

BREEDER    OF 

BLANCHES,    OLD   DAISIES,   Mr.    Stratton's    MOSS   ROSE, 
and  MERRY  MAT  Families. 


BARON  OXFORD  3rd  42737  (preriously  used  by  Mr.  C.  H.  BASSETT)  stands 
at  the  head  of  the  Herd. 


Young  Bulls  and  Females  on  Sale  suitable  for  exportation.      Prices,  <£c.,  on 
application  to  the  Owner. 

Tlie  Green  Farm  is  4  miles  from  Cardiff,  and  1  mile  from  St.  Fagan's  Station. 


BREEDERS      DIECTORT.  XVII. 

MR.    T.    R.    HULBERT, 

North    Cerney,    Cirencester, 

BREEDER  OF  SHORTHORN  CATTLE, 

Principally  of  STRATTON  BLOOD, 

M^Y  FLY  51739,  bred  by  Mr.  R.  Stratton  from  that  wonderful  dairy  cow, 
MERRY  MAY,  winner  of  sc  many  prizes,  at  the  head  of  the  herd. 

YOUNG    BULLS    AND    HEIFERS    ALWAYS    ON    SALE. 

Also  breeder  of  pure  bred  Cotswold  &  Shropshire  Sheep.    Earns  &  Ewes  on  Sale  during  the  Season. 

North  Cerney  is  four  miles  from  Cirencester,  (G.W.R.) 

COL.   MUTTON, 

GATE  BURTON  HALL,  GAINSBOROUGH, 

Breeder  of  PUREBRED  SHORTHORNS 

A  large  portion  of  which  have  been  on  the  Estate  for  over  half  a  century  and  are 
descended  from  Earl  Spencer's  Tragedy,  Sir  Charles  Knightley's  Sweethearts,  Mr. 
Lawford's  Seraphinas,  Mr.  Maynard's  Rosamonds  and  Lord  Feversham's  Laurels 
are  also  in  the  herd. 
YOUNG  BULLS  and  a  few  COWS  and  HEIFERS  always  on  Sale,  suitable  for  exportation. 

PRICES,  &c.  ON  APPLICATION  TO  THE  OWNER. 

Gate  Burton  Hall  is  one-and-a-half  miles  from  Stoic  Park  Station  on  the 
G.N.  &  G.E.  Railway. 

REV,  R.  B    KENNARD, 

Marnhull  Rectory,  Blandford,  Dorsetshire, 

BREEDER    OF 


Of  the  celebrated  prize  winning  QUEEN,  LADY  MARNHULL, 

and  BLOSSOM  families.     Also  LAVENDERS,  NIOBES, 

from  Stoney  Lane,  in  addition  to  FOGGATHORPES  and 

KNIGHTLEY     ROSES. 

FOGGATHORPE  PRINCE  2nd  52890  at  head  of  the  herd. 

YOUNG-  BULLS  and  a  few  FEMALES  generally  for  Private  Sale. 
To  View  the  herd  and  for  prices  apply  to  the  owner. 


.mil.  BUKFDERS     DIRECTORY. 

Mr.  J.   I.   DUNNINGTON-JEFFERSON, 

T  ~E3Z  I  G  1C  IE  T       JP  IR,  I  O  IR,  "Y~ ,       ~Y~  O  IR,  1C  , 

OLD    KSTABLISHKH    HKRD    OF 

BATES    PURE-BRED    SHORTHORNS, 

CHIEFLY    OF 

Waterloo  Princess,  Kirklevington,  lied  Rose,  Gwynne  and  Channel1  Ti-ibes 

Bulls  in  Service— Cambridge  Duke  16'h  -19218,  and  Duke  of  Charmingland  46th 
Champion  Bull  at  .Birmingham  Sale  and  Show,   Ib87. 

Also  a  Stud  of  Pure  shirj  Bred  Horses,  Stallion,  Toddington  Dan  4116. 

Apply  to  -Mr.  ])o\vson.  Farm  Bailiff 

MR.    H.    PERRY-KEEN  E, 

Rowfant,   Ciauley,  Sussex, 

BREEDER  OF  PURE-BRED  SHORTHORN  CATTLE, 

Of  the  SUEMISE,   CELIA,  VESTRIS,  and  other  Tribes. 
DB^TIES       STIR  IBS       Z3ST       S  IB  IR  "V  I  C  E  . 

Also   of  HAMPSHIRE    DOWN  SHEEP   FROM  THE  BEST  STRAINS. 

Numerous  Prizes  won  by  the  flock,   including.  First,  Third  and  Reserve  at  the 
R.  A.  8.  E.  Meeting,  at  Newcastle,  in  1887. 

Prices,  &c.,  on  application  to  the  Owner. 

Rowfant   is  Ten  minutes   walk  from  Rovvfant  Station,   and  Two-and-a-half  miles  from  Three 
Bridges,    London,    Brighton  and  South  Coast  Railway. 

COL,  KINGSCOTE5C.B.5 

Kingscote  Park,  Wotton-under-Edge, 

Breeder  of  Bates  Cattle 

OF    THE 

KIRKLEVINGTON,  DARLINGTON,  BARRINGTON,  RED  ROSE,  HONEY, 

LADY  BATES.  BICKERSTAFFK.  GEORGIAN  A,  SURMISE, 

SERAPHINA,  PLACE  and  WALLFLOWER  Tribes. 

LORD  WELLINGTON  6th  53239  at  head  of  the  Herd. 

Prices,  <£'c.,on  application  to  Mr.  J.  Peters. 

MR.  GEORGE  LEWIS, 

Ercall  Park,  near  Wellington,  Salop, 

BREEDER  OF  BATES  CATTLE 

Of  the  CHARMER,  CRAGGS,  SWEETHEART,  WATERLOO  and  other  Tribes. 
Cherry  Prince  7th  54051,  winner  of  seven  prizes^  stand*  fit  the  head  of 

the  herd. 

Also  Shire-Bred  Horses,  Shropshire  Sheep,  and  Lar  ^e  Yfliite  Pigs,  all  bred  from  winners. 
Inspection  invited,  and  prices  on  application  to  owner. 

Ercall  Park  is  -2%  miles  from  Crudgington  Station,  on  G.  W.R.,  7  miles  from  Wellington, 
and  8  miles  from  Shrewsbury. 


BREEDERS     DIRKCTORY. 


Mr.  Herbert  Xieney, 

BLACKLANDS,    EAST    MALLING,    KENT, 


BREEDER    OF 


BATES    SHORTHORNS, 

(of  the  Grand  "Duchess,  Harrington,  Kirklevington,  Waterloo,  Cambridge  Rose, 
Cherry  Duchess,  Lady  Worcester,  Darlington,  Charmer,  Blanche,  and 
G  icy  tine  tribes.) 


ROWFANT  GRAND  DUKE  22014,  a  son  of  the  4,500  guinea  Duke  of 
Connaught.  33604,  and  Mr.  R.  E.  Oliver's  GRAND  DUCHESS  32nd,  stand  at 
the  head  of  the  Herd. 


Young  Bulls  and  Cows  and  Heifers  suitable  for  exportation  always  on  Sale. 


The  Herd  is  kept  at  Hall  Place  Farm,  1  mile  from  Banning 
Station  (L<C.  •<£  D.R.),  and  2  miles  from  Maidstone  (L.C.  <£  D.R.) 

Mr.  Charles  Lucas, 

WAENHAM  COUKT,  HOESHAM,  SUSSEX. 

BREEDER    OF 

Pedigree  Shorthorns  and  Sussex  Cattle, 

Stock  Bull,  Golden  Horn  745,  by  Goldsmith  391. 

Southdown  Sheep,  Middle  Sized  White  Yorkshire  Pigs,  Pure 
Bred  Clydesdale  Horses,  from  best  Strains. 

For  further  information  apply  to  Mr.  Massie,  \Warnham  Court  Farm,  near  Horsham 


_ 
Hare  woods,  Bletchingley,  Surrey, 

Breeder  of  Bates  Shorthorns, 

Of  the  Grand  Duchess,  Oxford,  Thorndale  Eose,  Waterloo,  Wild 
Eyes,  Princess,  and  Kirklevington  Tribes. 

Bulls  in  Service  —  27th  Duke  of  Airdrie  41551,  and  Duke  of  Surrey  2nd  52783. 

The  Station  for  Harewoods  is  BEDHILL  on  the  South  Eastern  and  L.  B.  & 
S.  C.  Eailways,  where  conveyances  can  always  be  had. 


XJS.  BREEDERS     DIRECTORY. 

MR,  C.   R.   LYNN, 

Church  Farm,  Stroxton,  Grantham. 

BREEDER  of  BATES  CATTLE, 

CAMBRIDGE  ROSES  (Thorndale  'Rose  and  Eed  Rose  branches), 

QUEENS,   KNIGHTLEYS,   and    MASONS. 
LORD  UNDERLET  BARRINGTON  51664  at  the  head  of  the  Herd. 

J^LSO     BEE,  JECSHCIDE^IE     IFIO-S, 

Bred  from  Royal  Winners,  and  eligible  for  the  Herd  Book. 

Also  HAMPSHIRE  and  LINCOLN  SHEEP  from  some  of  the  best  flocks. 


SHORTHORNS,  BERKSHIRE*,  and  SHEEP,  always  on  Sale. 

Prices,  &c.,  on  application  to  the  Owner. 


Station — Grantham,   G.  N.  R.,   Three  miles. 


Mr,  A.  H.  Longman, 

SHENDISH,    HEMEL    HEMPSTEAD, 

BREEDER    OF 

BARRINGTONS,      CHARMEKS,      CHERRY  DUCHESSES,      GWYNNES, 
OXFORD  ROSES,     SURMISES    AND     WALNUTS. 

Sir  Wilfrid  Winsome  48757  and  Oxford  Duke  of  Killhow  8th  53368,  at  head  of  the 

herd. 

Young  bulls  and  a  few  heifers  on  sale,  suitable  for  exportation. 

Shendish  is  2  miles  f>om  Boxmoor  Siation  (L,&*N.  W.R.)        Prices  &*c.  on  application  to  Mr, 

Patterson. 


MR.    C.    MAGNIAC, 


BREEDER   OF 

Blanches,   Crfu/f/s,  l^idyets,  Gwijnnes,  Honeys,  Walnuts,  <nul  Waterloo*. 

Duke  of  Wynyard  49492,  and  Duke  of  Wynyard  2nd  54230  at  the  head  of  the  Her!. 


ALSO  BREEDER  OF  PURE  SUFFOLK  HORSES. 

Young  Bulls  and  a  few  Heifers,  suitable  for  export  purposes,  usually  on  Sale. 
'Colworth  is  One  mile  from  Sharnbrook  Station  ( Midland  Railway.} 


BREEDERS     DIRECTORY.  .r.r/. 

Mr,  H,  J,  MARSHALL, 

Poulton  Priory,  Fairford, 

Breeder  of  PORE-BRED  SHORTHORN  CATTLE, 

Tracing  back  to  the  Herds  of  Her  Majesty  the  Queen,  the  Messrs.  Booth,  A.  Fawkes,  of  Farnley 
Hall  ;  B.  St.  John  Ackers,  C.  Hobbs,  Win.  Hewer,  A.  T.  Matthews,  Win.  Arkell,  R.  Stratum, 
R.  Thompson,  and  Thomas  Hands. 

Milk  and  Shape  made  principal  objects.         Milk  Records  kept. 

Poulton  Priory  is  Five  miles  from  Cirencester  and  Fairford  Stations  on  the 
Grea-t  Western  Kailway,  and  from  Cricklade  on  the  Midland  and  8.  W.  Junction 
Eailway.  

Mr.  E.  W.  Meade- Waldo, 

Barmoor  Castle,  Beal,  Northumberland, 

^^™  ™ 


19 

Of    the    WARLABY    ANNA,    KILLERBY    MANTALINI,    AYLESBY 
FLOWER,  and  Mr.  Mitchell's  LADY  BOOTH  Tribes. 

Barmoor  Castle  is  Nine  miles  from  Berwick-on-Tweed,  same  distance  from  Belford,  where 
conveyances  can  at  all  times  be  obtained,  and  Four  miles  from  Beal,  all  Stationson  the 
North  Eastern  Railway. 

Cattle  can  be  seen  at  any  time  on  application  to  R.  Shanks,   Heidsman. 

Rt,  Hon,  LORD  MORETON, 

Tortliwortli     Court,    Falfleld,    Gloucestershire, 


BRFEDEB    OF 


BA.JI  JES 


OF    THE 

KIRKLEVINGTON,    WATERLOO,  WILD  EYES, 

HARRINGTON,  CRAGGS,  CHAFF, 

BERGAMOT,  COLD  CREAM,  and  SWEETHEART  Tribes. 


BARON  OXFORD  16th  49090  at  the  head  of  the  Herd. 


Also  of  Large  White  &  Small  Pigs  from  the  best  strains, 

SHORTHORNS    AND    PIGS 

Suitable  for  home  buyers,  as  well  as  for  exportation,  always  on.  Sale.      For  prices 
apply  to  Mr.  Watts,  Model  Farm,  Falfield,  R.S.O. ;  and  also  to  view. 


GG 


BREEDERS     DIRECTORY. 


LORD    MIDDLETON, 

Birclsall    House,    York, 
BREEDER  OF  BATES  CATTLE, 

Of  the  KIRKLEVTNGTON,    WATERLOO,    LADY    RATES.    RED    ROSE     (American), 

GWYNNE,  SURMISE,  MOSS  ROSE  (Huston's;,  HUDSON,  &  LINGCROPPER  tribes. 

KNIGHT  of  OXFORD    I2th  51500,   bred   at    Hindlip,    at  the  head  of  the  Herd. 

Also  breeder  of  SKIBE  HORSES,  a  few  CLYDESDALES,  and  pure  BERKSHIRE  PIGS. 

Application  for  furthe?  particulars  to  Mr.  Parke,  Home  Farm,  Birdsall.  Birdsall  is  five 

miles  from  Malton  Station. 

Mr,   C,  Morgan-Richardson, 


BREEDER    OF 


DAIRY    SHORTHORNS. 

SIR  ARTHUR  DERWENT  50542,  a  son  of  ^ir  Arthur  Ingram  32493,  and 
thus  half-brother  to  Mr.  W.  Hanclley's  thrice  Royal  winner,  Eoyal  Ingram 
50734,  and  the  celebrated  Hecuba  bull  Heart  of  Oak  39982,  at  the  'head  of  the 
Herd. 

Young  Bulls  and  a  few  Heifers  usually  on  Sale,  suitable  for  exportation  or  home  purposes. 
Noyadd  Wilijm  is  two  miles  from  Cardigan  Station. 

MR.    PHILO    L.    MILLS, 


BREEDER    OF 

PURE    BATES    BLOOD 

OF    THE    FOLLOWING    FAMILIES: 

OXFOEDS,  THOENDALE  EOSES,  WATEELOOS, 

WILD  EYES,  DAELINGTONS,  AGO  MBS, 

CEAGGS,  KNIGHTLEYS,  AND  BLANCHES. 

Sires  in  use,  19th  DUKE  of  ROSEDALE  49479,  and  59th  DUKE  of  OXFORD  46264. 

T  his  farm  is  four  miles  from  Nottingham  and  one  mile  from  Edivalton  Station  on  the 
Midland  Railway,  The  herd  can  be  seen  by  application  to  Mr,  Mills,  or  to  William  George, 
the  Bailiff.  _ 

THE   RIGHT   HON.    LORD    MOWBRAY   &   STOURTON, 

STOURTON     CASTLE.     KNARESBORO',     YORKSHIRE, 
BREEDER     OF       PURE       BRED       SHORTHORN       CATTLE, 

Descended  from  Mr.  Cooper's  Blanche  and  Eosamond  3rd  ;  Juno  3rd,  from 
Mr.  Ellison's  sale  at  Sizergh  Castle,  Westmoreland  ;  and  Mr.  Carr's  Victorine 
of  the  Victoria  tribe.  The  Bulls  used  have  been  Mr.  Ellison's  Duke  of 
Eichmond  1059  ;  Mr.  Birchall's  Sting  15345;  Eev.  J.  D.  Jefferson's  Abbott  14054; 
Mr.  C.  L.  Ellison's  Western  Wonder  17225;  Mr.  J.  G-rundy's  Hesperus  18060; 
Mr.  A.  L.  Maynard's  Eose  Duke  22760  ;  Mr.  H.  Peacock's  The  Dram  20940;  the 
Hon.  G.  Lascelles'  Golden  Horn  31267,  &c.,  &c. 

Mr.  J.  H.  Casswell's  Laughton  Duke  4th  46601,  has  been  lately  in  use,  and  he 
is  succeeded  by  Mr.  T.  Willis'  Prince  Edgar  51882. 

The  breeding  of  young  Bulls  has  always  been  the  special  feature  of  this 
Herd,  and  have  been  sold  at  very  remunerative  prices. 

The  Herd  is  kept  at  the  Home  Farm,  and  can  be  seen  at  any  time  on 
application  to  the  Agent. 


B RENDERS     DIRECTORY. 

Mr.  T.  Nichols, 

THE  GRANGK,  BOUNDS,  THRAPSTON, 

BREEDER    OF    THE 

KNIGHTLEY   PRIMROSE  AND  WALNUT  FAMILIES. 
BARON  DARLINGTON  3rd  52456,  bred  at  Whittlebury,  in  service. 

Young  Bulls  and  a  few  cows  and  heifers  usually  on  Sale        For  particulars  and  to 
view  the  hei'd,  apply  to  the  Owner. 

Mr.    William    I.    Palmer, 

GRAZELEY  COURT,  Near  READING. 

BREKDKR    OF 

PUEE  BKED  SHOKTHOBN  CATTLE. 

OF  BATES  AND  BOOTH  BLOOD. 

The  Bates  consist  principally  of  the  Blanche  and  Craggs  families,  and  many  of 

the  young  stock  are  by  Caractacus  42879,  winner  of  first  prize  at  R.  A.  S.  K..  at 

Reading,  in  1882,  and  other  shows.       The  Booth  consists  principally  of  Czarinas 

and  Mistress  Maries  from  Manoravon. 

Mountain  Brow  54730,  bred  by  the  late  Rev.  Thomas  Staniforth,  and  Sir  Vincent, 
bred  by  His  Grace  the  Duke  of  Portland,  now  in  service. 

Mr.  F.  w.  PARK; 

MANOR    HOUSE,    HEADON, 

BREKPER    OF 

BOOTH   SHORTHORNS. 

Of  TORIi'S   WATERLOO,    WILLIS'  BED  ROSE,  KNIGHTLEY  WALNUT, 
and  AYLMER'S  STRAWBERRY    DUCHESS  tribes,  upon   which  pure  Booth 

Bulls  have  been  used,  principally  from  Warlaby. 

Also  of  SHIRE  HORSES,  of  the  best  stamp,  a  large  Stud  always  on  sale,  and 
which  is  composed  largely  of  Forshaw's  Bar  None  2388,  Otter's  Bold  Lincoln  23 1, 

and  Housin's  Drayman  640  blood. 
Headon  Manor  is  3£  miles  from  Ret  ford  and  3  miles  from  Inxford,  on  G.N.E. 

MR.    W.    PARKIN, 

BLAITHWA1TE,  CARLISLE, 

Breeder  of  Bates  Cattle 

OF    THE 

LADY  WORCESTER,  BRIGHT  EYES,  SURMISE,  G WYNNE 

AND    OTHER    TRIBES. 


Oxford  Dukeof  Killhow  4th  48399  &  Knight  of  Worcester  6th  49893,  at  head  of  the  herd. 

Bulls  on  sale  by  private  treaty.          Prices  &c.,  on  application  to  Mr.  Parkin. 
Blaithwaite  is  1  mile  from  Leegate  Station,  on  the  Maryport  and  Carlisle  Railway. 


BUEEDEKS     DIRECTORY. 


JYIRS.  PERRY-HERRICK, 

BEAU    MANOR    PARK,    LOUGHBOROUGH 


BREEDER    OF 


Pure  Bred  Shorthorn  Cattle, 

viz.  :  — 

BESS  tribe,  numbering  56  Cows  and  Heifers  descended  from  a  Cow  bought 
upwards  of  40  years  ago  ;  SANDIACRE  and  FAN  tribes  bought  from 
Mr.  Hancock  in  1856;  BUTTERCUP,  AZALIA  and  GAYLESS  tribes  bought 
in  1857  ;  the  DIDOS  bought  in  1878  ;  and  the  SERAPHINA  and  KETURA 
tribes  purchased  at  G-addesby  in  1878. 

The  BESS,  BUTTERCUP,  and  AZALIAS  are  very  heavy  milkers,  with  great 
aptitude  to  fatten  when  not  in  milk. 

OXFOED  DE  VERE  5th  48397,  by  Duke  of  Underley  3rd  38196,  from  the 
Duke  of  Manchester's  OXFORD  LOUISE,  and  DUKE  OF  BARRING-TON 
14th  52744,  by  Grand  Duke  46th  49571  ,  from  the  Duke  of  Devonshire's 
COUNTESS  OF  BARRINGTON  8th,  are  at  the  head  of  the  Herd. 

ALSO    BREEDER    OF 

Pure   Bred    Leicester    Sheep, 

Which  have  been  successfully  exhibited  at  the  R.  A.  S.E.,  Smithfield  and 
Birmingham  Shows. 

Beau  Manor  Park  Farm  is  four  miles  from  Loughborough,  and  two-and-half  from  Barrow-on- 

Soar  Stations  on  the  Main  line  of  the  Midland  Railway. 
TJie  Herd  and  Flock  can  be  seen  on  application  to  the  Farm  Bailiff,  Beau  Manor  Park  Farm. 

His  Grace  the  DUKE  of  PORTLAND, 
CLIPSTONE     PARK    FAEM, 


-   USTOTTS, 

BREEDER    OF 

f  UF^E  BF^ED  SHOF^TJ-IOF^N  C/fTTLE, 

(  'descending  from  Mr.  R.  Booth's  Anna,  Alexina,  and  Farewell,  Mr. 
B.  Wilson's  Certainty  by  Sir  Walter  2639,  Mr.  Donkin's  Rose  by 
Mr.  Calling's  Midas  435,  Mr,  T.  Willis'  Welfare  by  Mr.  Bruere's 
The  Silky  Laddie  10947,  Mr.  W.  Linton's  Clara  by  Col.  Townley's 
3rd  Duke  of  Athol  12734,  Mr.  Dunwell's  Moss  Rose  by  Mr. 
Emmerson's  Ravens-worth  9532,  Lady  Noel's  Noel  by  Mr.  Wetherell's 
Lincoln  544. 

GRAND  RUT  3  46459,  winner  of  15  prizes,  including  second  at  Royal,  at 
York,  1883  ;  WANDERER,  40622,  a  son  of  ROYAL  STTJDLEY,  45548,  at  Head  of 
Herd.  Numerous  prizes  have  been  taken  at  the  Royal  and  leading  County 

Shows. 

A  few  Animals  on  Sale  by  private  treaty,  suitable  for  export 
purposes. 

ALSO  BREEDER  OF  PURE  BRED  CLYDESDALE  HORSES 

PRICES,  <&c..  ON  APPLICATION  TO  MR.  H.  WOODS, 
Clipstone  Park  Farm  is  4  miles  from  Mansfield  (M.B.). 


BREEDERS'  DIRECTORY.  a*jv. 

MR,    S.    C,    PILGRIM, 


BREEDER    OF 


DMRf  SHORTHORNS  AND  SHROPSHIRE  SHEEP 

Prize  winning  Sires  of  Bates  blood  have  been  in  use,  and  Rams  from  the  Best 
Breeders  of  the  day. 


SHORTHORN  HEims,  BULLS,  and  SHROPSHIRE  SHEEP 

Usually  on  Sale,  by  applying  to 

Mr.  S.  C.  PILGRIM,  The  Outwoods,  Hinckley,  Leicestershire. 


Mr,  Alfred  F,  Puckridge, 

C  HIG-'WELL  ,        ESSEX, 

Breeder  of  PURE-BRED  SHORTHORN  BATTLE 


OXFORD  ROSE   (Kiiklevington  Dinahs),         FAIRY  QUEEN, 
CELIA,  KN1GHTLEY  ROSY,          PRIZE  LEAF, 

And  other  noted   Milking  Tribes. 
PAUL  G WYNNE  3rd  48421,  of  the  Gwynne  family,  by  Duke  of  Airdrie  27th  41351  ;  and  CELTIC 

CHIEF  49240,  of  the  Celia  Tribe,  are  the  bulls  nt  present  in  use. 

Mr.  Puckridge  has  also  an  exceptionally  choice  Herd  of  Pedigree  Jerseys  descended  from  the 
very  best  milking  and  butter  strains,  notably  Pimpernel  and  Hyacinth  3rd.  from  the  Dauncey 
Stock,  both  of  which  have  made  from  n  to  i^lbs.  butter  per  week  on  ordinary  feeding.  Fawn, 
by  the  famous  Farmer's  Glory  319  ;  Milkgirl,  winner  of  2nd  Milking  Prize,  at  the  London  Dairy 
Show;  Grisette,  Hopeful,  Jessamine,  Jessica,  all  carrying  Dairy  Show  honors.  Great  care  is 
taken  that  no  bull  is  ever  introduced  unless  descended  from  the  highest  milking  strains.  It  vvill 
thus  be  seen  that  animals  having  such  excellent  Dairy  qualities  are  pre-eminently  adapted  for 
increasing  the  milk  aad  butter  yields  of  the  stocks  into  which  they  may  be  introduced.  The  Herds 
are  notably  distinguished  for  the  excellence  of  their  Dairy  properties. 


YOTJ2STC3-       STJLXjrf,        C  O  AAT  S       ^  3sT  3D        li  E  I  F  IE  K,  S 

Always  on  Sale,  for  exportation  and  home  dairies  at  very  moderate  prices.      Private  Catalogues 

post  free  on  application. 


Chigwell  is  only  Ten  miles  from  London,  Tivo-and-a-half from  Wood  ford  Station ,  G .  K. 
Railway,  where  Cabs  are  always  in  attendance. 

Mr.  Joseph  Pulley, 

Lower  Eaton,  near  Hereford, 

BREEDER  OF  PURE  BRED  SHORTHORN  CATTLE 

Of  the  Dido,  Gulnare  or  Young  Pye,  Gwynne,  Kichmond,  Sweetheart,  Charlotte, 

and  Wild  Eyes  Tribes. 

DUKE    OF  ROSEDALE   2JTH    (.51148),  a  Son  of  GRAND  DUKE  37TH  (433D7)  and 
THORN-DALE  ROSK  GTH,  now  heads  the  Herd. 

ALSO  BREEDER  OF  PURE  BRED  SHROPSHIRE  SHEEP, 

Which  have  been  successful  at  the  Bath  and  West  of  England  and 

Royal  Agricultural  Society  of  England. 

The  flock  possesses  great  scale,  fine  coats  and  good  colour  ;  Many  have  been  exported  and  when 
shown  have  been  very  successful  in  taking  prizes. 

Prices  on  application  to  Mr.   H.  JONES,  Lane  Head  Farm,  Eaton  Bishop,  which  is  four  mile-s 
from  Hereford. 


BREEDERS    DIRECTORY. 

MR.   J.   RANKIN,    M.P, 

33  IR,  Y  35T  G-  W  Y  IDsT  ,  IHZ  IE  IS,  JE  IF  O  IR,  ID 

BREEDER    OF 

DOWKES,  MOSS  ROSES  AND  LAUNDRESSES,  descended  from  the  Rev.  H. 
Berry's  Claro,  Mr.  R.  Collings'  Moss  Rose,  and  Mr.  Strickland's  stock. 

CONNAUGHT  54120,  from  Blanche  Duchess  4th,  winner  of  first  and  second  prizes 
at  the  London  Dairy  Shows  of  1835  and  1887,  at  the  head  of  the  herd. 

Also  of  Herefords  of  the  most  fashionable  families.      CICERO  11077  (a  son  of  Lord 
Wilton),  and  ROYAL  GROVE  4th  12629  (a  sou  of  The  Grove  3rd),  in  service. 

Young  bulls  and  heifers  suitable  for  exportation,  always  on  sale.       For  prices, 
d'-c.,  apply  to  Mr.  Shaw,  Bryngwyn  Cottage,  Tram  Inn,  R.S.O.  Herefordshire. 

MR.  J,  A,   ROLLS, 

The  Hendre,  Monmoutli, 

BREEDER    OF 

KIRKLEVINGTONS  and  OLD  DAISIES. 

The  herd  was  founded  about  twenty  years  ago,  by  the  purchase  of  cows  and 

heifers  from  the  late  Mr.  S.  O.  Priestley,  and  is,  with  the  exception  of  two 

animals,  descended  from  that  celebrated  cow,  Mr.  Charles  Calling's  Old 

Daisy,  which  traces  to  Hubback  319,  the  very  foundation  of  shorthorns. 

LORD  OF  MONMOUTH  53186,  in  service. 

White-faced  Herefords  from  the  herds  of  Mr.  A.  Boughton  Knight,  Surveyor 

11767,  a  son  of  Mr.  Price's  Auctioneer  5194  and  Leinthall  Symmetry. 

MARO  10280  and  LORD  GROSVENOR  7804,  in  service. 

Grey-faced  Herefords  from  the  herds  of  Messrs.  Haynes  and  Yeomans. 
LORD  GREY  10204,  in  service. 

Shropshires,  from  the  best  flocks,  and  the  rams  used  have  been  bred  by 
Messrs.  Pulley,  Sheldon  and  Lovatt. 

Young  bulls,  cows  and  heifers  always  on  sale,  belonging  to  both  the  Short- 
horn  and    Hereford   breeds,  as  well  as  young  ewes  and   shearling   rams, 
suitable  for  export  purposes.         For  prices  and  to  view  the  herds  and  flock, 
apply  to  Mr.  Lipscombe. 

The  Hendre  is  4  miles  from  Monmouth. 

Sir  W.  H.  Salt,  Bart., 

MAPLEWELL,  LOUGHBOROVGH, 

PURE  BRED  SHORTHORNS 

OV    THE 

ENGLISH   PRINCESS,  MASON,    BLANCHE,   CHARMER,    SECRET 
AND  DARLINGTON  TRIBES. 


Can  be  sesn  on  application  to  Jno.  Waugh,  Home  Farm,  Maplewell. 


BREEDERS     DIRECTORY.  XXVll. 

MB.     W      SATTEBTHWAITE, 

COLTHOUSE,  HAWKESHEAD,  AMBLESIDE, 

BREEDER  OF  BATES  CATTLE, 

Of  the  LAI-LY,  LILY  BELL,  WATERLOO.aud  WILD  EYES  (Bright  Eyes  and  the  "pure"  Lady  \Vild  Ryes 
branches,  the  former  descended  from  a  half-sister  to  Conish'ead  Wild  Eves,  sold  when  -2J  months  old 
to  Sir  H .  Allsopp,  Bart.,  fur  010  ?s..  in  1877,  and  the  latter  from  Lady  Wild  Eyes,  purchased  by  the  Earl 
of  Lathom  for  820  gs.,  at  the  Conishead  Priory  sale  of  1875),  tribes. 


The  Females  are  always  mated  with  sires  of  approved  Bates  tribes. 

Young  Cows  and  Heifers,  as  well  as  Young  Bulls  usually  on  sale,  suitable  for  exportation  or 
home  breeders,  being  reared  in  a  high  lying  district.    Prices,  &c.,  and  to  view  the  Herd, 

amly  to  the  Owner. 

Colthouse  is  four  miles  from  the  Ferry  on  Lake  Windermere,  six  from  Windermere  Station, 
[L.X.W.R.J,  and  four  from  Coniston,  [Furness  Ry.] 

MESSRS.    J.    &    W.     SCOR8BY, 


BREEDER    OF 


Descended  from  the   late   Mr.   Samuel    Wiley's  BLOOM,  INTEGRITY,    MISS 
SPEAEMAN,    WHITE    ROSE    2nd,    and   BED  ROSE. 


WARLOCK  53839,  bred  at  Mert  mn,  and  MERRYMAN  2nd,  54819,  bred 
at  Killerby,  in  service. 


Younfi  Bulls  and  Heifers  for  Mile*  apply  to  the.  Owners  for  prices  and  particulars. 


MR.  HEflftY  JAMES  SHELDON, 

Brailes  House,  Shipston-on-Stour, 


WAK  WICKS  HIRE. 


TO*N:    SHIFSTON-ON-STCUR. 

BREED KB  OF 


Pure   Bred   Shorthorn   Cattle 

AND 

SHROPSHIRE    SHEEP. 

The  latter  are  of  the  BARKINGTON,  CHARMKR,  OXFORD,  ACOMB,  COWSLIP,  ROSY, 
SWEETHEART,  GWYNNK,  WALNUT,  and  YOUNG  TRAGEDY  tribes.  DUCHESS, 
BAKRINGTON,  OXFORD,  and  CUAKMKK  BULLS  used  for  many  years. 
Winner  of  numerous  Champion  and  other  Prizes  for  bulls  at  Bingley 
Hall,  formany  years,  and  elsewhere. 

The  Flock  is  one  of  the  oldest  Registered  Flocks  in  England.  The  sires 
used,  of  highest  class,  are  registered  in  Shropshire  Flock  Book  for 
33  years.  Winner  at  R.  A.  S.  E.,  and  elsewhere. 

lira il<'$  lion*?  Farm  /.•>•  8  mill's  from  Baubury,  on  L.  &  N.  W.,  and  G.  \Y .  R.,  and 
5  from  Hook  Norton  Station,  on  G.  W.  li. 


BREEDERS     DIRECTORY. 

MR,    GEORGE    SCOBY, 

BE  AD  LAM  GRANGE,  JVAWTOJV,  YORKSHIRE, 


BREEDER    OF 


BATES    CATTLE 

Of  the  THOIiNDALE  ROSE,  WATERLOO,  EMPRESS  of  YETHOLME,  and 
ELLEN  Families. 

Also  of  CLEVELAND  BAYS,  of  the  purest  and  best  blood  in  Cleveland. 
Also  BERKSHIRES,  from  the  leading  Herds  in  England. 


Beadlatn  Grange  is  one  mile  from  Naiuton  Staticn,  on  the  North  Eastern  Railway.     Inspection 
invited  and  Stock  always  on  sate  suitable  for  export  purposes,  or  home  breeders. 

IVIr.   Humphrey    Smith, 

MOUNTMELLICK,  IRELAND, 

BREEDER  OF  BOOTH  CATTLE, 

Of  a  very  high  class,  including  descendants  of  Bright  Amia,  Farewell,  Fame, 

Madaline,  Torr's  Flowers,  G.'s,    W.'s.  Heath  Rose,  and  Corn  Cup  tribes,  also 

the  noted  Victoria,  Blossom  and  Gvvynne  tribes. 

Lord  Provost  46697,  H  ans  Brietman  41655,  and  Boreas  45991,  at  the  head  of  the  herd. 
Several  first  prizes  have  been  taken  at    Royal  Agricultural  and   Royal   Dublin 

Society's  Shows.       For  the  past  ten  years  numerous  sales  have  been  made  of 

bulls  and  heifers  for  North  and  South  America. 

The  herd  is  kept  at  Castlebrack  farm,  two  miles  from  Geashill  Station,   six  from 
Mountmellick,  and  fifty  from  Dublin  (G.  S.  &  VV.  R.) 

MR.   GEORGE    STEPHENS, 

Heathermead,  Woodford,  near   Berkeley,  Gloucestershire. 

Breeder  of  Bates  Shorthorns, 

KIRKLEVINGTON,  BLANCHE,  FURBELOW,  OLD  DAISY, 

AND    CHAFF    TRIBES 


MARQUIS  OF  KIRKLEVINGTON  3rd  53277,  heads  the  herd. 

Woodford,  3£  miles  from  Berkeley  Road  Station,  Midland  Railway. 

MR,  PETER  STEVENSON, 

Dingley  Grange,  Market  Harborough, 

BREEDER    OF    BATES    CATTLE 

Of  the   WILD  EYES   (two  branches),  LILY  BELLS,  FROLICS, 
GWYNNES,   and   COWSLIPS. 

Bates  Sires  of  approved  tribes  always  in  service.  The  Lily  Bells,  Cowslips,  and 
one  of  the  Branches  of  the  Wild  Eyes  were  obtained  from  the  late  Mr.  C.  W. 
HAUVEY.  Young  Bulls  and  a  few  Cows  and  Heifers  usually  on  J* ale,  suitable  for 
either  export  or  home  purposes. 

Diuyley  Grange  is  three  miles  from  Market  Harborough. 


BKEEKEKS     DIRECTORY.  XXIX. 


MR.  B.   STRATTON, 

THE  UUiTRYN,  NEWPORT,  MON., 

BREEDER  OF  PURE  BRED  SHORTHORNS, 


Six  Champion  Female  Prizes  at  Smithfield  won  by  Heifers  of  Stratton  blood 
'luring  the  last  twelve  years. 

Warlaby  Bull  FITZ  MOWBEAY  49591  now  in  service. 

Bulls  and  Heifers  on  Sale. 
.   Tlie  Duffryn  is  two  miles  from  Marshfield  Station  and  four  from  Newport. 

Messrs.  8UTTON   &   STANLEY, 

Thurlaston,  Rugby, 

BREEDERS  OF  BATES  AND  KNIGHTLEY  CATTLE 

Of  theACOMB,  BARRINGTON,  BLANCHE,  CELIA,  CHARMER.  CHERRY 
DUCHESS,  DARLINGTON,  GEORGINA,  ULY  BELL,  ROSY 
WALNUT,   and  WATERLOO  Tribes. 

GRAND  DUKE  35th  41643  and  WILD  DUKE  of  GENEVA  26th  53862  at  the  head  of  the  Herd, 

Also  Breeders  of  BOOTH  CATTLE  of  the  famous  BRIGHT  Tribe. 

Voting   Bulls  and   Heifers  on  Sale  at  moderate  prices,  for  exportation  or  otherwise,  by  applying 
to  the  Bailiff.  Thurlaston.  where  the  herd  may  be  seen,  is  one  mile  from  Dunchurch  Station 

and  four  from  Rugby,  where  all  trains  stop. 

MR,  GEORGE  THOMPSON, 

WROXALL,    WARWICK, 

BREEDER  OF  PURE  BRED  SHORTHORNS 

Of  the  OLD  DAISY,  GWYNNE,  KNIGHTLEY  WALNUT,  &  KINGSCOTE  HONEY  families. 

ALSO    SHROPSHIRE    SHEEP 

Descended  from  the  flocks  of  Lord  Chesham,  Sir  Robert  Loder,  Bart.,  Messrs-  G-  Graham, 
J.  Beech,  and  other  leading  breeders. 

Also  large  WHITE  PIGS  descended  from  the  Stock  of  the  Earl  of  Ellesmere,  Mr.  Walker 
Jones,  and  Mr.  Ashforth. 

Shorthorns,  Shropshires,  and  Pigs  are  generally  on  Sale  at  reasonable  prices,  suitable  for 
Cither  home  breeders  or  exportation.     For  particulars  and  to  view,  apply  to  the  owner. 
Wroxall  is  two  miles  from  Hattou  Junction  (G.W.R.) 

Mr.  JOHN  THOMPSON, 

Badminton,     Chippenha/n  i, 

BREEDER  OF  BATES  CATTLE, 

OF    THE 

DARLINGTON     AND     BARRINGTON     TRIBES. 
The  Kirklevington  Bull,  LAUGHTON  DUKE  5th  51512  is  at  present  in  service. 

Badminton  is  ten  miles  from  Chippenham  Station  on  the  G.W.  Railway, 
and  seven  from  Yate  on  the  Midland  Railway. 


XXX. 

"HP-HI   w   Tiiwi 


KNAPTON"    HALL,    Rillington,    YORKSHIRE, 

BREEDER   OF 

PUKE  EKED   SHOHTHORNS, 

Descended  from  the  late   Mr.   Samuel   Wiley's   BLOOM,    INTEGRITY, 
MISS  SPEARMAN  and  WHITE  ROSE  2nd. 


Mr.  Bruere's  Sampler  35466;  Sir  Cyprian  40700,  and  Astral  Prince  39386,  have 
been  used  by  the  Owner. 

Warlock  53809,  a  son  of  Mr.  Ackers'  Royal  Gloucester  4552r> 

from  Wave  of  the  Ocean,  and   Merryman  2nd  54719,  bred 

at  Killerby,  of  the  famous  Hecuba  tribe,  are  now  in  service. 


A  FEW  YOUNG  BULLS  USUALLY  FOR  SALE. 


To  view  the  Herd  and  for  particulars  apply  to  the  Owner. 


if 
SHERBORNE,  NORTHLEACH,  CHELTENHAM, 

BREEDER    OF 

PURE  BRED  SHORTHORN  CATTLE, 

OF    THE 

RUTH,  PYE,  LADY  MAYNARD,  and  MARCHIONESS  OF   WATERLOO  Tribes. 


Sires  used— GENERAL  CLARENCE  2nd  23690;  DUKE   op  WATERLOO 
3rd  238)1;  and  DUKE  OP  MONMOUTH  44693. 

YOUNG  BULLS  AND  HEIFERS,  SUITABLE  FOR  EXPORTATION   ALWAYS  ON  SALE. 
Sherborne  is  five  miles  from  Bourton-on-the- Water,  (G-.W.  R.) 

ME.    W.    TEETHEWY, 

Treegoose,  Protons,  Cornwall, 

Breeder  of  PURE  BRED  SHORTHORNS, 

Entirely   descended  from  Ruth  1st,  bought  at  Lord  Sherborne's  sale  in    1848. 

The  sires  in  late  years  have  included  M.  C.  31898,  [Wallenstein  39277,  Crcesns 

30820,  hired  from  Killerby;      Viscount  Lismore  42557,  bred  by  Mr.  J.  Downing  ; 

and  Star  of  Britain  48786,  bred  by  Mr.  W.  Talbot  Crosbie. 

A   few   females,   in   addition  to   younger   bulls,  generally   on  sale,   suitable  for 

exportation. 

Treegoose  is  \\  miles  from  Grampound  Road  Station  (Cornwall  R&iltc'iy),    and 
6j  miles  from  Truro. 


BREEDER'S  DIRECTORY. 

fl.  jmjSJSEY  VIVIAN, 

PARK  LE  BREOS,  SWANSEA, 


BREEDER   OF 


GRAND  DUCHESSES.  OXFOKDS  (descended  from  the  famous  cow  Baroness  Oxford 
5th)  WATKULOOS,  WILD  EYES,  DARLINGTONS,  GAZELLES,  ROSES  OF 
S  HA  ROM,  and  a  number  of  deep  milking  pedigree  shorthorns,  selected  at  the  sale 
of  the  late  Mr.  Arkell  of  Dudgrove. 


Park  le  Breos  is  9  miles  from  Sivansea  (which  is  6%  hours  run  from  London  on  the 
G.  W.  jft.,  and  the  same  from  Liverpool  on  the  L.  &  N.  W.  R.),  and  5  miles  from 
Killay  Station  (L.  &  N.  W.  R.) 

MR.   THOMAS    EADES   WALKER, 

Studley  Castle,  Warwickshire. 

BREEDER     OF     THOROUGH-BREDS 

HUNTERS,  and  SHIRE-HORSES,  Pure  Bred  SHORT- 

HORNS,  SHROPSHIRE  DOWN  SHEEP,  and  TAM- 

WORTH  PIGS. 

Manager,  Mr.  Beattie,  The    Castle  Farm.  Studley,   to  whom  all   applications  should  be- 
made.     The  Farm  is  two  miles  from  Studley  Station,  Midland  Railway. 

MR.    &    WALKER, 

Fox  Hollies   Hall,   Near  Birmingham, 

SHORTHORNS  descended  from  the  best  Bates  families. 

HORSES   of  both   the  HUNTER  and  CART    classes. 

Old  English  MASTIFF  DOGS,  descended  and  bred  from  prize  pedigree 

stock. 


For   particulars    apply  to   Mr.  WALKER,  Junior,  Fox  Hollies  Hall,  Nr. 
Birmingham.       Telegraph   Office,    ACOCK'S    GREEN. 

Mr   THOMAS    WILLIS, 

Manor      House,      Carperby,      Beclule, 

Breeder  of  Booth  Cattle, 

Of  Ceiling's  RACHKL   LILY,  ROSE,  and  MAIU  OF  MASIIAM  Tribes. 

The  Warlaby  Hull  Royalist  520kJ,  at  the  head  of  the  Herd.  This  herd  has  produced 

those  famous  prize  winners  Baron  Crossley  19269.  Hose  of  Lucknow,  Royal  Windsor, 
•2i>tf:m.  Bride  of  Windsor.  Koyal  Bride.  Rear  Admiral  37310,  Vice  Admiral  39J57,  &e. 

The  Young  Bulls  and  a  few  of  the  Cows  and  Heifers,  are  always  for  sale.  For 
Catalogues.  &c.,  apply  to  the  Owner.  Also  breeder  of  WENSLEYDALE  LONU- 
\\OOLLEU  SHKEP.  Postal  Telegraph  Office— Aysgarth  Station  (N.E.  R.)  within 
a  mile  of  the  homestead. 


xxxii.  BREEDERS'  DIRECTORY. 

Mr.  Christopher  W.  Wilson, 

Rigmaden    Park,     Kirkby     Lonsdale, 
BREEDER    OF    SHORTHORNS 

BULLS  ALWAYS  FOR  SALE,  CHIEFLY  OF  BOOTH   BLOOD. 

Bulls  in  use:  EULINQ  POWER,  bred  at  Killerby,  PENDKAGOX 
2nd,  bred  at  Underley,  and  GrAY  LAD,  bred  at  Rigmaden. 

Also  for  the  use  of  the  public,  Pony  Stallions— SIR  GEOR(i  K 
668,  winner  of  First  Prize  at  Royal  Eight  times;  LITTLE 
WONDER  2nd  1(510,  POMPET  WONDER  1371,  First  and 
(Second  Royal  Show  Newcastle,  1887. 

Hackney  Stallion— LORD  WATTON,  dam  that  celebrated 
Mare,  Lady  Watton.  by  Star  of  the  Eist, 

Several  CLEVELAND  BAY  STALLIONS  and  PONIES  ,,t 
all  sexes  and  ages. 

TAMWORTH  PIGS— winners  at  Royal  Show,  Newcastle. 

"Rigmaden  is  Two  miles  from  Barbou  Station  L.  &  N.  W.  Railway,  and  Seven 
miles  from  Oxeuholme. 

MR.  H.  W.  WORSLEY-TAYLOR, 

Whalley,  Blackburn, 

BREEDER  OF  BATES  CATTLE 

Of  the  WATERLOO,  WILD  EYES,  DUCHESS  NA3CY,  FAXTAIL,  GONZELLI, 
OLD  DAISY,  SWEETHEART,  and  other  tribes. 

LORD  OSWALD  53195,  bred  by  Col.  Gunter,  M.P.,  at  tbe  Head  of  the  Herd. 

Youn<*   Bulls   and    Heifers   usually   on   Sale  for  export  purposes.         Prices,    &c.,  on 
application  to  Mr.  AIREY. 

The  Home  Farm  is  a  mile  from  Whalley  Station  on  the  Lancashire  and  Yorkshire 

Railway. 


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